Chair Williams: “Too Much is At Stake to Let Complacency Win”

In keynote at AICPA & CIMA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments, PCAOB Chair urges firms to increase audit quality and ensure investors are protected

Washington, DC, Dec. 4, 2023

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chair Erica Y. Williams delivered prepared remarks today reminding auditors that investors depend on high-quality audits to secure and maintain trust and confidence in the capital markets. Chair Williams’ remarks can be found here: https://pcaobus.org/news-events/speeches/speech-detail/chair-williams-to-auditing-profession-too-much-is-at-stake-to-let-complacency-win 

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