Independent Lead Director
Mr. Andrew McMaster, Jr., joined the Black & Veatch Board of Directors in June 2015. In May 2015, Mr. McMaster retired from Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the world's largest professional services networks providing audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services. A retired Senior Partner, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, he spent his entire 39-year career with Deloitte & Touche. He served as Vice Chairman at Deloitte since 2002 and was responsible for starting the firm's Forensic Services Practice at a time when forensic accounting was still a new concept. He also served as National Managing Partner of Deloitte's CEO client program.
Mr. McMaster also currently serves on the Board of Directors of UBS Americas Holding LLC, a subsidiary of UBS AG, where he chairs the Audit Committee and also serves on the Risk Committee, and on Natura & Co, a Brazilian beauty company where he serves on the Audit Committee. He previously served as Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Committee (FASAC), an advisory body to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
Mr. McMaster earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, and his MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He previously served on the Deloitte LLP and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd Boards. In addition, he serves on the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Board of Trustees, where he chairs the Audit and Investment Committees and serves on the Executive and Governance Committees. He was formerly the audit committee Chair for the National Episcopal Church.
