IASB Chairman will become ICAS President
07 Jan 2010
Sir David Tweedie, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, has been nominated as Vice-President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).
The ICAS Announcement (PDF 47k) said the appointment "is in recognition of Sir David's outstanding contribution to the accountancy profession and to ICAS, and is made with a view to his becoming President of the Institute in 2012. Sir David retires from the IASB on 30 June 2011". The role of Vice-President is unpaid, and will not interfere in any way with Sir David's IASB responsibilities.