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J. MICHAEL COOK
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte & Touche, LLP
J. Michael Cook is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte & Touche, LLP. He was also Chairman of the Deloitte & Touche Foundation and a member of the Board of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Mr. Cook directed the global merger of Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Touche Ross in 1989. Mr. Cook has received numerous awards for his commitment to the advancement and retention of high-talent women. Through his leadership, Deloitte & Touche was ranked No. 8 on Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work for in America and one of Working Mother magazine’s 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers for five consecutive years. In 1995 Deloitte & Touche was the recipient of the prestigious Catalyst Award.
Mr. Cook has been a leader of his profession. He served as Chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in its centennial year and was a member of its Auditing Standards Board. He was the Chairman and President of the Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation. Mr. Cook chaired the World Congress of Accountants, was a member of the Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Committee and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Securities Regulation Institute. He is an author and spokesman on professional issues, led the profession’s efforts for securities law reform, and has often testified before Congress on professional issues. Mr. Cook was the 62nd inductee into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 1999 and the recipient of the Public Oversight Board’s McCloy Award in December 2001. He is Chairman of the GAO Accountability Advisory Panel, which provides guidance to the Comptroller General of the United States and other GAO executives. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Strategic & International Studies and was a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Blue Ribbon Commission on Corporate Governance.
Mr. Cook serves on the boards of directors and audit committees of several corporations. He serves as a board member of The Dow Chemical Company, Rockwell Automation, International Flavors & Fragrances, and Comcast Corporation, and as an independent trustee and board member of The Fidelity Group of Mutual Funds. Mr. Cook chairs the audit committees of International Flavors & Fragrances, Rockwell Automation and Comcast Corporation. In 2002, he was named by Director’s Alert as one of the 9 Best Directors in the country.
Mr. Cook has been an active leader of civic organizations. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Catalyst. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Governors of United Way of America. He was a Director of The STAR Foundation (Society to Advance the Retarded and Handicapped). In New York, Mr. Cook has been Chairman of the Board of United Way of Tri-State and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Central Park Conservancy and the New York City Ballet. Under Mr. Cook’s leadership, Deloitte & Touche received United Way of America’s Spirit of America award in 1993.
Mr. Cook is a former member of the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Business School and a member of the Business Advisory Board of the University of Florida. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Associates of Harvard Business School and the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami. He is the recipient of the Columbia School of Business Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics, Yeshiva University’s Distinguished Leadership Award and Monmouth College’s Distinguished Business Leader. Mr. Cook earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the University in 1986.
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