IFRS Foundation appoints Trustee
30 Oct 2014
The IFRS Foundation has announced the appointment of Takafumi Sato as Trustee of the IFRS Foundation. The appointment will begin on 1 November 2014 and will expire on 31 December 2017. Dr Sato's appointment follows the retirement of Tsuguoki (Aki) Fujinuma, Vice-Chairman of the Trustees.
Dr Sato is currently President of Japan Exchange Regulation. He served as Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency (FSA) from 2007 to 2009 and during his tenure directed the agency in drawing its roadmap towards the application of IFRS in Japan, which included allowing domestic corporations to voluntarily apply IFRS. Dr Sato also served as a founding member of the IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board.
For more information, see the press release on the IASB's website.