Karen Golz is a retired partner from Ernst & Young (EY), a public accounting firm, where she held various senior leadership roles during her 40-year tenure, most recently as Global Vice Chair, Japan from 2016 to 2017 and Global Vice Chair, Professional Practice from 2010 to 2016. She currently also serves as Senior Advisor to The Boston Consulting Group’s Audit and Risk Committee. Ms. Golz earned her B.S. degree in Accountancy, summa cum laude, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and is a certified public accountant licensed in several jurisdictions.