Career moves

IAASB and IESBA announce deputy chairs and board appointments; Grant Thornton names two national managing partners; and more CPA news.

James Kaiser, a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board since 2018, is leaving the PCAOB and will be replaced by chief auditor Megan Zietsman in another sign of turmoil at the audit overseer.

BKD promotes 65; EY appoints two office managing partners; and more CPA news.

Crowe releases survey on 2020 business challenges; Katz, Sapper & Miller names first non-CPA CEO; and more CPA news.

VSCPA forms Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisory Council; Mauldin & Jenkins launched new tax prep service; and more CPA news.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has begun its formal search for a successor to longtime president and CEO Richard Chambers.

Prager Metis launches Latin entertainment group; KPM CPAs hires six; and more CPA news.

A former FASB chair believes the "revolving door" from firms to regulators and back is good for the capital markets.

IRS named deputy chief of criminal investigation; Belfint, Lynos & Shuman promotes five; and more CPA news.

KPMG hosts 17th annual Ideation Challenge; Withum relocates Philadelphia office; and more CPA news.

Mauldin & Jenkins adds five partners; KPMG, Crowe and CohnReznick release reports; and more CPA news.

As accountants we have access to more information than anybody else at the company, and there is knowledge in that information.

SobelCo appoints first COO; Plante Moran adds 25 partners; and more CPA news.

FICPA welcomes next class to emerging leaders program; Anders adds St. Louis firm; and more CPA news.

Blumshapiro donates $24,000 to local nonprofits; Dean Dorton and Dermody, Burke & Brown launch new service lines; and more CPA news.

Tamera Riperda, the commissioner who runs the Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Exempt and Government Entities division, is retiring on Sept. 30 after 33 years at the IRS.

The Securities and Exchange Commission named Lindsay McCord as chief accountant in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance.

The Internal Revenue Service has named James Lee as its new chief of the Criminal Investigation unit, starting Oct. 1.

RSM gifts $1 million gift to DePaul University; EY appoints two office managing partners; and more CPA news.

Weaver appoints COO; Armanino introduces return-to-work solution suite; and more CPA news.