
Duane Des Parte
United States of America
Independent Non-Executive on EY's Global Governance Council and Advisory Member at FEI
Duane M. DesParte serves as an Independent Non-Executive on EY's Global Governance Council. He also serves as Advisory Member on Financial Executives International Committee (FEI) on Corporate Reporting.
Previously, the US SEC appointed Mr. DesParte as a board member of the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, from April 2018 through October 2023 (including as Acting Chairperson from June 2021 to January 2022). From October 2020 through April 2023, he served as Chair of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators.
Mr. DesParte served for 10 years as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of Exelon Corporation, then a Fortune 100 company in the energy industry. Prior to this chief accounting officer role, he served in various business unit finance and controller officer positions.
Before joining Exelon in 2003, Mr. DesParte was an audit and assurance partner in Chicago. He joined Deloitte in 2002 after nearly 17 years at Arthur Andersen. Mr. DesParte primarily performed financial statement audits for public company SEC registrants.
Mr. DesParte graduated with highest honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy. He joined Andersen in 1985 and achieved partner status in 1998. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1985, is licensed in Illinois, and is a member of the AICPA and Illinois CPA Society.