Hermann-Josef Schulze Osthoff

Hermann-Josef Schulze Osthoff is Partner at Grant Thornton AG and head of Audit & Assurance. He has more than 26 years of experience in audits in accordance with national and international accounting standards.

Fields of expertise

• Audits of separate and consolidated financial statements of SMEs and mostly owner-managed businesses according to German GAAP
• Audits of separate and consolidated financial statements of companies with international activities and owner-structure in accordance with international accounting standards such as US GAAP and IFRS.

Memberships

• Member of the Grant Thornton International Audit Advisory Committee, an international body to provide assistance and advice to the Global Leadership Board of Grant Thornton International in the Audit Service Line
• Member of the working group ISA Transformation of the Institute of Public Auditors in Germany [Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer e.V. (IDW)]
• Member of the administrative board of the Institute of Public Auditors in Germany [Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer e.V. (IDW)]

Publication

• Author for Beck‘ sches IFRS Handbuch – Kommentierung der IFRS/IAS [Beck‘s IFRS Handbook - Commenting on IFRS/IAS]