Via Appoints Former Goldman Sachs Chief Accounting Officer to Board of Directors
NEW YORK, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Via, the global leader in TransitTech, today announces that Sarah Smith has been appointed as an independent member of its board of directors to chair the Audit Committee. Smith is a former member of the Management Committee of Goldman Sachs where she served as Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, and Chief Compliance Officer. She also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation, the parent organization of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and previously served on the US Treasury Department's Advisory Committee on the Auditing Industry. Smith is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
- Smith is a former member of the Management Committee of Goldman Sachs where she served as Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, and Chief Compliance Officer.
- She also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation, the parent organization of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and previously served on the US Treasury Department's Advisory Committee on the Auditing Industry.
- "We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Sarah to our Board," said co-founder and CEO Daniel Ramot.
- "I'm delighted to join the board of a company that has built transformative technology and has such an incredible mission.