Kayla Gillan, formerly Deputy Chief of Staff to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, is joining PwC as a principal in the assurance practice's newly created regulatory relations group. She will take on a leadership role working closely with PwC's leadership in helping drive continuous improvement in audit quality.

 

While at the SEC, Gillan worked on a wide array of projects, including creating the SEC's first-ever Investor Advisory Committee, facilitating field hearings on the state of the municipal securities market and coordinating the SEC's implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Gillan was a founding board member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, where she served from 2003 to early 2008. She joined the PCAOB after serving for 16 years at the California Public Employees' Retirement System, including 6 years as its general counsel.  Immediately prior to joining the SEC in early 2009, Gillan was chief administrative officer for Risk Metrics Group (now a part of MSCI).