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Karl Klass

Deer Park, NY

Financial and compliance executive with expertise converting strategy to effective operations in heavily regulated industries. Karl is a Director in Ethics & Compliance and has been with Deloitte for 11 years. He is responsible for the independence audit team with operations in Connecticut, New York, and Hyderabad, India. The 55 member team conducts audits of firm professionals to help them avoid conflicts of interest and maintain their independence from Deloitte clients. Prior to returning to Deloitte in 2006, he served 12 years as a senior financial officer, including 10 years as a Financial and Operations Principal (FINRA Series 27) for securities broker dealers. Karl has extensive experience leading teams through rapid growth and process improvement, while navigating complex regulatory environments. In his financial leadership roles, Karl helped launch three successful startup entities, including Prescient Markets, the developer of cpmarket.com an internet based money market trading platform; Abbey National Securities, the US broker dealer subsidiary of Abbey National Bank (UK); and Verified Identity Pass, the company that introduced CLEAR, a registered traveler program providing a fast pass through airport security. Karl started his career at Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1988 as an auditor in the Stamford, Connecticut office where he served six years in the financial services industry and subsequently accepted a position as Chief Financial Officer for Credit Research & Trading LLC, a securities boutique and Deloitte attest client. He graduated from The King’s College, magna cum laude in 1988, with a BS in Accounting and Pace University in 1997, with a MBA in Corporate Finance. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Process Excellence Green Belt. Specialties Startups and early stage companies, compliance, securities broker dealers, accounting and finance operations, rapid growth teams, change management, process excellence

• #Pace University - Lubin School Of Business