Purpose of the Advisory Board
The AIGAS Advisory Board exists to help ensure the standard evolves in a way that reflects how firms actually operate — not how governance looks on paper.
This is not a passive board. It plays an active role in shaping direction, challenging assumptions, and reinforcing the credibility of AIGAS as adoption grows.
Strategic direction for the standard
Real-world accounting and tax perspective
Governance principles and practical application
Input as technology and regulation change
Governance frameworks are strongest when they are shaped by multiple viewpoints, rather than developed in isolation.
Board Members
The current board brings together expertise across accounting software, industry operations, tax technology, and AI governance.
Sal Nasser
Sal Nasser is the founder of PPCS and the creator of AIGAS.
With over 25 years of experience in accounting software and technology, Sal has worked across the profession — from early cloud platforms to enterprise systems and practice software.
He has held roles at organisations including IRIS, Aqilla, MYOB, and Capium, and now focuses through PPCS on helping firms govern the risks introduced by AI, cloud systems, and modern workflows.
Andy North
Andy North brings deep experience from within the accounting profession and a strong understanding of how firms operate day to day.
His insight helps ensure AIGAS remains grounded in the realities of accounting practices — from workflows and client service through to operational pressures and technology adoption.
Andy plays a key role in ensuring that AIGAS is not just theoretically sound, but genuinely usable by firms across the UK.
Nick Stobbs
Nick Stobbs is the founder of Syntax, a platform focused on transforming how UK tax knowledge is accessed and applied.
His work centres on encoding complex tax legislation into usable systems — making specialist tax knowledge accessible at scale.
Within AIGAS, he brings a valuable perspective on how AI is being used to interpret, apply, and operationalise complex regulatory and tax frameworks.
David Viney
David Viney is an ACA and CITP with extensive experience in technology governance, risk, and large-scale systems.
He has worked at enterprise level, including within global organisations such as WPP, where he has been involved in the governance of AI and data at scale.
His role within AIGAS is to help ensure the framework aligns with recognised governance principles while remaining proportionate and applicable to accounting firms.
Markis Duggan
Markis brings a wealth of experience in strategy, leadership, and risk management. He is currently the Group Head of Operational Risk for the Paratus Group of Companies, an energy price insurance company based in Mayfair.
Prior to that he was an Executive Director in Goldman Sachs Risk Division. He has extensive experience in risk management in the Cyber Security and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software management industry.
He has previously been on the advisory board for a University.
He holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry & Experimental Physics, an MSc in Battlespace Technology from Cranfield University, and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge.
Gerald Dunn
Gerald (Ged) Dunn has over 35 years of experience in change management and financial control in the military and financial services technology sectors. He currently runs his own business, technology and consulting company.
He started as an army officer before working for Dell Computer, Cazenove, RBS, Barclays and JPMorgan Chase. His wide areas of expertise include digital transformation, business planning and modelling, and business process automation.
With the acceleration of the AI revolution, he is a hands-on practitioner of the new tools in all areas of his practice, using them to augment human and system capabilities in performant, reliable, safe and ethical ways. In particular, he is working with AI integration with SaaS CRM and ERP platforms, including Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce.
He graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Modern History, is a Fellow of CIMA, and is certified as a Professional Business Analyst with IIBA.
Further appointments to be announced
Board Member to be Announced
Professional Bodies & Regulation
Board Member to be Announced
Cyber Security & Data Protection
Why This Matters
AI governance is not just a technical challenge. For accounting firms, it is an operational, ethical, and professional one.
That includes:
The Advisory Board helps ensure that
- The framework reflects real-world use
- It evolves alongside technology
- It remains aligned with industry expectations
- It is credible to firms, clients, and stakeholders
What this adds to AIGAS
It reinforces that AIGAS is bigger than any one individual — a standard shaped by broader expertise, professional challenge, and practical governance thinking.
Looking Ahead
The AIGAS Advisory Board will continue to grow as the standard develops.
Future appointments will further strengthen expertise across regulation, cyber security, AI implementation, and operational risk.