Jacques de Greling

Biography

Mr Jacques de Greling is a Director at Scope Ratings, heading the Telecoms team. He was previously in charge of European telecoms operators at CDC Bourse (later named Natixis Securities) starting in 2000. He covered the sector for more than 25 years and the Extel survey has ranked him among the top analysts in this sector both in France French and in Europe.

He is Co-Chairman of the Financial Accounting Commission of the French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF) and Vice-Chairman of the European Financial Analysts Societies' (EFFAS) Commission on Financial Reporting. He represented EFFAS in the Expert Group advising the European Commission on 10 years of IAS Regulation and was a founding member of the IASB Capital Market Advisory Committee until 2015. He was part of the FASB–IASB Joint International Group on Financial Statement Presentation. He was appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee of the French standard-setter, the Autorité des Normes Comptables.

Mr de Greling has an MBA from the Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Paris, graduated from the Centre de Formation à l’Analyse Financière (now named CIIA) and later passed its accounting exams. He also studied post-graduate classes in Telecoms at Paris-Dauphine University and the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. He is a Certified Environment Social and Governance Analyst (EFFAS-CESGA). Mr de Greling is a teacher of financial accounting and financial statement analysis at SFAF for the Certified European Financial Analyst and CIIA diplomas, and has published numerous articles on IFRS Standards in the French professional review, Analyse Financière and represented users in academic and professional conferences.