The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) announced the appointment of Hillary H. Salo to the role of director of technical activities and chair of the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF). Ms. Salo will begin her new duties at the FASB in August.
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“Hillary Salo is an outstanding accountant and a proven leader”
Ms. Salo, who began her accounting career as a FASB postgraduate technical assistant, rejoins the organization from the New York City office of KPMG LLP, where she was a partner in the audit practice and engagement partner for a large global financial services organization.
Her KPMG career began in 2004 when she joined the company as a senior associate in the Chicago office. For the next nine years, she worked in both the Chicago and New York offices of KPMG, spending time in both the accounting advisory services group and the audit quality and professional practice group.
Ms. Salo also served as a professional accounting fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington DC from 2013—15, and then returned to KPMG in New York City in 2015 as a partner.
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Ms. Salo earned her undergraduate degree in business administration and her master of accountancy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“I’m very pleased to welcome Hillary Salo back to Norwalk as our next director of technical activities and chair of the Emerging Issues Task Force,” said FASB Chairman Russell G. Golden. “Her exemplary career as a public accountant and her deep knowledge of the broader financial reporting landscape will serve the organization well as she takes on this important leadership role.”
“Hillary Salo is an outstanding accountant and a proven leader,” said incoming FASB Chair Richard R. Jones. “The next several years will be a time of significant activity and change for the FASB and our stakeholders, and Hillary will play a central role in shaping all our major initiatives.”
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