Jeff Hughes

Executive summary

Jeff Hughes is the national managing partner of Assurance Quality and Risk at Grant Thornton LLP and a principal at Grant Thornton Advisors LLC. Based in Atlanta, he oversees all quality control functions for Grant Thornton LLP’s Audit & Assurance practice. Hughes is also a member of the Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL) Global Audit Quality Steering Committee.

Hughes has 40 years of experience in the accounting and audit industry, including serving international and domestic organizations in a wide array of industries and providing oversight of firms auditing public companies. He has also served in several quality-control roles.

Previously, Hughes served as Grant Thornton’s national managing partner of Audit Risk Management, where he led client acceptance and reacceptance processes, internal inspection programs, peer reviews and other quality-control programs and initiatives. Prior to joining Grant Thornton in 2010, Hughes was a regional associate director at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), where he led the inspection activities of the Southeast region and inspections of international firms. Before that, he was an Audit partner at an international accounting firm.

Professional qualifications and memberships

• CPA — Georgia, Virginia
• Georgia Society of CPAs
• AICPA

Community involvement

• College of William & Mary, Mason School of Business Accounting Programs Board, Member and Past Chairman
• Frequent guest lecturer at various colleges and universities
• Frequent speaker and panelist at association and trade events

Education

• BBA, Accounting, College of William & Mary