People: Anthony Alfonso has been appointed global head of valuation, a newly created role, at Apex Group; he was formerly with BDO, where he was most recently global valuation leader in its International Capital Finance Group … John Levitske, CPA/ABV/CFF/CGMA, ASA, CFA, MCFLC, CIRA, MBA, JD, has joined New York City-based HKA as a partner in the forensic accounting and commercial damages group based out of Chicago; he has more than 35 years of experience regarding financial, business valuation, accounting, and damages issues in complex commercial situations.

Firms: Valuation Research Corp. (VRC) has been named the “Valuation Firm of the Year” by The M&A Advisor’s 17th Annual Turnaround Awards … Portland, Maine-based Baker Newman Noyes has joined HLB, a global network of independent advisory and accounting firms … Kroll has been ranked No. 1 for global fairness opinions in 2022 by the Refinitiv Global M&A Review—2022.

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