On January 11, 2023, the SEC announced that Paul Munter had been appointed as Chief Accountant to the Commission. Munter, who has served as Acting Chief Accountant since January 2021, will continue to lead the Office of the Chief Accountant and serve as the principal advisor to the Commission on accounting and auditing matters. Munter joined the SEC in 2019 as Deputy Chief Accountant, leading the OCA’s international work. Before joining the agency, he served as a professor of accounting at the University of Colorado Boulder and as a national office partner for KPMG, where he was the lead technical partner for international accounting standards.

The SEC’s press release is available here.