Birth Name: | James Stanton Turley |
Office: | 38th National President of the Boy Scouts of America |
Term Start: | 2018 |
Term End: | 2019 |
Predecessor: | Randall Stephenson |
Successor: | Dan Ownby |
Office1: | Former Chairman and CEO, Ernst & Young |
Successor1: | Mark Weinberger |
Education: | Rice University (B.A., M.A.) |
Boards: | Citigroup Emerson Electric Intrexon Boy Scouts of America Catalyst Northrop Grumman |
James S. Turley (born 1955)[1] is an American business executive.[2] [3] [4] He was chairman and chief executive officer of Ernst & Young from 2001 to 2013.[2] [3] [4] He was the National President of the Boy Scouts of America from 2018 to 2019.[5]
Turley grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.[6] He received a B.A. and a M.A. in accounting from Rice University.[2]
In 1977, Turley joined Ernst & Young in the US firm's Houston office and served as chairman and CEO from July 2001 to June 2013.[2] [4] [7]
Turley has co-chaired the Russia Foreign Investment Advisory Council[3] and has served on the board of directors of Citigroup,[8] Emerson Electric, Intrexon, Northrop Grumman Corporation,[9] Boy Scouts of America, Catalyst, the National Corporate Theater Fund, and on the board of trustees of his alma mater, Rice University.[2] [3]
He has been a member of the Business Roundtable, International Business Leaders' Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai and Transatlantic Business Dialogue.[3] Turley was the chair of the governing board of the U.S. Center for Audit Quality in 2007–2011. In 2010, he was appointed by Barack Obama to the President's Export Council.[4]
In 2013, Turley was the 4th highest-rated CEO with an approval rating of 96% as calculated by Glassdoor.[10]
Turley is married to Lynne Pounds from Kirkwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife have one adult son James "Jay" Stanton Turley Jr.[4] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Turley plays tennis and golf.[4]
Upon Turley's retirement, Rice University’s Jones School announced the launch of the James S. Turley-Ernst & Young Leadership Development Initiative that focusses on accounting education. In conjunction with this, the university received a $2.5 million gift that includes $1 million from Turley, $500,000 from Ernst & Young and $1 million from Ernst & Young Rice alumni and various partner donations in honor of Turley.[15]
In 2012, Turley was the first member of the Boy Scouts of America Executive Board to come out in public disapproval of its policy of excluding gays.[16] The following year, the policy was reversed, allowing gay youths to join the organisation.[17]