Wiley IFRS 2005

Barry J. Epstein, PhD, CPA, a partner in the firm Russell Novak & Company, has over thirty-five years' experience in the public accounting profession, as auditor, technical director/ partner for several national and local firms, and as a consulting and testifying accounting and auditing expert on over sixty litigation matters to date. His current practice is concentrated on providing to technical consultations to CPA firms and corporations on US GAAP and IAS accounting and financial reporting matters; on US GAAP and IAS auditing standards; matters involving financial analysis; and on corporate governance matters; as well as serving as expert on litigation matters, including assignments for both private sector and governmental agencies.
Dr. Epstein is a widely published authority on accounting and auditing. His current publications include Wiley GAAP, now in its 21st edition, for which he is coauthor. He has also appeared on over a dozen national radio and television programs discussing the crisis in corporate financial reporting and corporate governance over the past eighteen months, and has presented over a hundred educational programs to professional and corporate groups internationally. He previously chaired the Audit Committee of the AICPA's Board of Examiners, responsible for the Uniform CPA Examination, and served on other professional panels at state and national levels.
Dr Epstein holds degrees from DePaul University (Chicago--BSC, accounting and finance, 1967) University of Chicago (MBA, economics and industrial relations, 1969), and University of Pittsburgh (PhD, information systems and finance, 1979).

Abbas Ali Mirza, CPA, ACA, AICWA, has brought his expertise in auditing, finance, and taxation to a variety of positions with major international firms in the US, India, and the Middle East. He is currently a partner with Deloitte & Touche, based in the United Arab Emirates, where he is responsible for audit clients and is a member of the firm's regional Assurance and Advisory Committee, responsible for technical and learning support throughout the region. He is a frequent speaker and workshop leader at global conferences on international financial reporting, has coauthored regular newspaper columns and written features for the media in the Middle East and India, and has been widely quoted as a commentator on business issues.
Mr. Mirza is also a member of the Accounting Standards Committee of the Securities & Exchange Board of India, and is involved in professional and regulatory affairs in India and Dubai, UAE. He has spoken at several United Nations conferences on financial reporting and corporate governance matters, and is associated with a number of other professional initiatives germane to worldwide adoption of IFRS.