Julie Bell Lindsay announced last month that she was stepping down as CEO of the Center for Audit Quality after spending seven years in that role.
Mark Koziel, chief executive of the American Institute of CPAs, was named interim CEO of the CAQ. The CAQ is affiliated with the AICPA.
In a post on LinkedIn, Lindsay said she left the CAQ to pursue a new chapter in her career and life.
“It has been a privilege to lead the CAQ over the last 7 years and I am proud of everything we’ve accomplished to promote the value of assurance, audits and the audit profession in our capital markets; providing constructive input on regulations and policy impacting the profession; convening stakeholders; and bringing the audit profession to the next generation of talent in a way that resonates and reflects the profession of today,” she wrote. “Among all of our accomplishments, I am most proud of the team at the CAQ who will continue their commitment to ensuring the CAQ’s work continues uninterrupted.”
She didn’t say what’s next in her career.
Lindsay took over as head of the CAQ in May 2019, succeeding Cindy Fornelli. A lawyer by trade, Lindsay previously served as a managing director and the deputy head of global regulatory affairs at Citigroup, a position she began in February 2017. In that role, she worked to formulate and execute Citi’s regulatory policy priorities and strategy across the numerous regulatory agencies with oversight over Citi. Lindsay joined Citi in February 2009 as general counsel for capital markets and corporate reporting, where she was the lead lawyer responsible for Citi’s public disclosures and global capital markets activities.
Prior to Citi, she served as counsel to Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Cynthia Glassman, where she counseled Glassman on all matters relating to public company disclosure obligations, corporate governance standards, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and Financial Accounting Standards Board, enforcement matters, and issues affecting registered foreign companies.
Lindsay also has securities and public company reporting and governance experience as counsel and associate at law firms Hogan Lovells and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
She graduated from The Ohio State University in 1993 with a BA in political science and received her Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt School of Law in 1996.
“Julie has helped ensure CAQ is a leading voice in advancing excellence, transparency, and trust in the public audit profession. The CAQ board joins me in thanking Julie for her years of service. Her work has made a lasting and positive impact in elevating audit quality and our profession,” Koziel said in a statement.
Through his role on the CAQ Governing Board, Koziel has deep familiarity with the CAQ and is an advocate for its role in the public company audit profession.
“I look forward to working with the CAQ team during this transition to ensure organizational continuity and supporting the CAQ board in the search process,” he said. “The CAQ’s mission to advance audit quality and investor confidence continues uninterrupted.”
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