Death of Harvey Goldschmid, Vice-Chairman of the IFRS Foundation Trustees
13 Feb 2015
The Trustees and Monitoring Board of the IFRS Foundation have released condolences on the sudden death of Harvey Goldschmid, Vice-Chair of the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation.
The death of the former Commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was announced by Columbia Law School where he was Dwight Professor of Law. Harvey Goldschmid was initially appointed Trustee of the IFRS Foundation in January 2010 and was subsequently reappointed for a second term. Since Janaury 2015 he had been Vice-Chairman of the Trustees and Chairman of the Trustees' Due Process Oversight Committee (DPOC). Prior to contributing to the success of the IFRS Foundation as a Trustee, Mr Goldschmid chaired the joint IASB and FASB Financial Crisis Advisory Group (FCAG) together with the present IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst.
Please click for:
- Statement by the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation (link to IASB website)
- Statement by the Monitoring Board of the IFRS Foundation (link to IASB website)