People: David Larsen, managing director in Duff & Phelps’ Alternate Asset Advisory Service practice, and Greg Franceschi, managing director and global leader of the firm’s Financial Reporting Practice, have been appointed to the AICPA working group responsible for updating the AICPA Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation—Accounting and Valuation Guide … Alex Martin has joined Pasadena, Calif.-based KBKG as a principal to lead the firm’s new transfer pricing practice for cross-border businesses … Stuart McCallum, ASA, has joined Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough as a partner in the firm’s Management Advisory Services (MAS) department … Westborough, Mass.-based AAFCPAs has expanded its cannabis practice with the addition of Kevin Michaelan, MST, CPA, who will lead the growing niche from the firm’s Boston office … The AICPA recently awarded Dave Gilmer, a CPA valuation expert with JCCS PC in Montana, the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) credential; he is director of tax, shareholder, at the firm’s Missoula office … FTI Consulting Inc. has appointed Marion Duffy as a managing director in the SEC Accounting & Advisory Services practice within the firm’s Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment; she will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office.

Firms: Timonium, Md.-based KatzAbosch announced that Maureen McCarthy and her healthcare consulting firm, Medical Business Advisors, have joined the firm’s medical practice service group … Atlanta-based Aprio LLP has combined with Administrivia, an outsourced accounting firm in Atlanta … Chicago-based UHY Advisors has opened a new office in Melville, N.Y., to serve its Long Island clients in technology, financial services, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, and professional services; the new office covers about 6,000 square feet, including 20 workspaces … Chicago-based Crowe LLP opened its first office in Houston to accommodate its growth in Texas and the South, bringing its total offices to 41 … Naperville, Ill.-based Sikich has agreed to acquire Freyberg Hinkle Ashland Powers & Stowell, a CPA firm in Brookfield, Wis.; the transaction is scheduled to close November 1.

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