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Andrew Hobbs

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EMEIA Public Policy Leader

Andrew leads EY's Public Policy team for Europe, Middle East, India, and Africa. His team strengthens the relationship between the public and private sectors by monitoring policy developments and building strong relationships with international stakeholders on sustainability, technology, corporate governance, and skills. They work closely with European institutions, regulators, and international organisations, including the OECD, business groups, professional bodies, companies, investors, and academics.

Andrew's role includes coordinating with EY's Assurance business to support their interactions with independent regulators overseeing public interest audit work across EMEIA. He also collaborates with colleagues in similar roles in other EY regions, ensuring consistent policy and governance support. His interest in corporate governance extends to initiatives like EY's partnership with Tapestry Networks, and as of September 2022, he leads EMEIA's Center for Board Matters.

Andrew holds several prominent positions, including chair of the Research Advisory Board for ICAEW, chair of the Corporate Governance Working Group of the European Contact Group, and vice-chair of the Corporate Governance Policy Group of Accountancy Europe. He is also involved with the Financial Capital Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network, the Asia Corporate Governance Association India Working Group, and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee at the OECD. Additionally, he co-authors EY’s annual Long-Term Value and Sustainable Corporate Governance Survey and regularly writes blogs on corporate governance and trust.

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Joanna Bernard

Job Title

Senior Manager, IESBA

Joanna Bernard joined the IESBA in 2024 as Senior Manager focusing on Standards Development & Technical Projects. She is currently involved in the Using the Work of an External Expert Project developing revisions to the Code to address the ethical behavior expected in reporting and assurance areas.

Ms. Bernard has a broad range of experience from her roles at the French Central Bank (Banque de France) and the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) where she engaged with ECB, EBA and EIOPA related matters, and monitored financial regulation developments coordinating meetings of international committees and institutions (FSB, BIS, G7 and G20). Before ACPR, she held roles in BNP Paribas legal departments at an international level. She also worked as a corporate lawyer with asset management companies and law firms.

Ms. Bernard holds a Master of Laws from Paris 2-Pantheon-Assas University along with a Master of Legal and Judicial Proceedings from the University Paris 1-Pantheon-Sorbonne, France. She also holds a Master of Laws from the University of Gdansk, Poland, as well as a European Law diploma, from the Institute of Political Studies of Toulouse, France.

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Joanna Bernard - Official IESBA Portrait

Kevin Reinhardt

Job Title

Staff Fellow

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United States of America

Kevin joined the IAASB as a Staff Fellow in July 2024, seconded to IAASB from PwC. With IAASB, he is primarily focused on technology-related initiatives.

Kevin started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers within the Private Assurance practice in New York. In this role, he has supported private companies across multiple sectors, including technology, business services, manufacturing, and consumer products. In addition to his client work, he previously worked in PwC’s Quality Management Group within their US national office for a short-term rotation. In recent years, he has served as a transformation adoption leader for the New York Metro Private Assurance practice, where he has supported engagement teams in the adoption of new audit technologies.

Kevin is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Kevin Reinhardt

Beth Brooke

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US Olympic and Paralympic Committee Board Member

Beth Brooke serves on the Boards of The New York Times Company (NYT), eHealth (EHTH), SHEEX, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the Lehigh Valley Health Network. She is the Co-Chair of VERITY Now and serves on the Knight Commission and the International Advisory Council for APCO Worldwide.

She was the former Global Vice Chair, Public Policy at EY and was a member of EY's Global Board. Beth oversaw public policy for the firm’s operations in 150 countries and was the global sponsor for EY’s Diversity and Inclusiveness (D&I) efforts. She has been named eleven times to Forbes list of "World's 100 Most Powerful Women".

Beth is a devoted advocate for the advancement of women and LGBTQ Inclusion. She has served on the US Delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and has been named to OUTstanding and Financial Times’ LGBTQ Hall of Fame. She was instrumental in creating the Partnership for Global LGBTQ Equality, in partnership with the World Economic Forum. She currently invests in several female-founded companies related to women’s sports.

During the Clinton Administration, she worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury and played important roles in the Administration’s healthcare reform and Superfund reform efforts.

Beth has also been actively engaged in numerous civic and business organizations. She previously chaired the board of Vital Voices and serves on the boards of The Conference Board, the Aspen Institute, and Tabby’s Place. She was in the inaugural class of the Henry Crown Fellows of The Aspen Institute.

At Purdue University, Beth was in the first class of women to receive scholarships under Title IX to play basketball and earned her undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Industrial Management, with highest distinction.  She has been inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. She has honorary doctorates from Purdue, Indiana University and Babson College.

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Stephen Coetzee

Stephen Coetzee, PhD (CA) SA, is a professor of accounting at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Stephen has taught financial accounting at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He supervises postgraduate research students, and his research interests include assessment and the use of technology in accounting education.

Sridhar Ramamoorti

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United States of America

Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, ACA, CPA/CITP/CFF/CGMA, CIA, CFE, CFSA, CGAP, CGFM, CRMA, CRP, MAFF, is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Dayton, and from January 2020, a sustainability Scholar affiliated with the UD Hanley Sustainability Institute. Previously he was on the accounting faculties of Kennesaw State University, Georgia, and the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

Dr. Ramamoorti has a blended academic-practitioner background with over 35 years of experience in academia, auditing, and consulting. A BComm. graduate of Bombay University, he holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees from The Ohio State University. Earlier in his career, he was a principal with Andersen Worldwide, was National EY Sarbanes Oxley Advisor, a corporate governance partner with Grant Thornton LLP, and a principal and later, consultant, with Infogix, Inc.

Dr. Ramamoorti is co-author of over 60 papers and articles and 15 books and monographs, including The Audit Committee Handbook (Wiley, 5th ed., 2010), A.B.C’s of Behavioral Forensics (Wiley, 2013) that has been presented to the FBI Academy, and the textbook, Internal Auditing: Assurance and Advisory Services published by the Institute of Internal Auditors, with translations in French, Spanish, and Japanese. In the last two decades, he has presented his work and spoken at conferences in 16 countries.

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Sridhar Ramamoorti

国際監査基準600(改訂)の公開草案の翻訳

Proposed International Standard on Auditing 600 (Revised): Special Considerations -- Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors)
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Translated by: Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Chris Freeland

Job Title

Technical Advisor to Josephine Phan

Country

Australia