Accounting Today

Industry Leaders

• Former FASB Chairman Robert Herz on Challenges in Accounting Standard-Setting

  April 26, 2013

  Robert Herz, the former chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, has written a new book on his experiences leading FASB, with reflections on his experiences leading the board through the financial crisis and its efforts to converge U.S. GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards.

• Kayla Gillan of PwC on Providing Help to Investors

  February 12, 2013

  Kayla J. Gillan, a former deputy chief of staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission and founding member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, has been tapped to lead PricewaterhouseCoopers’ new Investors’ Resource Institute.

• Tweedie Hopes to Internationalize Valuation Profession

  October 5, 2012

  Sir David Tweedie led the International Accounting Standards Board for a decade until the end of his second term in June of last year, and now he is getting set to make a similar impact on the valuation profession.

• J.H. Cohn’s Tom Marino Plans Future after Reznick Merger

  August 22, 2012

  J.H. Cohn CEO Tom Marino said Wednesday that his firm will remain in the Nexia International accounting firm network after it merges in October with Reznick Group, and will be renamed CohnReznick, with him and Reznick managing principal Ken Baggett leading the combined firm as co-CEOs for the next three years.

• Dodd’s Wish List for Future Financial Reform

  June 20, 2012

  Former Senator Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., ushered the landmark financial reform legislation through the Senate in 2010 before retiring from his 30-year distinguished career in that chamber. He is now chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America.