Janet Truncale assumed the role of EY Global Chair and CEO in July 2024, becoming the first woman to lead a Big Four audit firm. In this role, she leads one of the world’s largest professional services organizations with more than $50 billion in annual revenue and some 400,000 employees across the globe.

Prior to her election, Truncale served as EY Vice Chair and Regional Managing Partner of the EY Americas Financial Services Organization, where she led a diverse team of over 14,000 professionals across 90 offices.

Throughout her career, Truncale has provided assurance and consulting services to leading Fortune 500 companies, and has worked closely with boards, audit committees and senior management to resolve the most complex business issues. She has served as the Global Client Service Partner and Senior Advisory Partner to many of the EY’s organization’s largest clients.

Truncale joined EY as an intern in 1991, and has since served in a wide variety of roles, including as EY Americas FSO Assurance Managing Partner, Banking and Capital Markets Co-Sector Leader and Initial Public Offering Leader.

She received her BSE from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has an MBA from Columbia University. She is a certified public accountant in New York and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She has been named by the Financial Times as one of the 25 Most Influential Women and by Forbes as a 50 Over 50 honoree.

A champion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Truncale co-chairs the EY Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness Steering Committee, which works to provide access to inclusive and equitable experiences across the organization. As a member of the EY Global Social Equity Task Force, she has played an important role in the development and launch of the EY ‘Uplift’ campaign and of other social equity initiatives across the organization. In addition, she has served as the executive sponsor of the EY US Veterans Network.

Outside of the EY organization, Truncale serves as a Board Chair for Women’s World Banking, and is on the board of UNICEF USA, and the US-China Business Council. She also serves as one of the co-chairs of the New York Jobs CEO Council.

She is a member of the Washington DC-based US Business Roundtable and of the World Economic Forum International Business Council.

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