Prof. Dr. Andreas Bergmann

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Professor of Public Finance
• Director Public Sector

Focus

• Public Financial Management
• Public Sector Accounting
• Government Finance Statistics

Experience

• Editor, from 2023 Editor-in-Chief
  Public Money & Management
  01 / 2017 - today
• Non-executive Chairman of the Board
  Zurich Landbank Ltd.
  04 / 2009 - today
• Member, from 2025 Director
  SRS-CSPCP
  07 / 2008 - today
• Chair
  International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB)
  01 / 2010 - 12 / 2015
• Visiting Don Trow Fellow (Visiting Professor)
  Victoria University Wellington/NZ
  01 / 2010 - 12 / 2010
• Member
  International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB)
  01 / 2006 - 12 / 2009
• Head of Institute
  ZHAW Institute of Public Management
  07 / 2000 - 08 / 2008
• Lecturer for Accounting
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  10 / 1999 - 09 / 2002
• Teacher for Economics and Law
  Kantonsschule Enge Zurich
  04 / 1994 - 02 / 2001
• Deputy Head of Department/Project Director
  Ministry of Education of the State of Zurich/High School Dept
  01 / 1996 - 10 / 1999
• Consultant
  self employed
  06 / 1993 - 12 / 1995

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Senior Leadership Program
  Melbourne University
  11 / 2008 - 11 / 2008
• PhD / Doctorate in Economics
  University of St. Gallen
  04 / 1993 - 10 / 2000
• Diploma in Business Analysis
  Lancaster University
  01 / 1993 - 03 / 1993
• MA / Magister of Economics
  University of St. Gallen
  10 / 1988 - 03 / 1993

Network

Membership of networks

Swiss Public Sector Financial Reporting Advisory Committee (since 2008, from 2025 Director)

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8776-231X

Awards

Global Leadership Award
International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
11 / 2024

Projects

• Measurement of fixed assets in the public sector / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• PULSE - Public Sector Accounting Assessment / Co-project leader / abgeschlossen
• Economic Impact of COVID Interventions / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Research note on the Swiss public pension system and its treatment in public sector accounting / Co-project leader / abgeschlossen
• Stocktake of current situation of public financial management in Argentina / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Stocktake of current Multilateral development bank and bilateral donor support for IPSAS Accrual Accounting Implementation / Co-project leader / abgeschlossen
• Stocktaking of Public Sector Accounting and Reporting Environment in PULSAR Countries / Team member / abgeschlossen
• PSAS Gap Analyse Republik Serbien / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• System for integrated, data-driven asset controlling of real estate / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Analysis on integrated financial management systems in Ecuador / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Analysis and Evaluation of Public Financial Management Systems in Ecuador / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• IPSAS implementation Kyrgyz Republic / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Discount rate for post-employment benefits according to IPSAS 25 / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• FRTAP Poland - Public Sector Accounting Study / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Study on the accrual of the withholding tax in the State of Zurich / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Evaluation of Public Financial Management Reforms in Peru / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Accounting and Financial Reporting for Intergovernmental Organizations / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Public Financial Management Reforms in Colombia / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• PFM Reforms in Sub-Sahara Africa / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Consolidated Financial Statements in OECD member countries / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Public Financial Management integration and standard implementation in Chile / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Partnership Public Financial Management / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Evaluation and conceptualization of PFM Reforms in Indonesia / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Report on the Enhancement of Public Sector Financial Management (REPF) of the Republic of Kazakhstan / Project leader / abgeschlossen

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