Monitoring Board announces appointment of new Chair

 03 February 2017

The IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board, responsible for oversight of the IFRS Foundation, today announced that Mr. Jean-Paul Servais, Vice-Chair of the IOSCO Board and Chairman of the Financial Services and Markets Authority of Belgium, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Monitoring Board. His term as Chair is for two years from March 2017.

Mr. Servais will succeed Mr. Ryozo Himino, Vice Minister for International Affairs of the Japan Financial Services Agency.