Career moves

CALIFORNIA

Former SEC commissioner Harvey Goldschmid has been appointed to succeed one of the retiring trustees of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation, the organization that oversees the International Accounting Standards Board.

Texas accounting firm MaloneBailey has named Wesley Middleton as its managing partner to pave the way for market expansion, with founder John Malone taking the role of SEC practice leader.

The Internal Revenue Service has appointed Victor Song as the new chief of its Criminal Investigation division, replacing Eileen Mayer, who is retiring next month.

The Trustees of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation, which oversees the International Accounting Standards Board, said they are seeking nominations to identify a successor to IASB Chairman Sir David Tweedie.

Kurt Schacht, the managing director of the CFA Institute's Centre for Financial Market Integrity, is reportedly among the lead contenders to become chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

The Financial Planning Association has named Martin Kurtz as its next president.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy has elected Billy M. Atkinson, a Sugarland, Texas-based CPA and PricewaterhouseCoopers audit partner, as its 2009-2010 chairman.

Former International Accounting Standards Board Vice Chairman Tom Jones has been appointed director of Pace University’s Center for the Study of International Accounting Standards.

Crowe Horwath partner Mark Hildebrand has been named to the board of directors of the American Institute of CPAs.

ILLINOIS

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Paul A. Beswick as deputy chief accountant, overseeing the accounting group within the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant.

Deloitte Financial Advisory Services has admitted new partners, directors and a principal.

Joseph “Jody” R. Allred, a CPA and partner with accounting firm Weaver, has earned a Certified Information Systems Auditor designation from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

Konowitz, Kahn & Company, P.C., has expanded its tax specialty with the addition of a new director, Magda B. Szabo.

Public accounting and advisory firm Vrakas/Blum, S.C., recently added Katherine K. Minckler, CPA, to its professional staff.

The former CFO of the American Cancer Society has formed her own CPA firm.

Grant Thornton’s national managing partner of professional standards, John Archambault, has been appointed to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Standing Advisory Group.

Smith Elliott Kearns & Company, LLC SAID it will be represented in 2010 on six PKF North American Network National Committees.

Herbein + Company said that that four of its partners and executives have been appointed to serve on several of the PKF North American Network’s committees in 2010.