Jarett Decker
Jacobs Chair of Excellence in Accounting
Global Expertise
Countries and/or Territories of Expertise
- Central and Eastern Europe; former Soviet Union; Central Asia; Southeast Asia
Languages Spoken
- Russian
Areas of Global Specialization
Departments / Programs
- Accounting, B.B.A.
- Department of Accounting
- Jacobs Chair of Excellence in Accounting
- Legal Studies, M.S.
- Legal Studies, Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud and Compliance Concentration, M.S.
- Legal Studies, Business Law Concentration, M.S.
- Legal Studies, Entertainment Concentration, M.S.
Degree Information
- JD, University of Michigan (1990)
- BA, College of William & Mary (1987)
Biography
Jarett B. Decker, Jacobs Chair of Excellence in Accounting and Professor of Practice, J.D., C.P.A. A former head of the World Bank’s Centre for Financial Reporting Reform in Vienna, Austria, Decker has advised governments on reforms to improve corporate accounting, auditing, financial transparency, and governance in more than 30 developing and transitional countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Jerry served as deputy director and chief...
Read More »Jarett B. Decker, Jacobs Chair of Excellence in Accounting and Professor of Practice, J.D., C.P.A. A former head of the World Bank’s Centre for Financial Reporting Reform in Vienna, Austria, Decker has advised governments on reforms to improve corporate accounting, auditing, financial transparency, and governance in more than 30 developing and transitional countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Jerry served as deputy director and chief trial counsel for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, the entity created by Congress to police corporate auditing in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals. Before his PCAOB service, Decker was senior trial counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Chicago.
