Partner, Grant Thornton LLP, National Professional Standards Group
Mike is currently serving as the president of the Enhanced Business Reporting Consortium and he is one of the EBRC’s delegates to the World Intellectual Capital Initiative. He is a member of the AICPA Assurance Services Executive Committee and past Chairman of the AICPA XBRL Assurance Task Force. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Mike worked in the Assurance Professional Standards Group of Arthur Andersen. He focused primarily on U.S. and international standards for new types of attestation and assurance services. Mike’s background includes diverse management experience in industry and public accounting. He has held positions including Year 2000 project director, director of internal audit and director of financial reporting for publicly held companies. In addition, Mike was in the national SEC practice of an international public accounting firm and was a director in the accounting and auditing quality control group of large Chicago-based public accounting firm.
