William Moran became Executive Vice President and General Auditor of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. on January 1, 2001. Prior to the merger with J.P. Morgan Incorporated, he was General Auditor of the Chase Manhattan Corporation, a position he held since 1992. He was named Executive Vice President in 1997. Prior to becoming General Auditor, Moran held various positions in Auditing, including Director of Electronic Data Processing (EDP) Audit and Systems Review Executive; Director of Corporate, Subsidiary and MIS Audit; and in 1985 he was named the Director of the Western Hemisphere Audit Group. In that capacity, he had responsibility for Chase’s Special Investigations unit, and for audits of various head office areas, subsidiaries of the Corporation, and businesses in the Caribbean and in South America. Moran is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Bank Auditor. Prior to joining the Chase Manhattan Bank in 1975, he was with the accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (KPMG) for nine years, and was responsible for audits of companies in several industries. His specialty was audits of financial institutions.