Andreas Bergmann

Job Title: Chair
Country: Switzerland

Andreas Bergmann joined the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board as a public member in 2006. He became chair in 2010.

Prof. Dr. Bergmann is a professor and director, public sector, at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Management and Law. In addition, he is advisor to public financial management reforms in Central Asia, Latin America, South East Asia, and various international organizations. From 2003 to 2009, he was the scientific advisor for the public sector accounting reforms at the federal and state level in Switzerland. He was also a member and later chair of the advisory committee for GFSM2001/ESVG95 implementation in Switzerland. In 1999, he joined Zurich University of Applied Sciences as a Senior Lecturer and became a full professor in 2002.

Prof. Dr. Bergmann started his career as a business consultant before joining the Ministry of Education of the State of Zurich as a project manager for NPM Reforms/Head of Controlling.

In 2010, Prof. Dr. Bergmann was a visiting professor at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.

He holds a diploma from Lancaster University, and a master's degree and a Ph.D. from St. Gallen University.