Standing Up For the PCAOB: A Discussion with PCAOB’s Founding Board Members and Audit Profession

Date: March 2, 2021
Attribution: This program and related gallery on the PCAOB are made possible through the generous support of the Center for Audit Quality and its member firms, including: BDO USA, Crowe LLP, Deloitte & Touche LLP, EY, Grant Thornton LLP, KPMG LLP, PwC, RSM US LLP.

Four founding PCAOB board members provided a first-hand understanding of the the early history of the PCAOB, at this live broadcast hosted by the Society on March 2, 2021. They discuss the challenges and opportunities they faced in standing up a new regulatory entity required under the Sarbanes Oxley Act; and leaders of the auditing profession during early implementation of the Act discussed the issues their firms and the profession as a whole faced in transitioning to a new regulatory regime.