Bruce Mackenzie

Chair, IFRS Interpretations Committee and Member at IASB

Speaker

Bruce Mackenzie was appointed to the International Accounting Standards Board in October 2020, filling the Africa seat. He has more than two decades of technical accounting experience as a preparer of IFRS financial statements assisting companies globally with their reporting.

He joined the IASB for an initial term of five years from W.Consulting—an international firm providing advisory and technological solutions to companies applying IFRS Accounting Standards—where he held the position of managing director for over a decade.

He was appointed as Chair of the IFRS Interpretations Committee from 1 March 2022. Mr Mackenzie also served as a member on the IFRS Interpretations Committee from July 2014 to June 2020.

He has been a member of the Financial Reporting Standards Committee of South Africa and has served as Chair of the Standard Setters Committee of PAFA (Pan African Federation of Accountants).

Mr Mackenzie qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Registered Auditor in South Africa. He worked in the Deloitte IFRS Centre of Excellence in London before moving to Barclays Capital.