IFRS appoints three members to ISSB

The IFRS has announced the appointments of Jenny Bofinger-Schuster, Hiroshi Komori and Veronika Pountcheva to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The new ISSB members are set to start in December, September and October 2022.

It is reported that these latest appointments bring the membership to 13 people, as well as geographical balance and adds further investment expertise, practical corporate sustainability and reporting experience to the ISSB.

Bofinger-Schuster joins the ISSB from Siemens, where she has served as senior vice president for sustainability and operational excellence, with responsibility for developing the company’s sustainability strategy and for implementing new disclosure requirements. 

Komori served as senior director and head of the stewardship and ESG division at the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in Japan from 2015 to 2022, where he established the division and developed GPIF’s investor engagement and participation in international sustainability initiatives. 

Pountcheva joins the ISSB from Metro, where she served as senior vice president of corporate responsibility and co-chief executive officer of NX Food, with responsibility for developing the company’s long-term sustainability strategy. 

Erkki Liikanen, chair of the IFRS Foundation Trustees, said: “With these latest appointments we have a geographically balanced board with a broad range of expertise that puts the ISSB in good stead to respond to the global demand from companies, investors, regulators and others for better sustainability disclosures.”

Emmanuel Faber, chair of the ISSB, added: “We continue to strengthen the ISSB team so that we can deliver on our challenging and important task of developing standards that will enable companies to provide the sustainability disclosures that investors need. I’m delighted to welcome Jenny, Hiroshi and Veronika to the ISSB.”