The IFRS Foundation has appointed Lee White as executive director following the departure of former Yael Almog, effective in April 2018.

White is the former CEO of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), and was part of the team that oversaw the merger of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants to form CAANZ in 2014.