James Turley, the global chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young since 2001, said he plans to retire at the end of June 2013.
The firm plans to announce a successor sometime next year. In a letter to the partners, Turley wrote, according to the blog
The firm confirmed Turley’s impending retirement on June 30, 2013, and said the succession process is now underway and the firm plans to make a decision by next April.
Turley has worked at E&Y since 1977 when he started out in the firm's Houston office.