US Audit Watchdog Begins Search for Next Enforcement Leader (1)

The US audit board has tapped a retired agency leader to run its investigations unit while it searches for a permanent enforcement director.

Mark Adler will serve as acting enforcement director for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, stepping into the role for a second time as current director Patrick Bryan is set to leave the regulator this week, the board said Wednesday.

• Bryan joined the board as enforcement director in 2020, filing a post that had been vacant for 18 months amid a leadership shakeup at the small Washington regulator. Under his watch, the PCAOB settled a case involving ...