Ian Ball (accountant)

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Ian Ball
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Ian Ball

(1948-08-24)August 24, 1948
New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington and University of Birmingham, U.K.
Known forArchitect of the New Zealand Government’s financial management reform and launch of the first modern public sector balance sheet and initiator of International Public Sector Accounting Standards
Scientific career
FieldsAcademia, public service and professional accounting institutions
InstitutionsNew Zealand Treasury, International Federation of Accountants and Victoria University of Wellington

Ian Ball is a professor of Practice - Public Financial Management at the School of Accounting and Commercial Law at Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand. [1] He served as the Director of Financial Management Policy and Central Financial Controller at the New Zealand Treasury from 1987 through 1994. [2] He is credited with being the architect of the design and implementation of New Zealand's financial management reform process, leading to the passage of the Public Finance Act of 1989. This made New Zealand the first country to introduce modern accounting and integrate its balance sheet with the budget, as a tool for its budgeting, appropriations, and financial reporting. [3] This public sector balance sheet was used to avoid a double down-grade to the Sovereign credit rating, under the stewardship of the then Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson. [4]

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Ian Ball has a degree in accounting from Victoria University of Wellington and a PhD from the University of Birmingham, England. From 1994 through to 2002 he was Professor of Accounting and Public Policy at Victoria University of Wellington. From 1995 to 2000 he was the Chairman of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Public Sector Committee, where he initiated and led the development of International Public Sector Accounting Standards, now the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB). Between 2002 and 2013 he served as the chief executive officer of IFAC. Since 2013 he is the Chair of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). [5] Ball serves as the Independent Chair of New Zealand Treasury's Financial Statements of the Government Audit Committee. The Committee provides advice and observations to the Secretary to the Treasury relating to key issues and risks that affect the production and audit of the Financial Statements of the Government (FSG). [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Professor Ian Ball". Victoria University Wellington. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Ian Ball CVifac.org Archived 2019-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "IFAC Lauds Ian Ball's Contributions to Accountancy Profession with International Gold Service Award". 6 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Scott articlecepchile.cl Archived 2019-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Ian Ball appointed as Chairman CIPFA International | CIPFA". Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  6. ↑ "Our governance | The Treasury New Zealand". www.treasury.govt.nz. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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