Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Member Daniel Goelzer has been named acting chairman of the PCAOB by the Securities and Exchange Commission, effective Aug. 1. His appointment follows the announcement of the resignation of PCAOB Chairman Mark Olson, effective July 31.

Goelzer has been a board member of the PCAOB for six years and is currently serving his second term. The SEC appointed him as a founding member of the Board in October 2002. In 2007, the SEC unanimously reappointed him to serve an additional term of five years.

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