Background information

James S. Turley is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young. He began his career with Ernst & Young in 1977 and has held a series of leadership positions throughout the organization. Based in New York and London, he also serves as senior advisory partner for many of Ernst & Young's largest global clients.

Turley co-chairs the Russia Foreign Investment Advisory Council. He is also on the Board of Directors for Boy Scouts of America, Catalyst, the National Corporate Theater Fund, and sits on the Board of Trustees for Rice University. He is a member of the Business Roundtable and Transatlantic Business Dialogue. In October 2007, he was appointed Chair of the Center for Audit Quality's Governing Board.