“XBRL is becoming global, and I hope, in future, we will no longer be talking about XBRL as everybody will be using it.” Olivier Servais, director of XBRL activities, IFRS Foundation.

XBRL is becoming an ideal way to achieve excellence in financial reporting. Hear from international expert Olivier Servais, director of XBRL activities at IFRS Foundation,  as he joins other distinguished panellists in a discussion on “Excellence in Financial Reporting”

Olivier Servais  is the Director of XBRL Activities at the IFRS Foundation, the oversight body of the IASB. The IFRS Foundation is an independent, not-for profit private sector organisation working in the public interest to develop a single set of high quality, understandable, enforceable and globally accepted financial reporting standards based upon clearly articulated principles.

Mr. Servais is responsible for coordinating the IFRS Foundation’s XBRL-related activities in order to accelerate the implementation and adoption of IFRSs with XBRL around the world. Mr. Servais has extensive experience in co-ordinating international XBRL developments, having served as Secretary General and then European Director of XBRL International, and as a member of numerous XBRL committees and working groups.

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