Former PCAOB Chief Auditor Martin Baumann Backs Out of IAASB Gig
Last month, we reported that Martin Baumann, the former chief auditor and director of professional standards at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, was going to be the next chair of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. But due to “unforeseen personal circumstances,” he’s decided not to take the job. In a statement, Baumann […]
Martin Baumann Found a Job at Another Auditing Standard-Setter With a Five-Letter Acronym
Nearly four months after he left his position of chief auditor and director of professional standards at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), Martin Baumann has a new gig: chair of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). Baumann, who was appointed to a three-year term that begins on Jan. 1, 2019, replaces […]
Ex-KPMG Chief to Auditors: You Are All Flirting With Irrelevance
According to a Financial Times article posted today, KPMG UK's former head John Griffith-Jones — who is now a regulator for the UK's Financial Conduct Authority — dropped a bomb at a posh lunch for accountants in London recently. Griffith-Jones verbalized what many of us already know and have been saying for years. FT says […]