People: Ilieva Ageenko joins Grant Thornton LLP as a managing director, leading its Financial Services Advisory Model Risk Management out of the firm’s Charlotte, N.C., office … Nick Carbone is the new director of assurance and business advisory services at the Orlando, Fla., accounting firm of Davis, Grim and Co. P.A. … Frank S. Friedman has been named Deloitte LLP’s new CEO, succeeding Joe Echevarria, who is retiring to focus on public service … Gavin Williamson has been appointed as a partner and Cathie Cameron as a director in the forensic accounting team of the BDO London office.

Firms: Grant Thornton has announced the agreement to merge with EPR Kielstra & Co. Chartered Accountants based in Ontario, Canada, and ACPA Nexia based in Hanoi, doubling its firm in Vietnam. In Europe, the firm announced its merger with Zurich-based Bankrevisions-und Treuhand AG, which specializes in audit and advisory for banks and financial services.