Media Release
2008 / 03 – 25 February 2008
FRC appoints board members to AASB and AUASB
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) today announced appointments as members of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB).
Mr Jeffrey Lucy AM, Chairman of the FRC, said the pool of interested candidates for the available Board positions was strong.
“These appointments bring the two boards, the AASB and the AUASB, to full strength. The wealth and diversity of experience on the boards will add greatly to what are already very strong boards,” Mr Lucy said.
Appointments to the AASB for 2008 include:
- Mark Jenkin, a Divisional Head with the Department of Defence
- Robert Williams, Principal Advisor, Office of Financial Management, NSW Treasury
- Frank Palmer, Director Corporate Reporting Group, Macquarie Bank, Sydney
(re-appointment) - Bruce Porter, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (re-appointment)
Appointments to the AUASB for 2008 include:
- Valerie Clifford, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Melbourne
- John Gavens, Divisional Leader - Audit and Assurance, WHK Horwarth, Melbourne
- Christine Jubb, Professor of Accounting, Deakin University, Melbourne (re-appointment)
- Jon Tyers, Head of Corporate Audit Services, ING Sydney (re-appointment)
All appointments are on a part-time basis and have been made for three years, until 31 December 2010.
Media Enquiries:
Ms Suzanne Howarth,
FRC Secretary
Email: frcsecretary@treasury.gov.au
Telephone: +61 2 6263 3144