People: Monica H. Kaden, ASA, ABV, CHFP, has joined Sobel Valuations LLC as a director of business valuations; she has been performing business valuations and litigation support for more than 20 years; Sobel Valuations LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SobelCo (Livingston, N.J.) … Bruce Zicari has been named the new CEO of The Bonadio Group (Rochester, N.Y.) as of May 1, which is the culmination of a CEO succession plan that was announced three years ago; Thomas Bonadio, the firm’s founder, had been CEO since 1978, and he will serve as a senior consultant … Julie Teigland was appointed the new leader for the Europe, Middle East, India, and Africa (EMEIA) geographic area of EY, effective July 1; she is the first woman to lead this area.

Firms: Accounting Today has named Los Angeles-based NKFSB the No. 1 fastest-growing firm; among other services, it supports insolvency and litigation matters including developing damage calculations and lost profits … Kingston Smith LLP, an award-winning top-20 U.K. accounting and business advisory firm, has joined Moore Stephens International, a global accounting and advisory network … Chicago-based BDO USA LLP has acquired TAXPE LLC, a firm focused on improving income tax reporting processes for large corporate tax departments … McGuire Sponsel of Indianapolis, a specialty tax and consulting firm, announced a merger with Ernst & Morris of Marietta, Ga.; both firms specialize in cost segregation, a process of reclassifying assets to maximize personal property and optimize depreciation deductions that results in substantial cash flow benefits.

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