Richard Huesken

Richard J. Huesken joined the International Ethics Standards Board in January 2020. Rich is retired from EY, where he most recently served as the Global Independence Leader for the Ernst & Young Global Limited network, leading a multi-national team of professionals responsible for establishing independence policy, processes, and systems, monitoring of regulatory and standard setting developments, and consulting on independence matters. Rich was a member of EY’s Global Risk Management Executive Committee, Global Practice Group and Global Professional Practice Committee.

Rich has more than 42 years of audit experience in a variety of industries. He previously served as the U.S. Independence Leader and as the Professional Practice Director for two EY regions. Rich graduated summa cum laude from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. He is a Certified Public Accountant.