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Professional Services 2023: RUSSELL ‘RUSS’ MOORE
Moore has more than 25 years’ experience in providing auditing, accounting and advisory services to large private and public companies, particularly in the consumer and industrial products space. He became the head of Big Four accounting company PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Richmond market in 2018. Moore joined PwC in 1997. Globally, the company has approximately 328,000 people working [&he[...]
Professional Services 2023: HARVEY L. JOHNSON
Johnson’s 20-year career at PBMares culminated in his appointment as CEO in January 2021, only the second person to hold that position after co-founder Alan S. Witt. Johnson leads PBMares’ strategy and team divisions and was instrumental in leading its cybersecurity and control risk services. Previously, he was practice leader of the financial institutions team […]
Professional Services 2023: ALISON ROGISH
Rogish became the first woman to lead the Big Four accounting firm Deloitte’s Central Virginia market in 2021. A Cornell University and Columbia University alumna, she joined Deloitte in 1998 and has worked as a client relationship executive, strategic relationship manager, managing director and business analyst. Deloitte employs 170,000 workers worldwide, with about 13,575 in […]
KPMG names Richmond office managing partner
Wendy Lewis was promoted to managing partner of KPMG LLP’s Richmond office on Aug. 1, overseeing more than 235 employees based there, the New York-based professional services firm announced Wednesday. Lewis, also a partner in KPMG’s audit practice, succeeds Paul Croston, who will retire on Sept. 30 after 33 years with the firm. “I am […]
NoVa Forvis partner elected to nonprofit board
Rob Hartnett, a partner at the Tysons location of accountancy firm Forvis, has been elected to the Hedge Fund Association’s board of directors. Hartnett is a tax partner with Forvis’ asset management practice. The nonprofit Hedge Fund Association lobbies to advance transparency, development and trust in investments including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, real […]
More than bean counters
Chief financial officers have long been tasked with managing the fiscal responsibilities of companies — everything from financial planning to tracking cash flow. But increasingly, other C-suite executives and board members are relying on these finance experts for strategic and operational leadership. In fact, an April 2022 report from global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. […]
Grant Thornton names head of public policy
Greg Wallig, managing principal of Grant Thornton LLP’s Washington, D.C.-Arlington County office, has been named head of public policy for the Chicago-based global accounting firm. Wallig will continue to serve as managing principal of the D.C.-Arlington office but will also manage the firm’s government affairs team, develop and implement the firm’s advocacy strategy and lead [&h[...]
Va. Board of Accountancy elects next chair
Wendy P. Lewis, a partner in KPMG LLP’s audit practice, will become chair of the Virginia Board of Accountancy on July 1. Lewis is currently the board’s vice chair; her term as chair will end on June 30, 2024. “I’m honored to step into the role of chair. … As the first Black woman to […]
Forvis names new Va. managing partner
Forvis has named Jennifer Wold as managing partner of its Virginia practice unit, the accounting firm announced Monday. Wold’s role becomes effective June 1. She succeeds Tom Hazelwood, who has served as managing partner for the past year. Wold will oversee offices in Richmond, where she will be based, and in Norfolk. She is a […]
Falling short
In the accounting field, the books are out of balance. Demand for the profession’s services is rising, which is one for the assets column, but on the debit side of the ledger, the number of people willing and able to provide those services is dropping so alarmingly that some firms are being forced to turn […]
Resetting the bar
Two venerable Virginia law firms — Roanoke’s Woods Rogers PLC and Norfolk’s Vandeventer Black LLP — combined forces in July 2022, creating the state’s fifth largest firm, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC, based in Roanoke. It’s a true statewide firm, with branch offices in Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg and Charlottesville, in addition to locations in Kitty […]
