Accounting firm Grant Thornton announced the promotion of Jason Gitstein as executive director, effective as of Aug. 1.

In his role as executive director, he will be responsible for administrative oversight of the firm’s development, monitoring, and enforcement of independence quality control policies, tools, databases, and other requirements to facilitate compliance with the PCAOB and SEC’s independence quality control standards.

A 10-year veteran of the firm, Gitstein has served as senior manager, and director of independence and ethics compliance. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, he served as a technical manager in the area of professional ethics for the AICPA.

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