General Investing >> Analyst Interviews >> June 2, 2004

ACCOUNTING ISSUES & INVESTING IN ISRAEL: MAX BRANDSDORFER – GRANT THORNTON LLP

MAX BRANDSDORFER, CPA, is an audit and insurance partner at Grant Thorton. Before joining the company, he was a leading assurance partner in Arthur Andersen's New York office. Mr. Brandsdorfer has had more than 25 years' experience serving publicly held and owner-managed companies, including technology, software, hardware, and consumer products, and in helping clients achieve their strategic goals. He is involved with his clients on a year-round basis, providing the financial perspective to today's business challenges and issues as well as coordinating the firms' worldwide resources necessary to provide the top level of professional services required. Mr. Brandsdorfer is President, and a member of the Board of Directors, of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., a member of UJA-Federation Economic Development Committee, and is the Treasurer and a Trustee of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Brandsdorfer received his degree from the City University of New York in 1970. Profile
TWST: What do people have to know about the accounting issues relative

to investing in Israel?

Mr. Brandsdorfer: From the standpoint of a US investor, clearly, the

accounting coming out of