William G. Parrett

As a member of the boards of Kodak, Blackstone Group, and Thermo Fisher Scientific, he is required to publicly report his interests in those companies, amounting approximately to US$4 million, as of 2016.

Parrett was the chairman of the board of the United States Council for International Business from April 2005 through March 2010. Prior to that, Parrett was the CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from 2003 until he retired from his position in 2007. In 1995, he founded US Deloitte's Global Financial Services Industry Group. He served on Deloitte's Global Executive Committee from 1999 to 2007. In 1997, he also founded the Global Financial Services Industry Group, which he led as chairman. In UBS, Parrett chaired the Audit Committee since 2009, had been a member of the Corporate Culture and Responsibility Committee since 2012 and member of the Compensation Committee since 2015.

Parrett graduated with an undergraduate degree (BBA) in accounting from St. Francis College, New York, in 1967. He then became a certified public accountant. In April 2007, he was given an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by his alma mater.

William G. Parrett (born June 4, 1945) is an American businessman and senior manager who has served public, private, governmental, and state-owned clients worldwide. In October 2008, Parrett was elected to the board of directors of UBS AG and, in November 2014, to the Board of Directors of UBS Group AG. In May 2018, he stepped down from this role and was focussing on the position of President of UBS Americas Holding LLC.