Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger, born in 1967, graduated as a Diplom-Kaufmann at the University of Mannheim in 1993, before he passed the tax advisor exam in 1997 and the exam for the German certified public accountant in 1999. He started working in 1993 and since 2003 as partner at EY. In 2004 he became director of the EY Centre of Competence for Governmental Accounting in Germany. Since 2009, he is the global head of International Public Sector Accounting and since 2012 assurance leader of Government and Public Sector for EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa) within EY. He is member of various working committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Germany (IDW), e.g. the working committee ÖFA (Öffentliche Verwaltung und Unternehmen, public administration and companies). Since 2003 he has been a member and since 2012 he became chairman of the Public Sector Committee of FEE (European Federation of Chartered Accountants). As FEE PSG chair, he contributes to both Eurostat Task Forces “EPSAS Governance” and “EPSAS Standards”. Since 2013, Thomas is a member of the Accounting Advisory Group of the European Commission. He was a member of the IFAC (International Federation of Accountants) IPSAS Board from 2009 until 2014.