Robert Herz

Bob Herz’s current activities include serving on the boards of directors and various board committees of Fannie Mae ( Chairman of Audit Committee), Morgan Stanley (Chairman of Audit Committee), Workiva Inc., Paxos National Trust, and the Value Reporting Foundation( which was formed in 2021 by the merger of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Foundation and the International Integrated Reporting Council – Mr. Herz was involved with both organizations for many years ), on the Independent Investment Committee of UNOPS from 2016-2021, as a member and expert advisor to the G7 Impact Task Force, on several advisory boards, and as a member of the Audit Committee Chair Advisory Council of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

He is also an executive in residence at Columbia Business School and from 2006-2017 served on the Advisory Board of the Alliance Manchester Business School in England. He also served on the Standing Advisory Group of the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from 2012-2020, and currently serves on the PCAOB’s Data and Technology Task Force, the Financial Reporting Faculty Advisory Group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and was a member of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council of Canada from 2011-2017. Mr. Herz also provides consulting services on financial reporting and other matters through Robert H. Herz LLC, of which he is President. Previously, Bob was Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) from 2002 to 2010. He was also one of the original members of the International Accounting Standards Board. He was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers for many years, including serving as audit partner on numerous major companies, as head of the firm’s Corporate Finance Advisory Services, as senior technical partner, as member of the firm’s U.S. and Global Boards, and as President of the Coopers & Lybrand and PricewaterhouseCoopers foundations.