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Patrick M. Finnegan, CFA, CPA, to Lead CFA Institute Centre Accounting Policy Efforts

 
New York, July 17, 2008 – The CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity announced today that Patrick M. Finnegan, CFA, CPA, has joined the organization as its accounting policy director.

Finnegan will lead the team responsible for tracking all financial reporting issues, including coordinating the efforts of the Corporate Disclosure Policy Council, a key committee of CFA Institute volunteers that reviews and comments on financial reporting policy initiatives worldwide. He will serve as spokesperson for the CFA Institute Centre to key financial reporting standard setters including the IASB, FASB, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and will conduct outreach to other professional organizations and the media to discuss and promote financial reporting policies.

“Many important initiatives are underway that will shape how financial accounting information will be reported in the years to come, and the CFA Institute Centre is committed to providing high quality and informed input to the decision making process,” said Jeff Diermeier, CFA, president and CEO of CFA Institute. “As standard setters face complex issues in their quest to establish a single set of high quality global accounting standards, Pat’s extensive, well-balanced background as a user, regulator, and auditor will further strengthen the CFA Institute Centre’s ability to advance standards of financial reporting that meet the needs of investors.”

Most recently, Finnegan served as managing director in Moody’s Investors Service Corporate Finance Group, and earlier as a senior analyst in Moody’s Financial Institutions Group primarily responsible for publishing research, responding to investors and press, and managing a staff of 20 professionals. 

Previously, he worked for Deloitte & Touche as a partner providing audit services primarily for insurance companies and conducting financial due-diligence services for private equity firms. Finnegan also worked for the American Institute of CPAs as a technical manager, for the SEC as a staff accountant, and for Deloitte Haskins & Sells as a senior accountant.

Finnegan earned a BS in accounting from Georgetown University. A member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and earned the CFA charter in 1998. 

About the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity
The CFA Institute Centre develops timely, practical solutions to global capital market issues. Established in 2004, the CFA Institute Centre builds upon the CFA Institute mission to lead the investment profession globally by setting the highest standards of ethics, education, and professional excellence. It carries forward the organization’s 60-year history of standards and advocacy work, especially its Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct for the investment profession. More information may be found at www.cfainstitute.org/centre.