On the move: GSSB names next chair

The Global Sustainability Standards Board named its next chair; Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell donated $10,000 to help victims of the Turkey and Syria earthquakes; RKL hired two directors; and more accounting news. 

ALABAMA

Reid Gavin was named chief operating officer at Machen McChesney, Auburn. 

ARKANSAS

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James Churchwell
James Churchwell was hired as IT manager at HCJ CPAs & Advisors, Little Rock. 

GERMANY

Ebner Stolz joined RSM International as a member firm. It has over 2,100 people in 14 locations across Germany.

ILLINOIS

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Alan Whitman
Regional managing partner Jeff Ferro was appointed interim CEO at Baker Tilly US, Chicago, after previous CEO Alan Whitman (pictured) stepped down abruptly after 20 years with the firm and seven as its leader. (Read the full story.)

KENTUCKY

The CPA Firm Management Association, Lexington, hired AMR Management Services as its new management company.

MARYLAND

Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, Bethesda, announced that the firm and individual team members collectively donated $10,200 and other supplies to help those impacted by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. 

MICHIGAN

Carl Harahuc was hired as a staff accountant at Lewis & Knopf, Flint. 

THE NETHERLANDS

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Carol Adams
Carol Adams, professor of accounting at Durham University Business School, was confirmed as the next chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board. Adams advises the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy on sustainability reporting, and is a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board's Sustainability Reporting Advisory Panel and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and chairs their Sustainability Panel. Adams begins in the role April 1, succeeding Judy Kuszewski, who has served as GSSB chair since 2017.

NEW YORK

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Adani Group dropped Deloitte as the auditor of various UK subsidiaries last year, replacing it with a far smaller accountancy firm. Photographer: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images
Deloitte launched its CFO Signals Q1 2023 report surveying 111 chief financial officers. 

PENNSYLVANIA

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Merle Dunkelberger
Merle Dunkelberger was hired as a senior consultant in the tax department at Herbein + Co., Reading. 

Boyer & Ritter, Camp Hill, unveiled a new joint venture, Boyer & Ritter Operations and Technology Solutions, to help organizations best use their technology and human capital to create data-driven insights. In other firm news, Boyer & Ritter was named one of the Top 100 Organizations by Pennsylvania Business Central Magazine

Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill, partnered with LEA Global to publish the 2022-23 Manufacturing Outlook Survey and Insights report, available here

William Fritz was hired as a director in the small business services group and Gregory Harp as a director in the audit services group at RKL, Allentown. 

ROMANIA

CMF Consulting entered a collaboration agreement with Andersen Global

VIRGINIA

Brown Edwards' office in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Brown Edwards, Roanoke, was selected as a co-sponsor of the 2024 Private Companies Practice Section George Willie Ethnically Diverse Student Internship and Scholarship Program and, as one of the 10 firms selected by the American Institute of CPAs, will be sponsoring one student for an internship during the 2024 tax preparation season.
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