Greg Bedard became a member of the IFAC Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Advisory Group in January 2018. He was nominated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

Mr. Bedard is Vice President and Chief of Staff at Prudential Financial. Prior to this, Mr. Bedard was the VP of Internal Audit at Prudential where he had oversight repsonsibility for the strategy and execution of the internal audit program for financial management functions of the company. Mr. Bedard was also VP, Controller and Head of FP&A for the corporate segment and held previous financial mangement roles with progressive responsibility. 

Mr. Bedard has served in various volunteer leadership roles with the AICPA, including as a member of the AICPA's Governing Council, Assurance Services Executive Commmittee and Business and Industry Executive Committee. He is a chairperson of the annual AICPA Controllers Conference.

Mr. Bedard holds a Master of Philosophy in Economics from Oxford University. He earned an MBA in Accounting and Finance and Bachelor of Arts in Economics/Mathematics from Rutgers University. Mr. Bedard is a Certified Public Accountants (CPA) and a Certified Global Management Accountants (CGMA).

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