Author: Philippe Richard

ABBAS ALI MIRZA is a partner with Deloitte & Touche (ME) based in Dubai. He has had a distinguished career in accounting and auditing internationally, is a frequent speaker at major global conferences, and has held many positions of repute in the accounting profession globally, including Chairman of the 21st session of the United Nations” Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) at UNCTAD in Geneva. GRAHAM J. HOLT is Principal Lecturer of Accounting and Finance at the Manchester Metropolitan University Business School in the United Kingdom. He is coauthor of an IFRS text, contributor to academic publications, author of professional journal papers, and examiner for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK. MAGNUS ORRELL is in the national office of Deloitte & Touche LLP in the United States. He specializes in the accounting for financial instruments under both IFRS and U.S. GAAP and has extensive international experience of accounting and reporting issues relating to financial instruments and financial institutions from his time as project manager for financial instruments at IASB.