Philip Laskawy is interim IASC Foundation chairman
22 May 2006
The Trustees of the IASC Foundation have appointed Philip Laskawy, a retired Chairman of Ernst & Young International, as Chairman of the Trustees for the interim period.
He succeeds Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who has stepped down due to his appointment as Minister of Finance of Italy in the new government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Mr Laskawy, a long-serving Trustee, is in the last year of his second and final term. The IASCF Nominating Committee has begun the process of selecting a successor to Mr. Padoa-Schioppa. The Nominating Committee will consult the Trustee Appointments Advisory Group, a body comprising leaders of regional and international organisations, in developing recommendations to present to the full Trustees. Click for IASCF Press Release (PDF 81k).