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Bryan Yokley
Mr. Yokley is a seasoned board member, global business leader and financial expert with over 38 years of cross-sector and international experience in risk management, cyber security, technology, P&L management, M&A, audit, and governance. His diverse leadership background includes serving as a public company CFO, professional services cyber security practice leader and senior audit partner leading C-suite and board engagements across the technology, consumer, manufacturing, and defence contracting industries. He retired from EY in June 2022, where he spent 34 years serving in various capacities, including Audit Partner in Australia, Sweden, California, and North Carolina. He also served on EY’s governing board for two terms and was the market leader for Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee and the Central Region Cyber leader. In addition, Bryan served as the CFO of World Access, a publicly held technology company with $2 billion in annual revenues and operations in 19 countries. As the CFO, he was responsible for HR, IT, Investor Relations, Finance and Accounting. Under Bryan’s leadership, the company acquired over 20 companies, and he was instrumental in developing these entities' strategy, financing, and integration. With extensive international experience working and living in the US, Australia and Sweden, Bryan has a solid global mindset and a deep appreciation for diversity and inclusion. Yokley is a certified public accountant with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Alabama.
