Helen Weir stepped down from the ASB at the end of December, owing to the pressure of other commitments. A replacement is being sought.

Tim Bush, of Hermes Focus Asset Management, has been appointed to the Urgent Issues Task Force (UITF), replacing Guy Jubb who stepped down at the end of December.

Lynn Hine and Pesh Framjee, partners in Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers respectively, have been reappointed to the Committee on Accounting for Public Benefit Entities (CAPE).

Melanie Kerr has joined the ASB staff as a project director.