Martin Edelmann Appointed as Member of the IASB

The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation announced the appointment of Martin Edelmann as a member of the IASB for an initial five-year term fr om 1 July 2012. The term is renewable for a further three years.

Mr Edelmann is currently a senior adviser at German consultancy firm zeb/rolfes.schierenbeck.associates (Zeb). He previously served as a member of the German Accounting Standards Board from 2006 until 2011. He is a former Head of Group Reporting at Deutsche Bank AG, wh ere he was responsible for internal and external reporting activities between 1997 and 2011.