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Ian Ball is professor of Public Financial Management and the first Professor in Practice at Victoria University of Wellington. He has degrees from Victoria University of Wellington and a PhD from the University of Birmingham, England. During his career, Ian has been an academic, a senior public servant, an accounting standard setter, an international consultant on public financial management and chief executive of an international organization. Other roles Ian currently holds include Chair of the Audit Committee for the financial statements of the New Zealand Government Principal of Public Sector Performance (NZ) Ltd. Ian was chief executive officer of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC; 2002–2013). Earlier, as chairman of the IFAC Public Sector Committee (now the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board), he initiated and led the development of International Public Sector Accounting Standards. While with the New Zealand Treasury (1987–1994) Ian was responsible (as director of Financial Management Policy and Central Financial Controller) for the design of the New Zealand Government’s financial management system and the development of the Public Finance Act 1989. More recently Ian was closely involved in the development of Integrated Reporting, having chaired the Working Group and been a board member of the International Integrated Reporting Council. Ian has been recognized in New Zealand and internationally for his work in public sector accounting and public financial management, including the International Federation of Accountants’ Gold Service Award and the Valued Contribution to the Profession award in New Zealand. He has published and presented extensively in public sector accounting and financial management.