Exiting Audit Board Chair Leaves Mark on Enron-Era Regulator (1)

Erica Williams can rattle off a list of accomplishments during her three-year tenure leading the US audit regulator, from tougher penalties for violations to improved staff morale to turning around Covid-era inspection deficiencies.

But saving the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from being eliminated by Congress might have been among her most consequential actions as chair of the small, Enron-era regulator.

“This was a real opportunity I think for us to talk to members of Congress and the world about the critical importance of the PCAOB,” Williams said in an interview with Bloomberg Tax Thursday, two days after SEC Chair ...