Like all true Scots, Sir David Tweedie loves a good scrap.
It was once said that "he would cross a motorway to pick a fight".
Right now he finds himself caught up in the Enron storm - as the
chief advocate for international accounting standards - and is
relishing the battles ahead.
On his office wall in London hangs a framed 1991 article from The
Scotsman newspaper headlined "The most hated accountant in
Britain?" As chairman of the International Accounting Standards
Board, he may become the...
