Managing the Transition to IFRS-Based Financial Reporting: A Practical Guide to Planning and Implementing a Transition to IFRS or National GAAP

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank Stephen Mullaly and his colleagues at John Wiley & Sons for their interest in commissioning this work and their support during the writing process.

I would like to thank Steve Collings of Leavitt Walmsley Associates Ltd for his enthusiasm for the concept of the book, for his technical input and for his encouragement in my completing it.

I would also like to thank the individuals who gave up their time for the interviews conducted when I was researching the book. Their insights were extremely useful and without the benefit of their knowledge and experience the book would have been much harder to write. The individuals that I would like to thank include:

• Mark Surridge
• Fergus Condon
• Tommy Doherty
• Melissa Woods
• Paul Gee
• Lindsey Byrne
• Sharon Hall
• Victoria Kuklina
• Deirdre Taylor, Professor of Accounting, Ryerson University

I would also like to express my gratitude to the many individuals who completed a questionnaire and survey on IFRS transition matters, and in particular to David Edgerton, Chris Boland, Winfried Alves, Alan Bermingham, Robert Mladek and Andrew Devonald for their insights and comments.

Extracts from the financial statements of Centrica plc and BskyB plc are reproduced with the permission of those companies, for which I am grateful.

I am grateful to my colleagues and friends at Aston Business School for their support and I also extend my appreciation to Jane Mulligan of NUI Galway for her help with editorial matters and to ...