Andreas Barckow

Andreas Barckow (born 1966 in Oldenburg i.O.) is a German economist and accountant. He is the chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and an Honorary Professor at the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar.

Education and academic career Barckow completed a bank apprenticeship at BfG Bank in Oldenburg from 1986 to 1989, graduating as a bank commercial clerk (or: qualified bank clerk). He studied Business Administration from 1989 to 1995 at Monash University in Melbourne and the University of Paderborn, where he earned his doctorate in 2003.

He taught at the University of Paderborn from 1995 to 2000 and worked there as a research assistant. In 2008, he was appointed Honorary Professor (Honorarprofessor) of International Accounting at the Justus Liebig University Giessen.

German Accounting Standards Committee (DRSC) (2015–2021)

On March 1, 2015, he transitioned to the office of President of the German Accounting Standards Committee e.V. (DRSC) in Berlin. In this role, he represented the standard-setter internationally on various advisory bodies of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the IFRS Foundation.

European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)

While at the DRSC, he served as a Board member of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), and from 2016 until September 2020, he held the position of Vice-President of the EFRAG Board. Upon becoming IASB chairman he stated that his top priorities are accounting for intangible assets and addressing sustainability and ESG issues.

In 2025, it was announced that Barckow would leave the role at the end of his first term in June 2026.

Functions in Accounting Bodies 2004–2007: Member of the Accounting Interpretations Committee (RIC) 2007–2011: Member of the Standardization Council Since 2011: Member of the IFRS Technical Committee 2013–2017: Member and 2017 to September 2020 Deputy President of the Board of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) Since 2019: Member of the IFRS Advisory Council (IFRS AC) of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation Since 2013: Member of the Working Group on External Corporate Reporting, and currently also a member of various other working groups of the Schmalenbach Society