Gary Schweitzer Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Florida

After seven years in the US Army and thirty-eight years in public accounting, working in seven countries, I returned to the United States in 2018. I am now involved with the boards of investment consortiums making acquisitions in the home health agency and assisted living sectors. I also spend my days continuing to provide advice, coaching and mentoring informally to several of my former colleagues. I recently published my memoir, My Accounting Journey, which is a collection of stories from… Show more After seven years in the US Army and thirty-eight years in public accounting, working in seven countries, I returned to the United States in 2018. I am now involved with the boards of investment consortiums making acquisitions in the home health agency and assisted living sectors. I also spend my days continuing to provide advice, coaching and mentoring informally to several of my former colleagues. I recently published my memoir, My Accounting Journey, which is a collection of stories from living and working in seven countries. Member: AICPA, FICPA, Healthcare Financial Management Association, National Association of Memoir Writers, Academy of Accounting Historians. Show less

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

I was an Executive Director in the EMEIA Capital Markets Group based in London. I supported engagement teams in connection with US SEC listings; private placements; and debt, equity and GDR listings. My client base included transactions in Russia, Kazakstan,Norway, Poland, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Sweden, India and the UK. I was a regular speaker at the EY Financial Reporting Outlook Conference in London and the EY PCAOB/SEC Developments Conference in Paris.

Moscow, Russian Federation

I was the Capital Markets and the IPO Leader for the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States EY Region. I support engagement teams in connection with US SEC registrants; US private placements; debt, GDR and share listings in the European Union, including the UK and Ireland; and primary listings in Hong Kong. I have advised engagement teams in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Georgia. I am the primary technical resource for US GAAP issues and I have Ernst &… Show more I was the Capital Markets and the IPO Leader for the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States EY Region. I support engagement teams in connection with US SEC registrants; US private placements; debt, GDR and share listings in the European Union, including the UK and Ireland; and primary listings in Hong Kong. I have advised engagement teams in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Georgia. I am the primary technical resource for US GAAP issues and I have Ernst & Young IFRS Accreditation as well as the AICPA IFRS Certificate. I am a repeat presenter at the EY annual PCAOB/SEC Conference in Munich and at the EY Financial Reporting Outlook Conference in London. Show less

The Ernst & Young Japan Area Capital Markets Group selected me to support the Tokyo Office engagement team, which was helping a large Japanese bank prepare a securities registration statement with the US SEC within a very tight time frame. My assistance in helping the engagement team and the bank navigate the details of the process enabled them to complete the registration within the timetable. I followed up that success with similar achievements for two more large Japanese companies. I’ve… Show more The Ernst & Young Japan Area Capital Markets Group selected me to support the Tokyo Office engagement team, which was helping a large Japanese bank prepare a securities registration statement with the US SEC within a very tight time frame. My assistance in helping the engagement team and the bank navigate the details of the process enabled them to complete the registration within the timetable. I followed up that success with similar achievements for two more large Japanese companies. I’ve supported engagement teams with clients in the commercial banking, investment banking, and insurance industries, as well as the Capital Markets Group in Korea in connection with transactions that must comply with US rules.An annual chapter in my story is the training course I developed and present on “How to Review a Form 20-F” to help new staff and experienced team members learn about and stay current on US SEC rules and regulations related to the Annual Reports of Foreign Private Issuers. The course improves engagement-team efficiency and effectiveness by focusing them on high-risk areas of the annual report. A typical attendee response is: “I have been to a lot of training on SEC rules and regulations over the years, and this was the most understandable presentation I have ever seen.” I also organize “Capital Markets Forums,” internal seminars that allow engagement teams to discuss technical issues and go-to-market initiatives. Before the FASB Accounting Standards Codification rolled out, I organized an internal network of Codification Subject Matter Experts to help each engagement team understand the Codification and explain it to their clients. I further designed and delivered “Lunch & Learn” presentations to Tokyo-based US law firms on the impact of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification. Show less

