Ernst & Young Americas area leadership - Ernst & Young - United States

As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young globally, Jim is committed to setting a clear and strong "tone from the top" around the key issues of quality, integrity and professionalism. In his more than 30 years with Ernst & Young, he has held a series of leadership positions throughout the organization. Based in New York and London, Jim also serves as senior advisory partner for many of our largest global clients. He encourages dialogue with key stakeholders across the globe regarding the many changes facing the world capital markets, including the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards in more than 100 countries and the overall movement toward greater convergence of global accounting standards and governance. For more about Jim’s career and contributions, click here.

In his role as Americas Area Managing Partner, Steve has leadership of some 41, 500 Ernst & Young people across 30 countries. Steve is focused on building our strength throughout the Americas, which — in addition to North America — includes Latin America, with its important emerging economies, and Israel, with its large number of SEC registrants. Steve was leader of Ernst & Young’s New York Financial Services Office prior to his appointment as Americas Area Managing Partner and is the Executive Sponsor of the Americas Area Inclusiveness agenda and a member of the Global Executive Board. For more about Steve’s career and contributions, click here. For more about our inclusiveness agenda, click here.

Gary became Americas Chief Operating Officer on January 1, 2007. He joined Ernst & Young in Kansas City in 1978 and in the years since has served as Southwest Area Director of Assurance and Advisory Business Services (AABS) and AABS Managing Partner. Gary also held the position of AABS Chief Operating Officer from 2001 through 2006.

Mark is Senior Vice Chair of Markets, a position he assumed in 2006. Since joining the firm, Mark has served as Senior Client Service Partner for the Pacific North West and has also been Managing Partner in the Stamford, Connecticut and San Francisco offices. Mark has served on the Advisory Council and with the Global Accounts Advisory Group. One area that Mark and his team have been highly focused on is the financial downturn. They recently launched Opportunities in adversity — a wide-ranging program of surveys and other intelligence designed to help us share our business insights during this challenging period. To learn more, click here.

Nancy is Americas Vice Chair, People. She was most recently Managing Partner — Assurance and Advisory Business Services (AABS) for the Northeast. Prior to this role, she served as Managing Partner of AABS Area Practices, National Director of Human Resources for the AABS Practice, Audit Partner in the Stamford office and Area Director of Human Resources for Connecticut. Nancy and her team concentrate on the development of people across the Ernst & Young Americas region. They are especially focused on reinforcing the firm’s leadership around inclusiveness and related diversity issues, as well as on supporting the mobility of our people to help ensure the growth opportunities that result in high performance and high-quality client service. To learn more about our people culture, click here.

Kate is Americas Vice Chair of Tax Services. She previously served as Tax Managing Partner (TMP) for the Northeast and as the New York City Office Managing Partner. She was first named a TMP in 2002, in the former New England Area. Her teams advise on planning, compliance and reporting to help clients meet increasingly complex tax requirements within the context of their strategic business objectives. To learn more about Tax Services, click here.

Beth Brooke is Global Vice Chair of Public Policy, Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, and is a member of Ernst & Young’s Global Management Group. Beth focuses on developing the firm’s strategic direction and shaping its position on public policy. Her work includes engaging with regulators, policy makers, business leaders, investors and other key stakeholders around the world to address the critical issues facing the profession and global capital markets. Through her outreach, Beth has become one of the profession’s most prominent voices in the public policy arena. She has been named for the third year in a row by Forbes magazine as one of the world’s “100 Most Powerful Women.” To learn about Groundbreakers, a white paper sponsored by Beth about using the strength of women to rebuild the world economy, click here.

Randy is Americas Vice Chair of Quality and Risk Management. He has held various national positions including, most recently, Americas Vice Chair of Professional Practice and Risk Management for the Assurance practice. Randy serves on the Professional Practice Executive Committee and Research Advisory Board of the Center for Audit Quality, and on the XBRL US Board of Directors. He spent his first 20 years at Ernst & Young serving commercial banking and other financial services clients, and in key leadership positions in Ernst & Young’s financial services industry practice, including Regional Director in the southern/western regions of the US for Ernst & Young LLP. Randy is a past Chair of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

Tom is Vice Chair of Assurance Services. He has also served as Managing Partner of the Southeast, Pittsburgh Area Managing Partner and US Vice Chair of Human Resources. With more than 30 years of experience, Tom guides a practice responsible for auditing many of the world’s leading and fastest growing companies — delivering a proven methodology and documentation approach, excellence in execution, and a commitment to quality and controls. To learn more about Assurance Services, click here.

Rich is Americas Vice Chair of Transaction Advisory Services (TAS). He has served as the Mid-Atlantic Managing Partner for the Assurance and Advisory Business Services (AABS) practice and as a member of the Ernst & Young Global Advisory Council. He has also led the Real Estate, Hospitality and Private Equity practices. Rich’s TAS team has experience executing thousands of different types of transactions across all markets and industries, and plays a critical role throughout the life cycle of a deal. To learn more about Transaction Advisory Services, click here.

Kevin is Americas Vice Chair of — Professional Practice and Risk Management, a position he assumed in December 2009. He has overall responsibility for Ernst & Young LLP's national office accounting, auditing, and the SEC reporting functions. He also oversees the quality and risk management activities of the firm's Assurance practice. Kevin has been with the firm for more than 30 years, during which time he has served as coordinating partner for major clients in the media and entertainment, investment banking and private equity industries. He formerly served for four years on the FASB's Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council and currently sits on the PCAOB's Standing Advisory Group. He is a member of the AICPA and the New York State Society of CPAs.

