Sir David Tweedie (born 1944) is a Scottish accountant. As Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board from 2001 until June 2011, he has been a global leader in the accounting profession.[1]
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Tweedie graduated with a BCom followed by a PhD in 1969 from the University of Edinburgh Management School, and is currently a visiting professor.[2]
He then trained as a Chartered Accountant with Mann Judd Gordon & Co, qualifying in 1972. He lectured at his alma mater from 1973 to 1978, then became the technical director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) until 1981.[3]
In 1982 he moved to a large firm of accountants, KMG Thomson McLintock, where he was national research partner. When KMG merged with Peat Marwick International to form accounting giant KPMG in 1987, he became its national technical partner.
From 1990 to 2000 Tweedie served as the full-time chairman of the Accounting Standards Board. Then in 2001 he was appointed as the initial Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board. He retained the role for a decade, through the financial crisis of 2007–2010, and stood down in June 2011, succeeded by Hans Hoogervorst.[4]
He has been nominated as President of ICAS, an honorary position, for 2012.[1]
David Tweedie lives in North Berwick with his wife. They have two sons.[5]