Mr. John W. White Esq.

John W. White is Chair of the Corporate Governance and Board Advisory Practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. From 2006 through 2008, he served as Director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which oversees disclosure and reporting by public companies in the United States. During his over 30 years as a partner at Cravath, John has focused his practice on representing public companies in a wide variety of areas, including public reporting responsibilities, corporate governance and ESG matters, public financings, and restatements and other financial crises. John has served as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC), which advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and currently serves as a member of the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group (SEIAG), which advises the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). He is a member of the board of directors of Financial Executives International and Chair of the Advisory Board of the USC SEC Financial Reporting Institute.