John Hegarty is the Head of the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform in Vienna, Austria, and contributes to other Bank work on corporate governance, market regulation and the liberalization of international trade in professional services. He represents the World Bank on the Monitoring Group (Basel Committee, IOSCO, IAIS, FSF, European Commission, and the World Bank) and on the Consultative Advisory Groups to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), and is the World Bank observer at the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR). Prior to taking his current appointment in August 2007, he was the Manager of the Financial Management Department for the ECA Region, based in Washington DC, and was responsible for fiduciary controls over Bank lending in the region and for fostering the development of financial management capacity (covering accounting, auditing, and financial management) in the public and the private sectors. He was a member of the Bank’s Financial Management Sector Board, and chaired its Private Sector Committee. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Hegarty was Secretary General (1987-1999) of the Federation des Experts Comptables Europeens (FEE), the representative organisation for the accountancy profession in Europe. He had earlier been an audit manager in the Dublin office of Arthur Andersen, and Technical Director of the Union Européenne des Experts Comptables, Economiques et Financiers (UEC). Born in Sligo, Ireland in 1958, John Hegarty was educated at Newbridge College and University College, Dublin, where he studied business administration. In 1981 he qualified as an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, and in 1992 was admitted as a Fellow of that Institute. To reach this expert, please contact the World Bank's Media Division. Updated September 17, 2008 |
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