Anthony K. Anderson
Class B Director, Term: 2008; 2009-2010
About
Anthony "Tony" Anderson served on the Chicago Board of Directors from 2008-2010.
Mr. Anderson is the Vice Chair and Midwest Area Managing Partner of Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services with worldwide annual revenues of $16.9 billion. Since taking the role in July 2006, Mr. Anderson now oversees a practice of 3,500 audit, tax, and transaction professionals serving clients in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Western Michigan, and Wisconsin. Mr. Anderson is also a member of Ernst & Young's governing body, the Americas Executive Board. A 30-year veteran of Ernst & Young, Mr. Anderson is based in the firm's Chicago office. Mr. Anderson serves as the Senior Advisory partner on several clients, including Aon, McDonald's, Whirlpool, and Target.
Mr. Anderson recently transferred back to Chicago from Los Angeles where he served as the Ernst & Young Managing Partner for the Pacific Southwest area since July 2000. In this role, he led the implementation of several initiatives to develop Ernst & Young professionals, improve client satisfaction, and achieve double-digit revenue growth. Mr. Anderson began his career in Chicago focusing on serving audit clients in the insurance and financial services industries. He was named a partner in 1989 and relocated to Los Angeles in 1996 to oversee the Pacific Southwest area's Financial Services and Insurance practice.
An active civic leader, while in Los Angeles, Mr. Anderson was chairman of Town Hall Los Angeles and the Children's Bureau of Southern California, and was the incoming chair of the California Science Center. He also served on the boards of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, and on the corporate advisory board of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. In Chicago, Mr. Anderson now serves on the boards of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Field Museum, Chicago 2016, and Chicago Urban League.
Mr. Anderson is a member of the American, California, and Illinois Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Chicago State University.
