Janet is currently serving as Regional Managing Partner, EY Americas Financial Services Organization (FSO). In this role she leads a diverse team of more than 14,000 professionals throughout the Americas. Janet works closely with EY clients to build a financial services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, customers’ financial goals are attainable, and the global economy is healthy, growing and secure.
Previously Janet was the Managing Partner for Americas FSO Assurance, enhancing audit quality and leading the strategy, operations and management of 3,000 professionals.
Throughout her 30-year career in the global financial services industry, Janet has provided assurance and consulting services to leading Fortune 500 companies and worked with boards, audit committees and senior management to resolve complex business issues. She has served as the GCSP and Senior Advisory Partner on many of the organization’s largest global clients.
Janet joined EY as an intern and received her BSE from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and her MBA from Columbia University. She is a certified public accountant in New York and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Janet and her husband live in New Jersey and have three children.
How Janet is building a better working world
Janet has been a long-time sponsor of DE&I in the Americas, including as an active member of the EY Global Social Equity Task Force, in the build and launch of the EY ‘Uplift’ campaign and other equity initiatives across EY, and as a champion of DE&I in the marketplace and communities. Janet is the executive sponsor of the EY US Veterans Network.
Outside of EY, Janet serves as the Board Chair for Women’s World Banking, a global non-profit devoted to giving more low-income women access to critical financial tools. She is also on the Board of Directors of UNICEF USA, and serves as a managing trustee for Liberty Science Center, a not-for-profit learning center dedicated to inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers. Janet has received the Profiles in Diversity Journal Women Worth Watching Award and was named in the Crain’s New York Business Notable Women in Accounting and Consulting list (2019 and 2021).
How financial services can adjust to meet changing consumer demands
In this interview with Reuters Plus, Janet Truncale, EY Vice Chair and Americas Financial Services Organization Regional Managing Partner, discusses the need for financial services institutions to focus on consumer experience, digital connectivity, and meeting changing consumer demands.
