- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Neil Hodge2019-10-01T18:21:00
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council is investigating EY over the audit work it carried out at travel firm Thomas Cook, which recently declared bankruptcy.
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