Pat Niemann

As the leader of the EY Audit Committee Forum, Pat is responsible for the EY Center for Board Matters’ audit committee services throughout the Americas, overseeing EY’s efforts to support individual directors and audit committees in their oversight role.

He previously served for ten years as the firm’s Managing partner for Greater Los Angeles and has managed Ernst & Young LLP’s Los Angeles audit practice and served other leadership roles. In serving these roles, Pat always maintained direct client-serving responsibilities.

Pat is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, where he is a recipient of the Leventhal Distinguished Service Award. He has been active in his local community, serving on numerous nonprofit boards working toward important charitable missions and civic causes.

Pat takes great pride in helping to educate current and future corporate directors to most effectively serve their important oversight roles and enhance corporate governance, on which the capital markets and business world so greatly rely.

Pat believes that it is important for business professionals to give back and has volunteered extensively in his local community.