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Michael H. Sutton

American businessman

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About Michael H. Sutton

Michael H. Sutton was an American.

Michael H. Sutton is a director of Krispy Kreme Corporation. Sutton was the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 1995 to 1998, and a director of American International Group from 2005 to 2009.

Career Sutton was the lead client services partner for Haskins & Sells' General Motors engagement in 1984. Before his transfer to the Detroit office, Sutton was at the firm's Executive Office in New York as Partner in Charge of Accounting Research group. After ten years with Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte & Touche), Sutton became a senior partner in the firm. He continued serving audit clients as Engagement Partner and appointed Accounting and Auditing Coordinator for the Atlanta Office. After retiring from his position as the SEC Chief Accountant in 1998, Sutton became a special, full-time consultant to the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Sutton became an independent consultant in April 1999 and served as a senior advisor to Deloitte Touche Tohmastsu and Deloitte & Touche USA on accounting and capital market regulation and related professional issues.

He has been director of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts since October 2004, where he also serves as Co-Chair of a Special Committee to conduct an independent investigation and is a member of the Audit Committee.

Other affiliations

Sutton has also served as a special, full-time consultant to the Financial Accounting Standards Board. He earned his BS and MS degrees in accounting from the University of Tennessee.

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University of Tennessee

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Michael H. Sutton

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