Sir David Philip Tweedie CVO FRSE (born 7 July 1944[1]) is a British accountant.
[2][3][4] Born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tweedie graduated with a BCom followed by a PhD in 1969 from the University of Edinburgh Management School,[5] and is currently a visiting professor.
When KMG merged with Peat Marwick International to form accounting giant KPMG in 1987, he became its national technical partner.
He retained the role for a decade, through the financial crisis of 2007–2010, and stood down in June 2011, succeeded by Hans Hoogervorst.
[2] In September 2012 he was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council Tweedie was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the Royal Household, as chairman of the audit, risk and compliance committee.