Andreas Barckow


Andreas Barckow is a German economist and accountant. He is the chairman of the International [Accounting Standards Board] 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. 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 of International Accounting at the Justus Liebig University Giessen. He held an Honorary Professorship for international accounting at Justus Liebig University Giessen from 2008 to 2015. He was a lecturer at WHU from 2004 to 2012 before being appointed Honorary Professor there in January 2016.

Professional and Standard-Setting Career

DZ Bank ''
From 2000 to 2001, he was a Specialist Consultant for accounting issues and Head of the IAS 39 conversion project at DG Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt.
Deloitte & Touche
Between October 2001 and February 2015, he headed the IFRS Centre of Excellence at Deloitte & Touche in Frankfurt, which he established. 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. He has also been a member of the IFRS Committee of the Accounting Standards Committee of Germany since its inception in 2011.
German Accounting Standards Committee
On March 1, 2015, he transitioned to the office of President of the German Accounting Standards Committee e.V. in Berlin. In this role, he represented the standard-setter internationally on various advisory bodies of the International Accounting Standards Board and the IFRS Foundation. Prof. Dr. Andreas Barckow has dedicated over six years to the International Accounting Standards Board, alongside extensive service as a Member of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum and the Management Commentary Consultative Group in London.
European Financial Reporting Advisory Group
While at the DRSC, he served as a Board member of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group, and from 2016 until September 2020, he held the position of Vice-President of the EFRAG Board.
Chairman of the IASB
He became chairman of the IASB on 1 July 2021. 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