“It is an honor to continue to work on behalf of investors and to lead the talented and dedicated staff of the Office of the Chief Accountant and work together with the accounting and auditing standard setters’ boards and staff,” said Mr. Bricker.  “I look forward to continuing to promote improvements to financial reporting, including monitoring that the objectives of existing and new accounting and auditing standards meet the needs of investors for useful and reliable financial reporting information.”

“Jim’s extensive accounting and auditing expertise has been invaluable to the Commission,” said SEC Chair Mary Jo White. “Jim has been a strong leader--encouraging improvement in audit quality and working to facilitate other important goals, including consistent implementation and application of new accounting standards. I am deeply grateful to Jim for his service as the agency’s Chief Accountant. We all wish him the very best as he focuses full-time on his rehabilitation.”