William G. Parrett is the chairman of the United States Council for International Business

United States Council for International Business

United States Council for International Business is an independent business advocacy group originally founded in 1945 to promote free trade and help represent U.S. business in the, then new, United Nations. One of its primary goals is expanding market access for U.S. products and services abroad...

. Previously, Parrett was the CEO of Deloitte, co-founded Deloitte’s Global Financial Services Industry practice and serving as its first chairman.

Parrett is a board member of the Blackstone Group

Blackstone Group

The Blackstone Group L.P. is an American-based alternative asset management and financial services company that specializes in private equity, real estate, and credit and marketable alternative investment strategies, as well as financial advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions ,...

, the Eastman Kodak Company, the International Chamber of Commerce

International Chamber of Commerce

The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....

, chairman of the board of the United Way of America, a trustee of the Catholic University of America, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Founded in 1887, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national professional organization of Certified Public Accountants in the United States, with more than 370,000 CPA members in 128 countries in business and industry, public practice, government, education, student...

, and a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation

Committee on Capital Markets Regulation

The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation is an independent and nonpartisan 501 research organization dedicated to improving the regulation of U.S. capital markets.-Background:...

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He is a graduate of St. Francis College in New York.