Gregory G. Weaver

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Independent Director since: 2015

Committees:
Audit
Finance

 

Key skills and experience:

  • Leadership: Twice elected by fellow partners to serve as Chairman and CEO of Deloitte & Touche LLP's audit and enterprise risk services practice in the U.S., overseeing all operations, regulatory interaction and quality control for all audit and risk consulting clients. Led the firm through significant change in the accounting industry resulting from the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Member of the governing board of the Independent Directors Council.
  • Financial expertise: Gained comprehensive public accounting experience at the highest level and substantial financial expertise over his 40-year career at Deloitte & Touche and as the lead audit partner for several of its largest clients, as well as through serving as a Trustee of the Goldman Sachs Trust, where he also served as audit committee chair from 2016 to 2022 and began serving as board chair in 2023.
  • Risk management: Developed a deep understanding of vertical and horizontal risk exposures - within companies and across industries - through providing enterprise risk services. Also led Deloitte & Touche through assessments of its own audit risk exposures.
  • Strategic planning: As a member of Deloitte's board of directors and numerous management committees, helped shape strategic organizational priorities and relationships with regulators.

 

Career highlights:

  • Deloitte & Touche LLP, the accounting, auditing and risk advisory subsidiary of Deloitte LLP

    • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2001-2005 and 2012-2014)
    • Member, Deloitte LLP Board of Directors (2006-2012)
    • Partner (1985-2014)

 

Other public company boards:

 

Goldman Sachs Trust (since 2015)

 

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