Publications

Here you can find writing I have published and comment letters I have submitted on audit policy matters. The goal of this work is to help investors, audit committee members, policy makers and others understand how they can support high quality assurance to achieve economic growth and security.

My Letter to the Editors of the FT: “Capping Audit

A cap on audit services is likely to push firms further into non-audit services. This is the opposite of what we need if the goal is to improve audit quality.

Comment letter: Good practices for auditing committees [IOSCO]

How audit committees can improve audit quality, reduce the risk of material financial misstatements, and promote investor confidence in their companies' long-term strategic initiatives.

Commentary: Audit Transparency Disclosures Give Investors New Tools

Over the course of the past year, a treasure trove of new disclosures about audits of U.S. public companies has started to become available to investors. And there is more to come. Here is how investors can make the most of them to promote high quality auditing and financial reporting that they can rely on.