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International Women's Day 2023

Wednesday 8 March 2022 is International Women’s Day (IWD). This year’s central theme is ​​​​​​​#EmbraceEquity. Our International Women’s Day Report explores the topic and also illustrates what this means in practice - via interviews with BDO women around the globe, who share their experiences and...

Corporate Finance completes 2,095 deals in 2022

The Corporate Finance team has completed 2,095 deals in 2022, a great achievement in a significant downturn of around 30% in M&A volumes globally during the year. The number of deals is slighty higher than the 2,020 collected during 2021, which was an exceptional year in M&A volumes despite the...

Corporate Finance completes 2,095 deals in 2022

The Corporate Finance team has completed 2,095 deals in 2022, a great achievement in a significant downturn of around 30% in M&A volumes globally during the year. The number of deals is slighty higher than the 2,020 collected during 2021, which was an exceptional year in M&A volumes despite the...

BDO announces financial results 2022

Strong global economic activity in the past 18 months resulted in a surge in demand for BDO’s global services, across most business lines and industries. BDO’s investments in key talent, services and technology, provided the foundation to grow, develop our people and deliver sustainable client...

Jay Duke becomes BDO’s Global Head of Advisory

 BRUSSELS, 7 December 2022: BDO has announced that Jay Duke will become Global Head of Advisory, effective 1 December 2022. In this role, Duke will be responsible for the ongoing growth and technical excellence of the network’s advisory business, with a particular focus on developing BDO’s...

October 2022 Trustees of the IFRS Foundation and Due Process Oversight Committee meeting summary available

Trustees of the IFRS Foundation met on 25-27 October 2022. The meeting summary is now available.Following topics were discussed during the meeting:Reports of the Chair of the Trustees and the Executive DirectorThe history of SASB standardsReport of the Chair of the ISSBGreenhouse gas...

Pat Kramer becomes BDO’s Global CEO

 BRUSSELS, 1 November 2022 : BDO has today announced that Pat Kramer, former CEO of BDO in Canada and a member of BDO’s Global Board, will succeed Keith Farlinger as the Global CEO of the BDO organisation.Commenting on his appointment, Pat says: “I am delighted to be taking over from Keith, who...

Daphna Smuckler becomes BDO’s Global Head of Audit & Assurance

Provisional agreement reached on new European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

On 22 June 2022, the European Council and European Parliament announced that they had reached a provisional political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).The provisional agreement is subject to approval by the European Council and the European Parliament...