[1] Jacques Potdevin has been leading JPA since 1975, succeeding his father Roger, who was also a chartered accountant and statutory auditor and founded the firm in 1947 in Paris.
In 1992, following the adoption of the Maastricht Treaty and the creation of the single market, the JPA network was established in 11 European countries, generating 200 million francs in revenue and employing 600 people.
[7] By the late 2010s, the network expanded into Latin America, notably in Mexico in 2019[8] and Chile in 2020.
[9] In 2021, JPA International reported representing nearly 4,500 team members worldwide.
Each year, JPA International organizes congresses for professionals within the network to exchange on regulatory and technical developments impacting their sector on a global scale.