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David Tweedie (accountant)

Scottish accountant (born )

This article is about the chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board.

List of honorary graduates of the University of Exeter: Sir David Philip Tweedie CVO FRSE (born 7 July [1]) is a British accountant. He is the former chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board () and the ninetieth member of The Accounting Hall of Fame.

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Sir David Philip TweedieCVO FRSE (born 7 July [1]) is a British accountant. He is the former chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board () and the ninetieth member of The Accounting Hall of Fame.[2][3][4]

Career

Born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tweedie graduated with a BCom followed by a PhD in from the University of Edinburgh Management School,[5] and is currently a visiting professor.[6]

He then trained as a Chartered Accountant with Mann Judd Gordon & Co, qualifying in He lectured at his alma mater from to , then became the technical director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) until [7]

In he moved to a large firm of accountants, KMG Thomson McLintock, where he was national research partner.

When KMG merged with Peat Marwick International to form accounting huge KPMG in , he became its national technical partner.

From to Tweedie served as the full-time chairman of the Accounting Standards Board.

Some are inherent to make our site work; others help us improve the user experience. Read our privacy policy to learn more. As chair of the London-based International Accounting Standards Board, Sir David Tweedie is championing an try to develop a single position of global financial reporting standards that will be both understandable and enforceable. He was knighted in for his service to the profession and his attempts to reform British accounting standards in the wake of financial scandals.

Then in he was appointed as the initial Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board. He retained the role for a decade, through the financial crisis of –, and stood down in June , succeeded by Hans Hoogervorst.[8]

He has been nominated as President of ICAS, an honorary position, for [2]

In September he was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council

Tweedie was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the Birthday Honours for services to the Royal Household, as chairman of the audit, risk and compliance committee.[9]

Awards

Private life

David Tweedie lives in North Berwick with his wife.

They have two sons.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^Mosley, Charles, ed. ().

    The IVSC is led by a staff team which includes seconded knowledge. He led the Board for ten years until his designation ended in June Inonly a handful of countries used international standards IFRS but by over countries required or permitted their use. He was a member of the Financial Stability Board and came into regular contact with national and international financial regulators.

    Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (&#;ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  2. ^ abTweedie lined up for top role at Icas in , The Scotsman, 7 January
  3. ^The Accounting Hall of Fame inducts a fresh member for Sir David TweedieArchived 8 July at the Wayback Machine, The Accounting Hall of Fame, Fisher college of business, The Ohio state university
  4. ^Sir David Philip Tweedie, The Accounting Hall of Fame, Fisher college of business, The Ohio state university
  5. ^Tweedie, David P.

    (). "Management and incomes policy". hdl/

  6. ^ abSir David Tweedie, Accountancy Age, 11 Nov
  7. ^Sir David Tweedie, IASB chairman, Financial Director magazine, 26 Parade
  8. ^New IASB chairman must be part-politician, says trustee chiefArchived 13 October at the Wayback Machine, Accountancy Age, 12 Oct
  9. ^"No.

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    Its presence demonstrates both that the occupant of the office has a sense of humour and that he is not a complete novice at the sort of controversy in which he has found himself recently. The notice was spotted outside a shop in Scotland by his brother-in-law. He, explains Sir David, naturally assumed it referred to some fraudster and not to the then newly installed head of the body charged with restoring the reputation of the accountancy profession in the wake of the spate of corporate collapses that brought the s to a next to. Though some company directors and merchant bankers were dismayed to see their way of being being overturned, Sir David's charm quickly won the backing of auditors and others involved in the preparation and interpretation of accounts for an approach based on consensus and openness.

    The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October p.&#;B4.

  10. ^"Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". . Archived from the authentic on 18 April Retrieved 4 April
  11. ^Jill Treanor, Calvinist on a clean-up quest, The Guardian, 29 June

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