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Assurance Practice Newsbytes Q2 2017

11 August 2017

A sampling of BDO thought leadership in the media for Q4 2016. Highlights include: "Companies Are Winning the Battle Over Adjusted Earnings" - Wall Street Journal"As firms adopt revenue rules, are they ignoring disclosure?" - Compliance Week"How to improve audit planning effectiveness and...

BDO USA adds Cybersecurity Industry Leader Gregory A. Garrett to Lead International Cybersecurity

10 August 2017

Washington D.C. — BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations, today announced the appointment of Gregory A. Garrett as head of International Cybersecurity in the firm’s Technology and Business Transformation Services practice. With more than 30 years of...

Alfredo Cepero of BDO USA, LLP Receives Lifetime Achievement AWARD FROM ALPFA

10 August 2017

Chicago, IL – BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading accounting and advisory organizations, today announced that Alfredo Cepero, the firm’s Miami Office Managing Partner for Assurance Services, has been presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from ALPFA (Association of Latino...

BDO appoints Robert Aziz as Global Head of Tax

04 August 2017

BDO is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Aziz as its new Global Head of Tax, effective 1 June 2017. John Wonfor was previously in this role: he has been the external face of BDO’s international tax practice since January 2010 and has played an important part in helping to grow the...

Telco giants on high alert to regulatory fines in BDO’s 2017 telecommunications risk factor survey

27 June 2017

Brussels, 27 June 2017 - The 2017 edition of BDO’s annual Telecommunications Risk Factor Survey reveals that the number of telecoms giants concerned with regulatory constraints have almost doubled. from 42% to 80% in one year. This contrasts with the 2016 survey results, when currency...

BDO Keith Farlinger to succeed Martin van Roekel as Global CEO of BDO

12 June 2017

BDO has today announced that Keith Farlinger, former CEO of BDO Canada and currently a member of the network’s Global Leadership Team in the role of CEO Americas, will succeed Martin van Roekel as CEO of the international BDO network. Martin will step down as CEO on 31 October 2017, having been...

BDO Announces expansion in Eastern Caribbean

30 May 2017

BDO Eastern Caribbean is delighted to announce an expansion, as the firm welcomes partners of the former KPMG Eastern Caribbean practice to BDO, effective 1 April 2017. This expansion sees the following changes and additions to BDO Eastern Caribbean: in Antigua & Barbuda, the former KPMG office...

BDO promotes the need for proactive cyber defence

24 May 2017

The globally-coordinated ransomware attack on 12 May 2017 has spotlighted the urgent need for a change in organisations’ thinking about cybersecurityOrganisations are over-confident in their ability to withstand a cyberattack as many underestimate the resulting long-term damage to the...

BDO’s Global cybersecurity leadership group calls for board level engagement to protect employees

17 May 2017

The 'WannaCry' globally-coordinated ransomware attack on 12 May 2017 puts the spotlight on the need for a change in organisations’ thinking about Cybersecurity.‘WannaCry’ originated in poorly protected workstations, showing that training employees is necessary but no longer sufficient. Cyber...

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