Merran Kelsall AO appointed Chair of the IFRS Advisory Council

以下为 IFRS 基金会新闻的开头摘要（英文原文）。全文请见 IFRS 官网。

The IFRS Foundation Trustees have appointed Merran Kelsall AO as Chair of the IFRS Advisory Council, effective immediately. She succeeds Bill Coen, who has stepped down after serving as Chair for five years.

The Advisory Council comprises approximately 50 members from a range of organisations with an interest in international financial reporting; it provides strategic advice to the IFRS Foundation Trustees, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

Ms Kelsall is an independent non-executive director with more than 25 years of board-level experience in the public and private sectors and considerable expertise in corporate governance, finance, audit, risk and compliance. She currently serves on the Nominating Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).

Previously, Ms Kelsall was President and Chair of CPA Australia, member of the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Advisory Council, Chair and CEO of the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and member of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB).