Klaus-Peter Feld

Job Title: IFAC Board Technical Adviser for Norunn Byrkjeland
Country: Germany

Klaus-Peter Feld is an executive director at the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW) in Germany, a position he assumed in 2006. He has been with IDW since 1996 and is a specialist in accounting and auditing. His work is currently concentrated on international and financial sector issues as well as the transposition of the International Standards on Auditing into German standards.

Mr. Feld represents the IDW in an executive capacity in the committees for banking, insurance, and IT technology. Since October 2011, he has been member of the advisory board of the German software producer DATEV, which specializes in IT solutions in the field of auditing and taxation.

Previously, Mr. Feld served as a staff member for the US Financial Accounting Standards Board from 1999 to 2000. He also holds a lectureship at the Mercator School of Management Duisburg/Essen, Germany.

Mr. Feld graduated from the Philips University Marburg (Germany) in business economics and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Ulm (Germany). He is qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in Colorado, US, and as Wirtschaftsprüfer (German Public Auditor).