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Hikmet Abdella

Trustees

Trustee

Ethiopia

Hikmet Abdella is the Chief Executive Officer of FSD Ethiopia and the former Director General of the Accounting and Auditing Board of Ethiopia. She is widely recognised for her leadership as the founding Country Head of ACCA Ethiopia from 2004–2013.

Over the years she has served on many Boards, including the Board of Trustees of the Center for Dialogue, Research and Cooperation (CDRC), an independent Ethiopia-based non-profit think tank, and also the Ethiopian Red Cross. In 2022, she was one of 50 members of the Destiny Ethiopia Initiative, contributing to the development of four possible future scenarios for Ethiopia in 2040.

Since 2016, Hikmet has been a member of the Female CEO Breakfast Club (FCBC), part of the Association of Women in Boldness (AWIB).

“I feel honoured and excited at the opportunity to serve as a member of the Trustee Board. I am eager and passionate to work towards the realisation of a reporting framework for NPOs, to ensure its sustainability that will benefit all stakeholders”