NORMAN, Okla., April 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James Turley, chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, will be the featured Kanaly Lecture Series speaker on Thursday, April 15, at the University of Oklahoma. A question-and-answer session and reception will follow the lecture, which is set for 10:30 a.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. The event is sponsored by OU's Price College of Business.
Turley began his career with Ernst & Young in 1977 in the U.S. firm's Houston office. Over the past 33 years, he has held a number of leadership positions throughout the company, including being named metropolitan New York Area managing partner of Ernst & Young in 1998, deputy chairman in 2000 and chairman and CEO in 2001. Based in New York and London, Turley serves as senior advisory partner for many of Ernst & Young's largest global clients.
Turley is engaged with many stakeholders as part of Ernst & Young's commitment to enhancing the public's trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. He has encouraged dialogue with key stakeholders across the globe regarding the many changes facing the world capital markets, including the advent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the United States, the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards in more than 100 countries throughout the world, and the overall movement toward greater convergence of global accounting standards and global governance.
Ernst & Young has been consistently recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. They are a leading global professional services organization providing assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. With approximately 144,000 people in 140 countries, Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services organizations in the world.
The Kanaly Lecture Series is a free and public event offered through the Price College of Business. This lecture series is named in honor of the late E. Deane Kanaly, founder and chairman of Kanaly Trust Co., who earned his OU business degree in 1952 and his MBA in 1953. The lecture series is funded through the generous support of his wife, Virginia L. Kanaly, who is also an OU business graduate. To respond, please contact the Price College Office of Alumni at (405) 325-4386 or theatly@ou.edu.
Ranked in the top 5 percent of all U.S. undergraduate business schools based on recent ranking data, the Price College of Business is one of the nation's premier business colleges. This year, U.S. News & World Report ranks the college's International Business program 12th in the nation and the Management Information Systems program 17th in the nation. Entrepreneur magazine in association with The Princeton Review ranked the Entrepreneurship program 11th in the nation and U.S. News & World Report ranked the program 18th.