XBRL International Taps Fragnito as CEO

June 05, 2007, 11:00 p.m. EDT 1 Min Read

XBRL International, the global consortium, which promotes and develops the use of the Extensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL, has named Tony Fragnito as chief executive of the 22-jurisdiction concern. The appointment was made at the 15th annual XBRL International Conference, here. Fragnito comes aboard the organization from the Bethesda, Md.-based Federation for American Societies for Experimental Biology, where he served as deputy director and chief financial officer. He is also a CPA licensed in Virginia. In other XBRL International news, France has become the latest jurisdiction to join the international group.

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