David Madon

David Madon joined IFAC in 2019, where he has most recently served as Director - Sustainability, Policy & Regulatory Affairs, responsible for developing and coordinating IFAC’s sustainability policy and advocacy activities. He also leads IFAC’s research and analysis of private equity investment in the accountancy profession. Other areas of expertise include corporate reporting, audit quality, ethics, investor protection, financial market regulation, and credit markets. Prior to IFAC, Mr. Madon represented the IFRS Foundation in the U.S. for nearly a decade, during which he focused on building institutional investor relationships and the adoption of IFRS Standards. Prior to his public policy work, Mr. Madon spent twenty-five years in financial services, most recently as a Managing Director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.

He holds a Masters in Public Administration-MC from the Harvard Kennedy School, an MBA in Finance from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a BS in Management-Accounting from Purdue University Northwest.