Desiré Carroll, CPA, CA(SA) is a Director, Professional Practice at the Center for Audit Quality. In this role since 2021, her duties include advancing technical and policy-oriented projects to identify, develop, and seek consensus on issues affecting the public company auditing profession. This includes engaging with senior leaders across the financial reporting ecosystem, drafting comment letter responses to regulators, developing thought leadership publications, and responding to technical inquiries.
Before joining the CAQ, Desiré served as Associate Director – Sustainability Assurance at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) where she worked for over 9 years. Prior to that, she spent over 11 years at Deloitte primarily in their New York M&A Transaction Services group and initially in their Audit practice. Desiré is a CPA licensed in Colorado and a South African Chartered Accountant.