Michael Stewart Email Address

Member, Sustainability Reporting Standards Working Party

Huawei has said it is now the automotive and energy industries driving the 5G network evolution, with mobile telcos likely unable to retain their current business model under the IoT.

Michael is Senior Expert of Financial Reporting at Huawei, where he is head of the Company's London Accounting Policy Centre. Additionally, he is Chair of the Accounting Working Party at Accountancy Europe and a member of the ICAEW's Financial Reporting Committee. Michael is also a member of Accountancy Europe's Sustainability Reporting Standards Working Party. Michael has extensive knowledge and expertise in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) having spent more than seven years as one of the technical directors at the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Michael led the work of the IFRS Interpretations Committee, the IASB’s interpretative body, for more than six years. Michael represented the IASB on the Consultative Advisory Group of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. Michael has spoken at several conferences on IFRS, including at the International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) conference organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Prior to joining the IASB, Michael worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was a director in the firm’s global IFRS consulting practice. Michael spent eight years advising PwC’s clients on the application of IFRS Standards. Michael started his career in the audit practice of Price Waterhouse / PricewaterhouseCoopers, including two years on secondment to Canada and five years specialising in the audit of oil and gas companies. Michael is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Michael graduated in Physics from the University of Bath.