The US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) recently announced a number of new members joining its Investor Advisory Group (IAG) for terms through 2018, including the immediate past chair of the IAASB Consultative Advisory Group (CAG), Linda de Beer.
The IAG is a forum for the investor community to provide views and advice on matters affecting investors and the work of the PCAOB.
Ms. de Beer was IAASB CAG Chair from 2010 to 2015 and currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of three companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. She chairs the audit committees of all three companies, serves as Deputy Chair on one board, and as a member of the remuneration committee and the nomination committee of another board.
Prior to serving as Chair of the CAG, she represented the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) on the group and still represents the WFE on the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ CAG.
“We congratulate Linda on this prestigious appointment,” said current IAASB CAG Chair Matt Waldron. “We view it as a positive step that the PCAOB recognizes her contributions to international standard setting, as interaction between the IAASB and PCAOB on relevant auditing and assurance issues is in the public interest."