People: Eric Teo will lead a new business valuation and advisory team at Savills Singapore to meet growing demand across Southeast Asia; Teo is currently chairman of the International Valuation Standards Council’s (IVSC) Membership and Standards Recognition Board and founding chairman of the Council of the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers of Singapore (IVAS) … Todd Polyniak will head a new transaction advisory practice at Clifton, N.J.-based Sax LLP; he has more than 30 years of auditing, accounting, and advisory experience … James Hickey will be the new CEO of PKF International, a global association of independent firms; he succeeds John Sim, who helmed the association for six years … Dayton Benway is the new managing principal at Baker Newman Noyes, succeeding Carl Chatto; Benway will continue to lead the firm’s growing healthcare advisory practice group … FASB member Mike Cheng has joined Atlanta-based Frazier & Deeter as the national professional practice partner in the firm’s accounting advisory practice; at FASB, Cheng served as the private company council coordinator … Betina Dufault has joined UHY LLP in its Columbia, Md., office as the national director of financial reporting and quality control; she was formerly an associate director at the PCAOB in the Division of Registration and Inspections … Henrik Wiberg has joined Skokie, Ill.-based MichaelSilver as director of consulting services, which includes valuation services … Reading, Pa.-based Herbein + Co. has announced that David W. Stonesifer will succeed Michael J. Rowley as the firm’s managing partner effective October 1.

Firms: Atlanta-based Aprio LLP has launched a new forensic and investigative services team within its litigation support and forensic accounting services group … Heaven and Associates (Norcross, Ga.) and Alvarez CPA and Associates (Berkeley Lake, Ga.) have merged to become Heaven and Alvarez; the combined firm will be located in Norcross and have about 10 staff … The professionals of Kling & Pathak LLP of Cerritos, Calif., have joined New York-based EY in Irvine, Calif. … Tulsa, Okla.-based HoganTaylor recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the merger that formed the firm … Dixon Hughes Goodman relocated its offices in Tampa, Fla., to a new 8,500-square-foot space in the heart of the downtown area.

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