Notícias sobre o novo chefe do Iasb V

The top securities regulator of the Netherlands was named to head the panel that sets global accounting rules.

Hans Hoogervorst, chairman of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, will become chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board in June. He was appointed by the trustees of the IFRS Foundation, which oversees the IASB's operations and selects its members.

Mr. Hoogervorst, a former Dutch finance minister, will succeed Sir David Tweedie of the U.K., who is retiring.

As chairman, Mr. Hoogervorst will play a key role in accounting "convergence," the effort to bring U.S. and international accounting standards closer together. Accounting rule makers have long wanted a single set of accounting rules to apply world-wide, as opposed to the current system in which international rules differ in some respects from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. U.S. regulators are slated to decide next year on whether to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards, as the global rules are known, for American companies.

"I strongly believe that a global set of accounting standards...is an essential component for the world's financial markets," Mr. Hoogervorst said in a statement.

The IFRS Foundation also named Ian Mackintosh vice chairman of the IASB. Mr. Mackintosh, a New Zealand native, is a former chief accountant of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and currently serves as chairman of the U.K. Accounting Standards Board.

Hoogervorst Is Tapped to Head Global Accounting Board - Michael Rapoport -
12 October 2010 - The Wall Street Journal (Online and Print)