People: Tim Smith has joined Dixon Hughes Goodman (DHG) as a principal in its DHG Valuation Services practice in its Atlanta office; he’s a CFA and formerly the founder and managing partner of QueensGate Corporate Finance (Atlanta) … Robert J. Brown has been promoted to partner at Cowan, Gunteski & Co. PA (Toms River, N.J.); he specializes in litigation support, business valuation, forensic investigation, expert report, and trial testimony preparation … Portland, Maine-based Baker Newman Noyes announced that Dayton Benway was chosen to succeed Carl Chatto as managing principal, effective Jan. 1, 2019 … Andrew Henderson has been named a principal at Thompson Greenspon, a full-service CPA firm in the Washington, D.C., metro area; he’s a CVA who joined the firm in 2002 … The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Matthew S. Jacques has been named the new chief accountant in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement; he had previously been a senior enforcement accountant in the SEC’s Boston regional office and rejoins the agency from AlixPartners, where he has been a managing director since 2013.

Firms: Chicago area firms Oehrlein & Oehrlein PC and CJBS LLC have combined; the Oehrlein & Oehrlein PC partners and staff have moved to the CJBS offices in Northbrook, Ill. … Ridgeland, Miss.-based Matthews, Cutrer & Lindsay PA has added a public relations and marketing department … TDT CPAs and Advisors PC relocated its West Des Moines, Iowa, office to larger quarters in the city.

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