PIOB

Enhancing the Public Interest

The PIOB´s purpose is to ensure that international standards in auditing and assurance, ethics and independence are responsive to the public interest and thereby enhance confidence in corporate reporting and in the services of professional accountants, auditors and other assurance providers.

We meet our purpose by complementing our Oversight and Nominations roles and with the following tools:

85th PIOB
Technical Committee Meeting

Day One - 18 December 2025

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Public Interest Oversight Board

The PIOB is the global independent body which serves the public interest by appointing members to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) and overseeing their standard-setting.

Stepping up in the
Public Interest

The 20th Public Report is available.

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Our mission

Is to ensure that international standards in auditing and assurance, ethics and independence are responsive to the public interest and thereby enhance confidence in corporate reporting and in the services of professional accountants, auditors and other assurance providers.

Our vision

Is for global standards prepared with multi-stakeholder perspectives to meet capital market and wider user needs, through their capacity for consistent and ethical application in the public interest.