February 4, 2010 - Lynn E. Turner's presentation, "The Economic Crisis--Bad Loans, Bad Gatekeepers, and Bad Regulation"," is part of the Center for Accounting Ethics, Governance, and the Public Interest's Distinguished Speaker Series.
With more than 30 years of business, regulatory, and academic experience Mr. Turner is widely recognized as an expert on financial reporting requirements, corporate governance standards, and economic risk.
During his visit, Mr. Turner will discuss the root causes of the economic crisis, provide recommendations for necessary reforms, and comment on the current status of relevant accounting, auditing, and regulatory issues.
Currently a senior advisor and managing director in the forensic accounting practice at LECG, a global expert services and consulting firm, Mr. Turner served as the chief accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 1998 to 2001. As chief accountant, Mr. Turner was the principal advisor to the SEC chairman and commission on auditing and financial reporting and corporate governance matters and he worked regularly with Congress, various federal and state government agencies, and international regulators.
After leaving the SEC, he was a professor of accounting and director of the Center for Quality Financial Reporting at Colorado State University, managing director of research at Glass Lewis & Co., and senior advisor with Kroll Zolfo Copper, Kroll, Inc. Prior to his tenure at the SEC, Mr. Turner spent 20 years at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), where he was a National SEC Review Partner and head of the National High Technology Audit Practice.
Mr. Turner has also served as an expert witness and has testified before Congress on various occasions. He is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences, and he has appeared on National Public Radio and all the major television networks including NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN, CNBC, CNNfn, Bloomberg TV, and MSNBC.
Event date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, from 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM
Location: Hilton Center for Business, Room 100
The LMU community and the public are invited at no cost. A reception follows the presentation. To reserve seats, contact Nancy Donovan at 310.338.1979 or ndonvan@lmu.edu.
For more information contact Dr. Lawrence Kalbers, R. Chad Dreier Chair in Accounting and director of the Center for Accounting Ethics, Governance, and the Public Interest, at 310.338.2758 or lkalbers@lmu.edu.
Contact: Taylor Nicole Moyé | Manager of Communications and Special Projects| College of Business Administration
310.258.8883 | tmoye@lmu.edu