Ray Broek CPA
Executive Vice President
WithumSmith+Brown Global Assurance

As the Executive Vice President, Finance & Methodology of WS+B GA, Ray is instrumental in aligning the development and overall approach and methodologies with the firm's business goals and for providing risk assurance services to our clients. Ray has more than 30 years of professional experience in accounting and auditing and is a licensed certified public accountant in New Jersey. Ray is also an accounting and auditing shareholder in the Morristown office of WS+B GA's parent company, WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. (www.withum.com).

Before joining WS+B GA, Ray provided corporate governance consulting services to a variety of companies. Previously, he was the CFO of a publicly-owned company where he was responsible for all financial, accounting, and control functions, including internal and external SEC reporting, multinational consolidation, taxes and audit coordination. Prior to that, he worked for Ernst & Young for 25 years where, as a partner, he worked on numerous SEC engagements and coordinated IPOs and private placement offerings for several clients. Ray has represented clients before the SEC and other regulatory agencies on specific accounting and regulatory issues. He has also performed a number of due diligence reviews on acquisition targets, focusing on risk assessment, valuation, operations integration and contract structure.

Ray is a graduate of Rutgers University, where he received his bachelor's degree in business administration and his MBA in accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSCPA). He has served as trustee and president of the Scholarship Trust and he has also chaired several scholarship fund-raising campaigns for the NJSCPA. In addition, Ray serves as Treasurer of his local church. He resides in Bergen County, NJ.