People: Darleen Armour joins BDO Consulting as a director in the Los Angeles office’s expanding Valuation Services practice … Robert J. Brown was named principal in the litigation and valuation services group of Cowan, Gunteski & Co., Tinton Falls, N.J. … Katherine Cordes joins the Colorado company Cordes & Co. as an associate director, with a primary focus on the firm’s recently enhanced business valuation services … Timothy Koch made partner in the Transaction Advisory Services practice in Cherry Bekaert LLP’s Charlotte, N.C., office … Kris Lowes joins investment banking firm Evans Senior Investments as a senior associate in its Chicago office … The Global Forensic and Dispute Services group of Alvarez & Marsal announced the addition of managing director John Brennan, a former senior detective at New Scotland Yard, and managing director Eric Stovall, a veteran expert witness and arbitrator focused on litigation and post-acquisition disputes.

Firms: Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC acquired Auditwerx, a Tampa-based CPA firm that specialized in IT audit services, specifically SOC reporting … Grassi & Co. has been named one of the best companies to work for by the New York State Society for Human Resource Management and Best Companies Group … The regional accounting firm of Hartman Leito & Bolt LLC of Fort Worth announced it will combine forces with the national accounting and consulting firm BDO USA LLP effective June 1 … Valuation Research Corp. has appointed several officers to its board of directors: Ron Ewing, Ed Hamilton, and Charles Sapnas.