Bill Parrett was Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from June 1, 2003 to May 31, 2007. He brought a distinguished track record of service to many of the firm’s leading clients, and has served as an advisory or leadership partner to General Motors, Merrill Lynch & Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Bridgestone Corporation, Royal Bank of Canada, BASF, The Charles Schwab Corporation, Abbott Laboratories, Marsh & McLennan Companies and The Procter & Gamble Company, among others. He also co-founded the firm’s Global Financial Services Industry practice and served as its first chairman.

A long-time advocate of community service, Bill serves on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall, National Advisory Board of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the Board of Trustees of the United Way of America. He is a member of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) and of the G100 CEO Forum. Bill serves on the boards of the Japan Society and the U.S.-Japan Business Council. In addition, he is a member of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and of the United States Council for International Business (USCIB), and an International Councillor for the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). He was recently named trustee to the Catholic University of America.

In recent years, he has led Deloitte’s participation at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, including leading high-level discussions on corporate governance and on key issues impacting the financial services industry. Bill is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

A graduate of St. Francis College in New York, Bill joined a predecessor firm of Deloitte & Touche in 1967. He became a partner in 1977.  He and his wife, Diane, have six children and three grandchildren.