Speaker

Robert Herz

Robert Herz serves as President of Robert H. Herz LLC, providing consulting services on financial reporting and other matters. He previously served as a senior advisor to and as a member of the Advisory Board of Workiva Inc. (formerly WebFilings LLC), a provider of financial reporting software, from 2011 to December 2014. From 2002 to 2010, Mr. Herz was Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB. He was also a part-time member of the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB, from 2001 to 2002. He was a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1985 until his retirement in 2002. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Foundation, on the Advisory Board of AccountAbility, on the Advisory Board of Lukka, Inc., on the Independent Investment Committee of the United Nations Office for Project Services ("UNOPS"), and as an executive in residence at the Columbia Business School. Mr. Herz is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley, where he serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Herz is also a current member of the Board of Directors of Workiva Inc., where he serves as a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee, and a member of the Board of Directors of Paxos Trust Company, LLC and its parent Kabompo Holdings, Ltd.

 

Mr. Herz serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.