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IFRS Advisory Council

IFRS Advisory Council

Role of the IFRS Advisory Council

The IFRS Advisory Council provides a forum for the IASB to consult a wide range of interested parties affected by the IASB's work, with the objective of:

  • advising the Board on agenda decisions and priorities in the Board's work
  • informing the Board of the views of the organisations and individuals on the Council on major standard-setting projects
  • giving other advice to the Board or to the Trustees.

    The IFRS Advisory Council normally meets two times a year (number of meetings reduced from three meetings to two by the 2015 Constitution review).

    The IFRS Advisory Council was previously known as the Standards Advisory Council.  At their meeting in January 2010, the IASCF Trustees voted to rename the Standards Advisory Council to the IFRS Advisory Council. The name change was implemented as of 31 March 2010.

      Membership of the Advisory Council

      Number and appointment of members. Under the IFRS Foundation Constitution, The Advisory Council has '30 or more' members. The number is currently around 40. Members are appointed by the Trustees for a renewable term of three years. They have diverse geographic and functional backgrounds.

      Criteria. Under the IFRS Foundation Constitution, key criteria for selecting Advisory Council members are geographic diversity and diversity of professional backgrounds. From 2009, the IFRS Foundation Trustees have decided that nominations to the membership of the Advisory Council will be primarily on the basis of representation of organisations that are relevant to standard setting of accounting principles. The Trustees have not specified any organisations.

      Remuneration. Advisory Council members are not paid, and they will normally be expected to be associated with organisations that will meet the costs of their participation in meetings although exceptions may be made for certain individuals.

      Initial Advisory Council members, 2001. On 25 June 2001, the IASC Trustees announced the appointment of 49 persons to the Advisory Council. The 49 members include chief financial and accounting officers from some of the world's largest corporations and international organisations, leading financial analysts and academics, regulators, accounting standard setters, and partners from leading accounting firms. They come from six continents, 29 countries, and five international organisations. Additionally, the European Commission, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Financial Services Agency of Japan will participate as observers. Since the original appointments, several Advisory Council membership changes have occurred.

      Current Advisory Council members. The members of the IFRS Advisory Council as of 1 January 2019 are outlined below:

      Organisation Individual Title
      Chair
      Joanna Perry Former Chairman, New Zealand Financial Reporting Standards Board (FRSB)
      Members
      ACTEO & MEDEF Olivia Larmaraud Deputy Corporate Accounting Director,
      PSA Peugeot Citroën
      AIA Group
      Garth Jones
      		 Group CFO
      Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA
      Maria Ángeles Peláez Morón
      		 Head of Global Financial Accounting
      Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
      William Coen
      		 Secretary General
      BDO Dr Jens Freiberg Head of International Financial Reporting, BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
      Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) Vania Maria Da Costa Borgerth Special Advisor for Corporate Reporting and Corporate Governance to the CEO
      Business Europe Kristian Koktvedgaard
      Capital Markets Board of Turkey Sibil Ulusoy Tokgöz Deputy Head of the Accounting Standards Department
      CFA Institute Dr Giuseppe Ballocchi Future of Finance Content Council member
      Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, Mexico Laura Ramirez Deputy General Director of Accounting Regulation
      Corporate Reporting Users Forum (CRUF) Dr Lothar Weniger ALIAG, Usingen, Owner
      Council of Institutional Investors James Andrus Investment Manager, Sustainable Investments, California Public Employees’ Retirement System
      Deloitte Trevor Derwin Partner, Deloitte & Touche Africa
      Emirates NBD Surya Subramanian Group Chief Financial Officer
      Ernst & Young (EY) James Luke
      European Accounting Association (EAA) Professor Ann Jorissen Professor of Accounting, University of Antwerp, Antwerp Management School
      European Central Bank Jürgen Kirchhof Principal Finance Expert in the Financial Reporting and Policy Division
      European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS) Javier de Frutos Chief Investment Officer, Sailbridge Capital
      European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) Jean Paul Gauzes EFRAG President
      European Securities and Markets Authorities (ESMA) Roxana Damianov Team Leader of the Corporate Reporting team
      External Reporting Board (XRB), New Zealand
      Ken Warren
      		 Chief Accounting Advisor, New Zealand Treasury
      Fédération Internationale des Experts-Comptables Francophones
      Aziz Dieye
      		 Founder and Past President of Fédération Internationale des Experts-Comptables Francophones and Chief Executive Officer of Cabinet Aziz Dieye
      Financial Executives International Ron Edmonds Controller and Vice President of Controllers and Tax, DowDuPont
      Financial Reporting Standards Council of South Africa Garth Coppin Member
      Grant Thornton Daniel Civit Partner, Head of the French Accounting Practice Group
      Group of European national standard-setters (rotating among the standard-setters of France, Germany, Italy, UK (currently Germany))

      Professor Dr Andreas Barckow

      President, DRSC e.V.
      Indonesian Financial Services Authority Dr Etty Wulandari Deputy Commissioner
      Insurance Europe Olav Jones Deputy Director General
      International Actuarial Association Micheline Dionne Senior Vice-President and Chief Actuary, RGA
      International Association for Accounting Education & Research (IAAER) Holger Daske Professor and Chair of Accounting and Capital Markets, University of Mannheim
      International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Abdulrahman Fahd Almosad Insurance Supervisor
      International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
      Isabelle Ferrand
      		 Chief Financial Officer, Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel, Board Member of The International Co-operative Alliance and Chair of International Accounting and Regulatory Affairs Committee (IARAC)
      International Corporate Governance Network
      Ian Burger
      		 Head of Corporate Governance, Newton Investment Management
      International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
      Russell Guthrie
      		 Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director - External Affairs
      International Monetary Fund Ellen Gaston Senior Financial Sector Expert, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department
      International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)

      Rotating between Ton Meershoek, Technical Expert in Financial Reporting at the Netherlands Authority for the Financial markets (AFM); and Areewan Aimdilokwong, Specialist in the Accounting Supervision Department, Securities & Exchange Commission of Thailand
      Investment Company Institute (USA) Clive Brown Chief Executive Officer, RBC Global Asset Management
      Korea Accounting Standards Board (KASB) Dr Jee In Jang Advisor to the KASB
      KPMG
      Andrew Marshall
      		 Senior Technical Partner, KPMG UK
      Lukoil
      Sergey Epifanov
      		 Head of the Consolidation and International Financial Reporting Department
      Ministry of Finance, People’s Republic of China
      Yibin Gao
      		 Director-General of the Accounting Regulatory Department
      Nippon Keidanren (Japan) Hidetake Ishihara General Manager of Accounting and Finance Division, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
      Ortec Finance Tessa Kuijl Senior Lead Consultant, Pension and Insurance Risk Management
      PricewaterhouseCoopers Henry Daubeney Partner - Global Chief Accountant and Head of Reporting
      Securities Analysts Association of Japan George Iguchi Chief Corporate Governance Officer, Senior General Manager of Equity Invesment Department, Nissay Asset Management Corporation
      Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Prof Xinyuan Chen Vice President and Professor
      South Asian Federation of Accountants M P Vijay Kumar Vice Chairman, Accounting Standards Board and Chairman, Valuation Standards Board of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
      Wipro Ltd Suresh C. Senapaty Advisor
      World Bank Pam O'Connell Director and Chief Accountant
      Observer organisations:
      • European Commission
      • Japan Financial Services Agency
      • US Securities and Exchange Commission

       

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