EFRAG appoints new sustainability reporting board chair

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has selected Kerstin Lopatta arsenic the adjacent seat of its sustainability reporting committee (SRB).

Her three-year word volition statesman connected 1 May 2026.

The assignment was endorsed by the EFRAG General Assembly astatine its gathering this week, pursuing a ceremonial information by the European Commission successful aboriginal December.

The information was made done a Commission Decision aft consultation with the European Parliament and the Council.

For the past 4 years, Lopatta has held the relation of vice-chair of the EFRAG SRB.

EFRAG Administrative Board president Benoit Jaspar said: “I americium delighted to invited Kerstin arsenic [the] caller EFRAG SRB chair.

“She has demonstrated beardown expertise and strategical imaginativeness during her 4 years arsenic vice-chair of the EFRAG SRB and is afloat equipped to instrumentality connected the relation of EFRAG SRB chair.

“Her assignment is timely arsenic the European Commission expects to follow the delegated enactment connected simplified ESRS [European Sustainability Reporting Standards] and the delegated enactment connected the voluntary modular by the extremity of June.”

With a doctorate from Goethe University Frankfurt, Lopatta serves arsenic a prof of fiscal accounting, auditing and sustainability astatine the University of Hamburg and an adjunct prof astatine the University of Luxembourg’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance.

She has worked crossed firm reporting successful respective capacities, including arsenic an auditor, advisor and academic.

EFRAG said her roles connected boards, audit committees and related bodies person helped her make “strong insight” into concern practices and the challenges organisations face.

Lopatta said: “I americium honoured to instrumentality connected the relation of EFRAG SRB seat astatine specified a pivotal infinitesimal for sustainability reporting successful Europe.

“My precedence volition beryllium to guarantee that the ESRS present meaningful, decision-useful accusation portion supporting companies successful their implementation journey.

“I look guardant to moving with the board, the European Commission and each our stakeholders to further fortify EFRAG’s relation arsenic the authoritative dependable connected sustainability reporting successful Europe and beyond.”

In December past year, EFRAG launched an interactive online platform, ESRS Knowledge Hub, for sustainability reporting.

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