Lynn E. Turner
Lynn E. Turner, B.A. M.A. C.P.A. is a
managing director focusing on forensic accounting at LitiNomics. With
more than 30 years of business, regulatory, corporate board, and
academic experience, Mr. Turner is a noted expert on financial reporting
requirements, corporate governance standards, and economic risk. At
LitiNomics, Mr. Turner focuses on complex investigations regarding
financial reporting and misappropriation of assets as well as various
aspects of corporate governance, securities litigation, accountant
liability, and technical accounting matters.
In 2007, Treasury Secretary Paulson appointed Mr. Turner to the Treasury Committee on the Auditing Profession. Mr. Turner was also actively involved in the legislative process leading up to passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Mr. Turner served as the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from July 1998 to August 2001. As Chief Accountant, Mr. Turner was the principal advisor to the SEC chairman and commission on auditing and financial reporting and corporate governance matters. The issues on which Mr. Turner advised include the oversight and development of U.S. auditing, accounting, and disclosure standards, as well as matters affecting audit committees of public companies. Mr. Turner was one of the principal authors of the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99 - Materiality. He was also actively involved with the SEC’s rulemaking with respect to disclosures by foreign issuers.
Prior to the SEC, Mr. Turner spent 20 years with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), where he was a national SEC review partner and head of its national high technology audit practice. He has previously held positions as a the vice president and chief financial officer of an international semiconductor company as well as a Professor of Accounting at Colorado State University. Mr. Turner has also served on boards of public companies including chairing their audit committees, as a trustee of a mutual fund, and is currently a trustee of a $40 billion pension fund.
In 2007, Treasury Secretary Paulson appointed Mr. Turner to the Treasury Committee on the Auditing Profession. Mr. Turner was also actively involved in the legislative process leading up to passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Mr. Turner served as the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from July 1998 to August 2001. As Chief Accountant, Mr. Turner was the principal advisor to the SEC chairman and commission on auditing and financial reporting and corporate governance matters. The issues on which Mr. Turner advised include the oversight and development of U.S. auditing, accounting, and disclosure standards, as well as matters affecting audit committees of public companies. Mr. Turner was one of the principal authors of the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99 - Materiality. He was also actively involved with the SEC’s rulemaking with respect to disclosures by foreign issuers.
Prior to the SEC, Mr. Turner spent 20 years with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), where he was a national SEC review partner and head of its national high technology audit practice. He has previously held positions as a the vice president and chief financial officer of an international semiconductor company as well as a Professor of Accounting at Colorado State University. Mr. Turner has also served on boards of public companies including chairing their audit committees, as a trustee of a mutual fund, and is currently a trustee of a $40 billion pension fund.
