Greg Bedard is Vice President,
Enterprise Financial Accounting and Reporting - Finance Audit at MetLife,
Inc. Greg was Vice President and Chief of Staff at Prudential Financial,
Inc. Previously, Greg had oversight of internal audit of accounting/financial
reporting across the Company’s domestic and international operations. He
was previously the VP, Controller and Head of P&A for the Corporate
segment, and held leadership roles in other financial management functions at
Prudential. Greg is Co-Chair of the AICPA Engage Conference and served on
the AICPA Controllers Conference planning committee for several years,
previously on AICPA Council and various AICPA executive committees. He is
a graduate of the inaugural class of the AICPA Leadership Academy. Greg
was a member of the Board of Directors of the NJ Society of CPAs. He is a
proud Rutgers graduate, where he served as Chair of the Board of the
university’s alumni association. Greg has served as professor/lecturer of
accounting at the Rutgers Business School. Greg credits the CPA to
opening so many doors to meeting and learning from like-minded CPA
professionals, and he hopes this year’s conference will spark others to become
involved in the CPA profession.