Wes Bricker currently serves as PwC’s Global Assurance leader. He sits on the board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is the chair of the board of directors for XBRL International. Previously, Bricker oversaw the largest Trust platform in the world as PwC’s US vice chair and Trust Solutions coleader, bringing together the US firm’s 21,000 partners and staff who made up its combined Audit, ESG, Digital Assurance and Tax Reporting practices. Earlier, Bricker served as the PwC US Assurance leader, and prior, was the Securities & Exchange Commission’s chief accountant. He was also responsible for assisting the Commission with discharging its oversight of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and he also served as chair for the Monitoring Group. Prior to joining the SEC, Bricker was an Assurance partner at PwC and a member of PWC's National Quality Organization.