William McDonough Q&A

From WebCPA:

In just under two years at the helm of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, William McDonough has gone from being a respected figure in banking to being the most influential and often feared figure in accounting.

McDonough, who had had a distinguished career at First Chicago Bank and later served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, assumed the chairmanship of the PCAOB in July 2003, when the fledgling board -- created a year earlier by Congress as a result of the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley -- was in a state of disarray.

Upon assuming his new post, the no-nonsense McDonough continually stressed a mantra of looking for "tone at the top" and proceeded to administer the oversight board's mantra of tough love to auditors and public issuers alike.

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