Bulletin
2006/5– 5 July 2006
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has agreed, following a recommendation of its Nominations Committee, to appoint Mr Brett Rix as a part-time member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) for a three-year term commencing on 4 July 2006.
The appointment follows the retirement from the AASB of Mr Garth Campbell-Cowan.
Mr Rix is Manager, Group Accounting – Policy and Governance at BHP Billiton. Prior to joining BHP Billiton, he was an audit and technical partner at Andersen and Ernst & Young. He served as a member of the Urgent Issues Group for several years and has been a member of the consultative panels for the AASB dealing with the extractive industry and financial instruments.
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The FRC is the peak body responsible for the broad oversight of the accounting and auditing standard setting process for the private and public sectors, as well as monitoring the effectiveness of auditor independence requirements in Australia. It comprises key stakeholders from the business and investing communities, the professional accounting bodies, governments and regulatory agencies. The FRC advises the Government on the accounting and auditing standard setting process and on the development of international accounting and auditing standards. It determines the broad strategic direction of the standard setters, the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.
For further information, please contact the Secretariat of the Financial Reporting Council
c/- The Treasury, Langton Crescent, Parkes ACT 2600.
Mr Jorge del Busto
Ph: (02) 6263 3144
Fax: (02) 6263 2770
E-mail:jdelbusto@frc.gov.au
or visit the FRC’s website at
www.frc.gov.au