Ernst & Young (EY) is one of the largest professional service firms in the world and one of the "Big Four" accounting firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Ernst & Young is a global organization of member firms with 167,000 employees in more than 140 countries, headquartered in London, England.[5] It was ranked by Forbes magazine as the eighth-largest private company in the United States in 2011.[6]
CNBC has assembled top CFOs representing public and private companies from a wide array of different industries. Council members will share their frontline insights and unique views on CNBC's flagship morning programme Squawk Box, which is broadcast on its regional TV networks in EMEA, the United States and Asia-Pacific as well as appearing online at cfocouncil.cnbc.com.