After the death of the Arthur Andersen firm, I joined Deloitte Korea, building on my two previous years in South Korea. I served as member of Deloitte’s Global Offerings Services Group for three years. Here, I reviewed registration statements and annual reports filed with the US SEC and performed quality assurance reviews for other cross-border transactions for clients in South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India. During this period, I also prepared and… Show more After the death of the Arthur Andersen firm, I joined Deloitte Korea, building on my two previous years in South Korea. I served as member of Deloitte’s Global Offerings Services Group for three years. Here, I reviewed registration statements and annual reports filed with the US SEC and performed quality assurance reviews for other cross-border transactions for clients in South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India. During this period, I also prepared and delivered training related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and provided extensive guidance and support to engagement teams implementing Section 404 of the Act. Show less

I greatly valued my previous career as an Army officer, but having realized I could make a greater contribution in the world of accounting, I traveled weekends from Ft. Benning to Atlanta to study for the CPA exam. I passed the exam during my last year in the Army. I then joined Arthur Andersen as a new audit staff in Miami. My public-accounting career with Arthur Andersen spanned 22 years and four continents, taking me first to Miami, and then to Budapest, Caracas, and Seoul… Show more I greatly valued my previous career as an Army officer, but having realized I could make a greater contribution in the world of accounting, I traveled weekends from Ft. Benning to Atlanta to study for the CPA exam. I passed the exam during my last year in the Army. I then joined Arthur Andersen as a new audit staff in Miami. My public-accounting career with Arthur Andersen spanned 22 years and four continents, taking me first to Miami, and then to Budapest, Caracas, and Seoul. These two years in South Korea were the result of my adventurous request for an assignment “anywhere in the world.” Here, I reviewed annual reports and registration statements filed with the US SEC, while also preparing and delivering technical training. I was also a member of the Andersen Business Audit methodology global implementation team.Before Seoul, I led the Audit Division – for the final three years, as Country Managing Partner ¬– during six years in Caracas, Venezuela. During my final year, I completed a merger with two other accounting firms, where I learned that executing a merger is even harder than negotiating the details. It was at this point in my accounting journey that I asked for an assignment “anywhere in the world.”Having learned after my initial 11-years in Miami that the most urgent need was for accountants and auditors in Central Europe, I accepted an assignment to run the Audit Division in Budapest, where new Arthur Andersen offices had opened. Since my father was born in a small village in Hungary, the assignment provided an opportunity to return to my roots. During three years in Hungary, I learned that policies and practices must adapt to the business environment and culture.During just over a decade in the Miami offices of Arthur Andersen, I supervised audits of branches of Spanish and Latin American banks as well as US SEC registrants. I enjoyed keeping colleagues up to date as a regular presenter of accounting and SEC rules training. Show less

Following graduation from the University of Florida and completion of the Army R.O.T.C program, I served seven years as an officer in the peacetime Army, first attending graduate school on a US Army fellowship. After graduation with a Master of Arts degree in Latin American Studies, I was stationed at Ft. Benning, GA, Ft. Huachuca, AZ, and in the Panama Canal Zone. I performed in both leadership and staff positions as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer and Battalion… Show more Following graduation from the University of Florida and completion of the Army R.O.T.C program, I served seven years as an officer in the peacetime Army, first attending graduate school on a US Army fellowship. After graduation with a Master of Arts degree in Latin American Studies, I was stationed at Ft. Benning, GA, Ft. Huachuca, AZ, and in the Panama Canal Zone. I performed in both leadership and staff positions as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer and Battalion Intelligence Officer, ultimately serving as an instructor at the US Army Infantry School.I graduated from the US Army Airborne, Jumpmaster and Ranger Schools, the Infantry Officer Basic Course, the Intelligence Officer Basic Course and the Intelligence Officer Advanced Course. The lessons I learned in these schools and courses contributed to the coaching skills that I continue to deploy every day. I learned, for example, how to operate with reduced budgets, how to keep people highly motivated, and how important continuous training is. Show less

M.A., Latin American Studies

I attended graduate school on a US Army Fellowship, including spending a month with a Mexican family in Cuernavaca as part of an intensive.

B.S.B.A, Accounting

Activities and Societies: US Army R.O.T.C. I attended the University of Florida on a US ARMY R.O.T.C scholarship, earning a Bachelor.

High School Diploma