Michael Petrane

Michael Petrane

Partner, Assurance Services, Ernst & Young

Michael is an Audit Partner in EY’s East Region Assurance practice with over 30 years of diversified experience serving public and private multinational companies, primarily in the retail & consumer products and media & entertainment industries.

Michael’s clients have been active with transactions in the public markets, business combinations and dispositions, financings, joint ventures and restructurings and he therefore has valuable experience advising clients through complex transactions, SEC registration statements, public company reporting and compliance with internal controls standards. 

Michael’s technical and account-leading skills have been developed serving clients such as Stanley Black & Decker, PVH Corp., Ralph Lauren Corporation, Steve Madden, Foot Locker, Inc., Barnes and Noble, Tiffany & Co., Chobani, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Scholastic Corporation and HarperCollins Publishers.  

Michael shares his industry expertise on several EY retail and consumer networks both regionally and nationally and serves both audit and non-audit clients in the consumer sector.  He is also the leader of EY’s assurance practice in New Jersey.

Michael has served in several advisory capacities to the Villanova School of Business, including the Dean’s Advisory Council and the Center for Global Leadership.  He also serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County, New Jersey.