EY’s UK Boss Hywel Ball Steps Down as Firm Hunts for Successor

Ernst & Young’s UK boss Hywel Ball is planning to step down as the Big Four audit firm prepares to split up his role.

The company will start the process for picking an internal successor to Ball in the second half of this year, EY said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. Ball’s role of UK chair and managing partner will be separated in the future, a move that’s in line with the governance code of the industry’s watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council, EY said.

Ball was appointed to lead the UK business in 2020 after two ...