Göran Tidström

Job Title: President
Country: Sweden

Göran Tidström is president of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). Prior to this role, he served as IFAC deputy president (2008-2010). A European representative to IFAC since 2000, he became a member of the IFAC Board in 2003.

A highly regarded expert on international and European audit and accounting issues and a frequently requested speaker, Mr. Tidström has more than 30 years of experience as a public accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Stockholm, Sweden, where he is a past partner and former chair. Mr. Tidström's clients have included many of the largest international companies in Sweden; he has been engaged as an arbitrator and investigator, and has helped restructure major companies. Currently, he is responsible for the audit of Sweden’s second largest global company.

He was a founder of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), the European private sector body that gives European input to the International Accounting Standards Board, evaluates new International Financial Reporting Standards for use in Europe, and recommends endorsement to the European Commission. Mr. Tidström served as chair of the EFRAG Supervisory Board (2002-2009).

Mr. Tidström was also a member and president (2000-2002) of the Council of the Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens, the European accountancy organization. He has been a chair and a member of numerous standard-setting and policy-making bodies for financial reporting, tax, corporate governance, and capital market regulation practices.