Eide Bailly names next CEO; IPSASB and FASB add board members; and more CPA news.
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October 1, 2021 3:12 PM
CALIFORNIA
Cecil Demorris Brown was hired as a regional market leader at Poe Group Advisors to guide the firm in expanding into and serving clients in the California market.
Jonathan Blackburn was hired as chief revenue officer at AbacusNext, San Diego.
BPM, San Francisco, launched a new “Virtual Region” workplace to offer employees more remote-work options. (Read the
Windes, Irvine, was named an honoree of The Civic 50 Orange County by OneOC and Points of Light, recognizing community-minded companies in Orange County.
CANADA
MindBridge, Ottawa, presented its inaugural MindBridge Community Awards to Cherry Bekaert, MNP LLP, Moore Kingston Smith and Plante Moran. (Read the full story .)
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, Toronto, announced that in 2022 it will have a majority female board for the first time, with 10 women and eight men making up the board as of Jan. 1, 2022. The four new members are: Abdullah Al-Mehthil, Saudi Arabia; Claudia Beier, Switzerland; Maik Esser-Müllenbach, Germany; and Liang Yang, China.
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, Toronto, announced that in 2022 it will have a majority female board for the first time, with 10 women and eight men making up the board as of Jan. 1, 2022. The four new members are: Abdullah Al-Mehthil, Saudi Arabia; Claudia Beier, Switzerland; Maik Esser-Müllenbach, Germany; and Liang Yang, China.
CONNECTICUT
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, appointed two new members to its Investor Advisory Committee: Catherine Mealor, managing director at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and David Pizzimenti, senior equity analyst at Amundi Asset Management.
GEORGIA
Randy Sizemore
KENTUCKY
TrinSoft, Lexington, celebrated its 25th anniversary.
MICHIGAN
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MISSOURI
Garret Layman
KPM CPAs & Advisors, Springfield, was ranked among the area’s largest CPA firms by the Springfield Business Journal.
MONTANA
NEW JERSEY
The Mercadien Group, Princeton and Philadelphia, promoted to director: Melissa Correa in the financial institutions services group; Matthew Daly, a member of the government services and audit and assurance services groups; and Matthew Smierciak, a member of the compliance oversight services group; to manager: Jack Hammell, a member of the government services and audit and assurance services groups; and Dominic Hulic, a member of the financial institutions services group. The firm also promoted 20 more professionals in various practice areas of the firm.
PENNSYLVANIA
Jonathon Heller, partner at RKL, York, was named to the Central Penn Business Journal’s 2021 Forty Under 40 list.
TEXAS
Lucie Wuescher was hired as a principal in the advisory practice at DHG, Austin.
WISCONSIN
The National Association of Tax Professionals, Appleton, partnered with Tax Help Software to offer its program to members.
