UKEB Chair Vacancy

The UKEB is seeking a new Chair to take over when the current Chair, Pauline Wallace, completes her term in September 2025. The successful candidate will lead the Board and the wider organisation as it embarks upon the next phase of its maturity and will be responsible for:

• leading the UKEB Board. Ensuring effective strategic planning and execution, robust and transparent decision-making, and that all Board members have the opportunity to contribute their views.
• executive management and leadership of the UKEB Secretariat.
• contributing, at a technical accounting level, to international debate on the development of high-quality international accounting standards.
• ensuring that UK stakeholders’ views are heard and encouraging and enabling Board members and Secretariat to do likewise.
• managing relationships with key stakeholders, including the Department for Business and Trade and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
• being accountable to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade for the UKEB’s technical decisions, and to the FRC Board for the UKEB’s governance and due process.

The successful candidate for this high profile and important role will have a proven record of excellence in financial reporting and an understanding of the significance of IFRS to the UK capital markets.

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Application closing date: 9 December 2024