米PCAOB、新委員4名を任命（CFOより）

PCAOB Revamped With Four New Members

米SECが、PCAOBの新会長と3名の新委員を任命したという記事。委員の写真も掲載されています。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed a new chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and three new members as part of a sweeping overhaul of the regulator.

前会長のWilliam Duhnke氏は5か月前に更迭され、5名の委員定員のうち、4名が欠員の状態でした。

The revamp announced on Monday came five months after the SEC abruptly removed William Duhnke as chair and leaves Duane DesParte as the only holdover from the five-person board that served during the Trump administration.

SECに長く務めていたErica Williams氏が会長に任命されました。（5名のうち、白人男性は1名だけです。）

Longtime SEC official Erica Williams was named to succeed Duhnke while Christina Ho, Kara Stein, and Anthony C. Thompson will join DesParte as members.

トランプ政権が、PCAOBの独立性と専門能力を損ねたことにより、監査人独立性ルールが弱体化し、方針決定プロセスから投資家が排除されたとして、Elizabeth Warren議員や、Bernie Sanders議員が、SECに対して、PCAOBの人事刷新を求めていました。

As The Wall Street Journal reports, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, and Bernie Sanders, Vermont Independent, had urged the SEC to overhaul the PCAOB, saying the Trump administration had eroded the board’s independence and expertise, leading the watchdog to weaken auditor-independence rules and exclude investors from participating in its policy-making process.

PCAOB gets new chairperson, board members（JofA）

SECのプレスリリース。
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SEC Appoints New Chairperson and Board Members to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board（SEC）