Andreas Barckow

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.^[1][2]

He taught at the University of Paderborn from 1995 to 2000 and worked there as a research assistant.^[3] In 2008, he was appointed Honorary Professor (Honorarprofessor) of International Accounting at the Justus Liebig University Giessen.^[3] He held an Honorary Professorship for international accounting at Justus Liebig University Giessen from 2008 to 2015.^[3] He was a lecturer at WHU from 2004 to 2012 before being appointed Honorary Professor there in January 2016.^{[citation needed]}

DZ Bank (2000–2001)

From 2000 to 2001, he was a Specialist Consultant (Fachreferent) for accounting issues and Head of the IAS 39 conversion project at DG Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt (now DZ Bank).^[3]

Deloitte & Touche (2001–2015)

Between October 2001 and February 2015, he headed the IFRS Centre of Excellence at Deloitte & Touche in Frankfurt, which he established.^[1] From 2004 to 2011, he was a member of the Financial Instruments Working Group of the German Institute. Since 2009, he was also a member of Deloitte's Global IFRS Leadership Team, the top technical steering committee of the international network for IFRS matters.^[1] He has also been a member of the IFRS Committee of the Accounting Standards Committee of Germany since its inception in 2011.^[4]

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.^[1][5] In this role, he represented the standard-setter internationally on various advisory bodies of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the IFRS Foundation.^[1] Prof. Dr. Andreas Barckow has dedicated over six years to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), alongside extensive service as a Member of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum (Jan. 2019–Feb. 2021; March 2015–Oct. 2018) and the Management Commentary Consultative Group (July 2018–Oct. 2020) in London.^[6]

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.^[1]

Chairman of the IASB

He became chairman of the IASB on 1 July 2021.^[7][8][9] Upon becoming IASB chairman he stated that his top priorities are accounting for intangible assets and addressing sustainability and ESG issues.^[10][11]

In 2025, it was announced that Barckow would leave the role at the end of his first term in June 2026.^[12]

• 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

• List of publications by Andreas Barckow in the EconBiz search portal.
• List of works by Andreas Barckow in the Southwest German Union Catalogue (SWB).