Bryan is Vice Chair of Advisory Services. In his more than 20-year career with Ernst & Young, he has held leadership roles such as Lake Michigan Area Industry Leader of Information, Communications and Entertainment; Co-Managing Partner of the Center for Strategic Transactions; and Lake Erie Area Managing Partner. His Advisory Services team provides companies with a structured approach to improving performance and effectiveness. By taking a full 360-degree view of a company’s health, they examine everything from core management and business processes to future direction and opportunities for growth. To learn more about Advisory Services, click here.

David is Vice Chair of Area Practices and Southwest Managing Partner. In more than 30 years with Ernst & Young, he has held positions in National Accounting and Auditing, Assurance and Advisory and has served as Director of Human Resources in both the South and Southeast regions. Many of the leading companies in the Southwest, including 36% of the local Fortune 1000 companies, have chosen Ernst & Young as their professional services provider. To meet the dynamic needs of these clients, we draw from resources including the Ernst & Young Energy Center in Houston, comprised of more than 550 seasoned energy audit, tax, transaction and advisory professionals.

Tony is Vice Chair and Managing Partner of the Midwest, a position he has held since 2006. He joined the firm’s Chicago office in 1977. In 2000, he was appointed Managing Partner for the Pacific South West, a position he held for five years.

Ronen assumed the role of Chairman of Ernst & Young Israel in April 2007. He continues to serve as Managing Partner of Israel, a post he has held since 2000. Since joining the firm more than 20 years ago, Ronen has focused on major publicly traded companies in Israel and around the world. Ernst & Young is the largest accounting firm in Israel, according to Dun & Bradstreet Dun’s 100 2008 survey findings. To learn more, click here.

Carmine is Vice Chair and Financial Services Office (FSO) Managing Partner, a position he has held since 2006. Carmine leads some 3,400 people across more than 30 locations in the United States, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands. Ernst & Young is the only public accounting firm with a separate geographic area dedicated to serving the financial services marketplace. Since joining the firm in 1985, Carmine has provided assurance and advisory services to leading capital markets and banking industry clients, and also led the FSO Banking & Capital Markets practice.

Peter is Vice Chair and Pacific South West Managing Partner, a position he has held since 2006. He has served in various leadership positions since joining Ernst & Young, including Global Treasurer and TAS West Zone Market Leader and Chairman of EY Corporate Finance LLC. The Pacific South West is the market leader serving health sciences; real estate; media and entertainment; Strategic Growth Markets; and gaming and hospitality clients.

Debbie is Vice Chair and Mid-Atlantic Managing Partner. Over her career, she has held various leadership roles in Ernst & Young, such as National Director of Industry Tax Services for Retail and Consumer Products and Vice Chair of Sales. In 2000, Debbie was the firmwide Rosemarie Meschi Award winner, recognizing her efforts in the development and advancement of women.

Karole Lloyd is Vice Chair and Managing Partner of the Southeast. Karole has been the Vice Chair of Knowledge and Industry and a member of the Americas Operations Group since 2005. She has served as the Area Industry Leader for the Financial Services Industry (FSI) practice in the Southeast, and as the Office Managing Partner for the Birmingham, Alabama office.

Mark is Vice Chair and Northeast Managing Partner. He joined the firm in 1978 serving in National Planning and Client Services. In 1995 Mark was appointed New York Area Industry Leader of Consumer Products, then served as Metropolitan New York Area (MNYA) Leader for Global Accounts. In 2005 he was named MNYA Managing Partner and assumed his current position in 2006.

Kay is Vice Chair and Pacific North West Managing Partner. She joined the Ernst & Young Austin office in 1983 and went on to serve as Gulf Coast Area Industry Leader of Information, Communications and Entertainment; Austin Managing Partner; and Gulf Coast Area Assurance and Advisory Business Services (AABS) Managing Partner. Kay has also served as AABS Managing Partner of Area Practices in the Americas and AABS COO.

Jorge is Chairman of South America, a position he has held since 2007. Previously, he served as acting Vice Chair and South America Managing Partner. In Jorge’s more than 30 years with Ernst & Young, he has focused on the coordination of services for large national and multinational clients. From 2004 to June 2006, he served as the market leader of the eastern region of South America (Brazil).

Lou is the Chairman of Canada, a position he’s held for five years. Since joining Ernst & Young’s Toronto Assurance and Advisory Business Services practice in 1981, he has served as Managing Partner for the Entrepreneurial Tax Services practice in the Greater Toronto Area, Tax Leader for central Canada and Co-leader of Canada’s International Tax Services practice. Lou has been a member of the Americas Executive Board since 2004. To learn more, click here.

Alberto is Vice Chair and Managing Partner of Mexico and Central America, and Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young Mexico. In his more than 35 years with the firm, he has served in the Technical Department of the New York office, as Ernst & Young Mexico’s National Director of Accounting and Auditing, and as National Director of the International practice. To learn more, click here.

Mike is Vice Chair and North Central Managing Partner, a position he’s held since 2006. He joined Ernst & Young’s Kansas City office in 1983 and has served as M&A Specialty Practice Leader for the Lake Michigan Area, National Director of Private Equity Priority Accounts, National Director of Quality & Risk Management Implementation as well as Global Vice Chair of Quality & Risk Management Implementation and Operations.