IN A surprise propel the UK standard setter will parachute in its first former Big Four partner from Australia as its novel chairman.

IN A surprise propel the UK standard setter will parachute in its first former Big Four partner from Australia as its novel chairman.

Ian Mackintosh has been appointed to head the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) from 1 August, succeeding Mary Keegan, the ASB's first woman chairman. Keegan announced in March her decision to accept a position to become managing director for financial management,