Seema Jamil-O'Neill

Technical Director at UK Endorsement Board

Speaker

(UKEB), the body responsible for influencing the development of IFRS accounting standards and their adoption for use by UK listed companies. Seema also represents the UKEB on the Government’s Policy Implementation Committee (PIC), which advises on the UK endorsement of ISSB Standards. From 2017 until 2020, Seema worked as the Head of Accounting and Reporting Policy at the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In that role, she represented the UK at the European Commission’s Accounting Regulatory Committee, European Council working groups, the UN’s Accounting Expert Group and at numerous UN conferences. Seema’s previous experience includes working as an accounting standard setter at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), and at KPMG as an auditor of listed and investment banking clients. Seema is a fellow of the Institute for Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.