Chairman of the Advisory Council

Paul Cherry was appointed as Chairman of the IFRS Advisory Council for three years beginning on 1 January 2009, succeeding Professor Nelson Carvalho.

Mr Cherry was previously  the Chairman of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board (AcSB).  In that role he spearheaded Canadian work on IFRS convergence and adoption.

Before joining the AcSB in 2001 Mr Cherry served as a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers in Canada and as Chief Accountant of the Ontario Securities Commission.