Mr. Richard R. Jones

Richard R. Jones began his seven-year term as the eighth chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB [https://www.fasb.org/home]) on July 1, 2020. In this role, Mr. Jones heads up the seven-member board that establishes generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for public companies, private companies and nongovernmental not-for-profit organizations in the U.S. Mr. Jones obtained deep technical accounting experience over more than three decades with Ernst & Young (EY), most recently serving as Partner and Chief Accountant. He also was a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (2016-2018), and the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the AICPA (2003-2008). Mr. Jones holds a B.S. in accounting from the State University of New York, Binghamton. He is a CPA in New York.