XBRL
International Inc. Announces 2010 Steering Committee Election Results
October 29, 2009 04:11 PM Central Daylight Time
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XBRL
International Inc. (XII) announced that Mike Willis, Partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, has been re-elected as Chairman of the
International Steering Committee (ISC) for 2010.
During its October meeting in Brussels, Belgium, the
International Steering Committee also elected Conor O’Kelly, HP Ireland, as 1st
Vice Chair representing Jurisdictions, Ralf Frank, DVFA Germany as 2nd
Vice Chair representing At Large members and ratified Arleen Thomas, Senior VP
- AICPA, as Treasurer and Chris Rodgers, KPMG UK as Chairman of the Nominations
Committee.
We are equally pleased to announce the election of 7 At-Large
members to the ISC: Guillermo Corzo –Central Bank of Argentina, Makoto Koizumi –
Fujitsu Limited Japan, Karla McKenna – Citi USA, Usha Narayanan – SEBI India, Yossi
Newman – Deloitte USA, Ge Weiping
– China Securities Investor Protection Fund and Liv Watson, IMA.
“This election cycle attracted the greatest
number of candidates in our history, a testament to the interest and global
reach of the XBRL movement,” states CEO Anthony Fragnito. “As
we seek to balance geographic and supply chain representation we are pleased to
have such depth in highly qualified candidates which equip us well for the
opportunities that lie ahead.”
"The additions to the Steering
Committee provide incremental geographic and market experience to facilitate
our expanding standards efforts," outlines Mike Willis, Board
and ISC Chairman. "The added depth and diversity of the ISC and
the increasing number of highly qualified, interested and active collaborators
position XII to effectively meet the expanding market needs for the XBRL
standard."
Please refer to www.xbrl.org for a complete listing of the ISC leadership
positions.
To learn more about XBRL the Standard, plan to attend the 20th
XBRL International Conference hosted by XBRL Italy and XBRL Europe from April
19-22, 2010 in Rome, Italy. For more information on the conference or if you
would like to participate in the program or exhibit your XBRL solutions, go to:
http://conference.xbrl.org .
About XBRL International, Inc.
XBRL International is a not-for-profit consortium
of approximately 600 companies and agencies worldwide working
together to build the XBRL language and promote and support its adoption. The
consortium members meet periodically in international conferences and conduct
committee work regularly via conference calls. Elections to the International
Steering Committee are held each year after October 15th.
This collaborative effort began in 1998 and has produced a
variety of specifications and taxonomies to support the goal of providing a
standard, XML-based language for digitizing business reports in accordance with
the rules of accounting in each country or with other reporting regimes
such as banking regulation or performance benchmarking. You can read more about
our history, the missions of the working groups that carry out much of the work
of the organisation, and the elected steering
committee that sets the goals of the consortium.
Interested companies and agencies are encouraged to join the XBRL International consortium and participate in
building the future of electronic business reporting through the technical
working groups, practice working groups, business committees and governing
boards. http://www.xbrl.org/abouttheorganisation