FRC appoints Roger Marshall as Interim ASB Chairman
News types: Staff/Board Announcements
Published: 1 November 2010
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is today pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Marshall as interim chairman of the Accounting Standards Board (ASB). Roger replaces Ian Mackintosh who was recently appointed vice-chairman designate of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
Commenting on Roger Marshall’s appointment, FRC Chairman Baroness Hogg said:
“Roger brings with him an enormous wealth of professional expertise and a keen interest in technical accounting issues that will be valuable to the Accounting Standards Board at this important time in the evolution of national and global standards.
“Roger’s experience of working on transatlantic business issues brings an international outlook that is essential as the world of accounting seeks to put in place a common financial language across markets to communicate information that is valued by investors”.
Roger Marshall will take up his role as interim ASB chairman with immediate effect. A further announcement will be made in due course about a permanent appointment.
Notes to Editors
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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is the UK’s independent regulator responsible for promoting high quality corporate governance and reporting to foster investment.
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Roger Marshall was until recently a Senior Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he had extensive experience of auditing FTSE 100 companies across a variety of sectors and was Chairman of PwC’s Corporate Reporting Task Force in 2008-9. He was previously a member of the Accounting Standards Board for six years until 2007. In May 2010 Roger was appointed to the Professional Oversight Board. He is also a Director of Old Mutual plc.