O'Malley appointed Chair of Canada’s Accounting Standards Board

Patricia O'Malley, FCA, will take over as Chair of Canada’s Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) effective June 2009. She had served as Chair of the AcSB from October 1999 until her appointment to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in January 2001. In June 2007, on completion of her term on the IASB, she became the IASB's Director of Implementation Activities, managing IFRIC Interpretations and improvements projects. (Read the Announcement.)