Robin Jarvis

Robin Jarvis has been Professor of Accounting at Brunel since January 2010 (Fractional Appointment) and Head of SME Affairs at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Robin is also a member of and past chair (2004 -2009) of FIN USE (An expert forum set up by the European Commission to improve policy making in the field of financial services from a user perspective (consumer and small business). http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/fin-use_forum/index_en.htm

Membership of Advisory Panels and Working Groups

• International Accounting Standards Board (IASB): Advisory Panel on financial reporting by small and medium-sized entities and in emerging and transition economies 2003 -2009
• UK Treasury Working Group : access to finance for SMEs
• European Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) - Supervisory Board, Member; Nominating Committee, and SME Working Group
• International Federations of Accountants (IFAC) - Small Medium Size Practices Committee. Chair SME Financial Reporting Task Force.
• UEAPME - Economic and Fiscal Committee
• Federation Des Experts Comptables Europeens -SME Working Party
• Council Member of the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Editorial Boards of Research Journals

• International Small Business Journal, Sage Publications
• Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, Wiley
• Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
• International Journal of Business Excellence