- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-03-12T17:22:00
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council has commenced an investigation into Deloitte over its audit work of car dealership chain Lookers.
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