Wesley R. Bricker CPA, JD

Wes currently serves as PwC’s Global Assurance Leader. In this role, he brings together the combined impact of 137,000 partners and staff across the PwC network in building trust in society through innovative, high-quality assurance solutions delivered to the firm’s clients around the world.

Wes brings a track record of leadership in the global capital markets and the public accounting profession. He currently serves on the board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and is the Chair of the board of directors for XBRL International, a consortium that oversees the widely recognized standard for digital business reporting globally.

Previously, Wes oversaw the largest Trust platform in the world as PwC’s US Vice Chair and Trust Solutions Co-Leader, bringing together the US firm’s 21,000 partners and staff who made up its combined Audit, ESG, Digital Assurance and Tax Reporting practices. Earlier, Wes served as the PwC US Assurance Leader, and prior, was the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Chief Accountant.

In his role as the SEC’s Chief Accountant, Wes was the principal advisor to the Commission on accounting and auditing matters, and led the Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant. He was also responsible for assisting the Commission with discharging its oversight of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and also served as chair for the Monitoring Group, a group of regulatory and international financial organizations committed to advancing the public interest in international audit standard setting and audit quality.

Prior to joining the SEC, Wes was an Assurance partner at PwC and member of our National Quality Organization. Wes received a BS in accounting from Elizabethtown College and a JD from American University. He is licensed as a certified public accountant in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia; and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.