Accounting Body Search for New Boss Slips Past Barckow’s Tenure

The International Accounting Standards Board will rely on interim leadership for several months while it still searches for a successor to Chair Andreas Barckow, who leaves at the end of this month.

The IASB said Friday it expects to install a new chair by October, a year after it started to look for a replacement. Barckow said in October 2025 that he wouldn’t stay for a second five-year term amid spending and staff cuts at the global standard-setter.

• The board’s vice-chair Linda Mezon-Hutter will become acting chair until a permanent replacement is found. The standard-setter said it was ...