Chief US audit regulator pushed out by Trump’s new SEC chair

US SEC ousts head of accounting watchdog, email says

By Chris Prentice

Chief US audit regulator pushed out by Trump’s new SEC chair

Erica Williams told staff at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that Atkins asked her to resign

Erica Williams Resigns as PCAOB Chair

Williams will step down as chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on July 22 after she reportedly was asked to resign by SEC Chairman Paul Atkins.

PCAOB chair Erica Williams steps down

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chair Erica Williams is departing next Tuesday, July 22, after being pushed out by the new SEC chairman only weeks after her agency narrowly avoided an effort to eliminate it.