The board of directors and International Steering Committee of XBRL International have approved the appointment of Chethan Gorur, director of Interactive Data Services at Trintech, as Chairman Designate of the XBRL International Standards Board, effective immediately.

Gorur succeeds John Turner, CEO of CoreFiling, who is retiring as Chair after serving in the role for three terms. It is anticipated that Gorur will fully assume the role of Chair at the end of March 2010.

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