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PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO James Schiro and Ernst & Young International Chmn Philip Laskawy both believe that accounting firms have a role to play in the international harmonization of financial reporting. Schiro says that major accounting firms should provide leadership in the search for some commonality in international accounting. Laskawy contends that it is not the accounting firms that can make harmonization happen, but the regulatory and international accounting standard-setting bodies that formulate financial reporting standards. He believes that the role of accountancy firms is to become actively involved in helping these bodies realize the advantages of a single language for international financial reporting.

Standards, Standardization, International aspects, Accounting, Interview, Schiro, James, Laskawy, Philip

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The man who knows what it's like

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KPMG senior partner Colin Sharman has been appointed chairman of the international accounting firm. He says that he accepted the post because he believes that he has the necessary experience for it. He has managed small companies as well as large diversified corporations, therefore he feels that he has inside knowledge of the business. Sharman calls himself a 'committed internationalist,' being completely at ease with global matters. Eleven years of his career at KPMG was spent abroad, in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the Netherlands. As the new chairman, Sharman says that his immediate goals include improving the management of KPMG's infrastructure. He also wants to bolster the firm's growth.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Sharman, Colin, KPMG Peat Marwick L.L.P.

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