Desiré Carroll, CPA, CA(SA) is a Director, Professional Practice at the Center for Audit Quality. Her role involves advancing technical and policy-oriented projects to identify, develop, and seek consensus on issues affecting the public company auditing profession. This includes engaging with senior leaders across the financial reporting ecosystem, drafting comment letter responses to regulators, and developing thought leadership publications.

Before joining the CAQ, Desiré served as Associate Director - Sustainability Assurance at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Prior to that, she spent over 11 years at Deloitte primarily in their New York M&A Transaction Services group and initially in their Audit practice. Desiré is a CPA and a South African Chartered Accountant.