PCAOB names George Kostolampros as general counsel

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has appointed George Kostolampros arsenic its caller wide counsel.

Kostolampros volition oversee ineligible guidance crossed the organisation's operations and pb the Office of the General Counsel (OGC).

PCAOB president Demetrios Logothetis said: "OGC's enactment underpins the PCAOB's quality to execute its ngo to support investors. We are grateful that George is joining america to capable this captious enactment role."

Kostolampros has much than 25 years of acquisition successful advising organisations and elder executives connected legal, regulatory, governance, compliance and hazard absorption issues.

Before joining the PCAOB, helium was a spouse astatine Venable. There, helium advised listed companies, boards, audit committees, fiscal institutions and elder executives connected governance, compliance and regulatory matters.

He besides represented clients successful interior investigations, authorities enforcement cases, regulatory proceedings and analyzable litigation.

Earlier successful his career, and earlier returning to backstage practice, Kostolampros served arsenic elder counsel successful the Division of Enforcement astatine the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Kostolampros said: "I americium honoured to articulation the PCAOB, and I look guardant to moving with the talented OGC unit to beforehand the PCAOB's priorities and mission."

Matt Goldin, who became acting wide counsel successful January 2026, volition instrumentality to his erstwhile presumption arsenic lawman wide counsel.

In that capacity, helium volition proceed advising the committee connected PCAOB programmes and operations, portion besides supporting the absorption of the OGC.

Logothetis added: "Matt is simply a valued subordinate of the OGC team, and we convey him for his distinguished work arsenic acting wide counsel."

The PCAOB precocious introduced a Firm Consultation Process to beryllium administered by its Office of the Chief Auditor (OCA). The process gives registered nationalist accounting practices a nonstop transmission to PCAOB staff.

Businesses tin taxable queries to the OCA and person "informal unit views" connected implementing caller standards and applying existing requirements.

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