RSM US LLP, Chicago, announced several leadership appointments across the firm:
Kerensa Butler was appointed as enterprise global leader;
Adam Hallemeyer was appointed chief auditor, succeeding
Sara Lord; and
Valerie Wahl was appointed partner, and enterprise ethics and independence leader in the Office of Risk Management. In addition, the firm announced a number of appointments in consulting:
Stacy Dow was named leader of the deal services practice;
Bjorn Hill was named leader of the business applications practice;
Thomas Dimino was named leader of the financial consulting practice;
Ron Beck was named leader of the managed IT cloud and infrastructure practice;
Ross Krusell was named leader of RSM Catamaran;
Ana Minter was named consulting leader for AI go-to-market;
John Harder was named consulting transatlantic integration leader; and
Caitlin Hughes was named consulting operations leader. It also made a number of industry leadership appointments:
Jon Waterman was appointed national industry leader for financial services;
Joe Kaczmarek was appointed sector lead for specialty finance;
Chris Murphy was appointed leader for two new business and professional services sectors, facility and environmental services and workforce solutions;
Brendan Joosten was appointed to lead the national telecommunications, media and entertainment sector;
Katie Landy was appointed national manufacturing sector leader;
Anne Slattery was appointed national energy sector leader;
Brandon Maves was appointed national construction and real estate industry leader; and
Brandon Jones was appointed national construction sector leader. Separately, the firm released its
Cybersecurity Special Report 2026, examining cybersecurity trends affecting middle-market businesses. The study explores the gap between perceived security posture and actual threat exposure, risks from AI adoption outpacing governance, identity-based attacks and cybersecurity spending amid economic pressures.
Sabera Choudhury and
Faizal Karim have joined
BRG, Chicago, as managing director and as a director, respectively, in the forensic accounting and investigations practice, Chicago.
