01 July 2016
The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation, responsible for the governance and oversight of the International Accounting Standards Board, have confirmed the appointment of Andrew Buchanan to the IFRS Interpretations Committee.
Andrew is the Global Head of IFRS at BDO, and is a member of the IASB/FASB Joint Transition Resource Group for Revenue Recognition. He is also a member of the Federation of European Accountants (FEE) Corporate Reporting Policy Group and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) Accounting Standards Committee, and an independent member of the UK Government Financial Reporting Advisory Board.
In 2013, the IFRS Foundation announced that it would broaden the number of accountancy firms represented on the IFRS Interpretations Committee and established an extra seat. Two people were appointed at the time to fill the seat on a rotational basis for three years. Andrew Watchman from Grant Thornton filled the seat from 2013 and stepped down early due to his appointment as European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) CEO and Technical Expert Group Chairman in April 2016.
Andrew Buchanan starts his appointment in July 2016, as originally announced,
for a three-year term.
The members of the IFRS Interpretations Committee, current at July 2016,
are:
| Name | Country | Affiliation |
| Wayne Upton | Non-voting Chairman, IFRS Interpretations Committee
International Director, IASB | |
| Tony de Bell | United Kingdom | Global Accounting Consulting Services Leadership Team, PwC |
| Andrew Buchanan | United Kingdom | Global Head of IFRS, BDO International |
| Reinhard Dotzlaw | Canada | Global IFRS Panel, KPMG |
| Carl Douglas | Brazil | Corporate Controller, CCR Group |
| Bonnie Van Etten | United States | NAFTA Chief Accounting Officer, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles |
| Mikael Hagström | Sweden | Senior Vice President & Head of Corporate Financial Reporting, AB Volvo |
| Jongsoo Han | Korea | Member of the Korea Accounting Standards Board (KASB) |
| Bruce Mackenzie | South Africa | Managing Director, W Consulting International |
| John O'Grady | Australia | Asia Pacific Professional Practice Director, Ernst & Young |
| Bertrand Perrin | France | Director, Accounting Standards & Special Projects, Vivendi |
| Sandra Peters | United States | Head of Global Financial Reporting Policy, CFA Institute |
| Dr Martin Schloemer | Germany | Head of Accounting Principles and Policies, Bayer AG |
| Robert Uhl | United States | Global IFRS Leadership Team, Deloitte & Touche LLP |
| Yang Zheng | China | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, China Life Insurance Company |