Accounting Today

Industry Leaders

• Jeanette Franzel Brings GAO Skills to PCAOB

  April 23, 2012

  The newest member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Jeanette Franzel, is only the second female board member in the PCAOB’s nearly 10-year history.

• PCAOB Chairman James Doty Sees Progress on Foreign Inspections

  March 16, 2012

  James R. Doty has served for over a year as chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and in that time, the board has made progress in its efforts to inspect auditing firms in other countries, although China remains a sticking point.

• KPMG Int'l Chair Michael Andrew Takes on Global Risks

  March 5, 2012

  Michael Andrew, the chairman of KPMG International, sees a variety of audit risks arising in the global financial markets.

• PCAOB Founding Member Daniel Goelzer Reflects on Board’s History and Future

  March 1, 2012

  Daniel Goelzer has been a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board since the board was first established under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and he is completing his second and final term this Friday.

• IMA Ready to Compete with AICPA for Management Accountants

  December 16, 2011

  Jeffrey Thomson, president and CEO of the Institute of Management Accountants, worked for over two decades in the telecommunications industry and knows a thing or two about competition.

• McGladrey CEO Joe Adams Sees Opportunities in Firm’s Reunification

  December 2, 2011

  Now that McGladrey & Pullen has completed its acquisition of RSM McGladrey from H&R Block, the reunified firm no longer needs to say that it operates in an alternative practice structure.

• GASB Chairman Robert Attmore on Pension Accounting Changes

  July 8, 2011

  The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is proposing some far-reaching changes in the field of pension accounting that should affect public employees and state and local governments across the country.