People: Jamie Keith has joined Tom J. Keith & Associates Inc. of Fayetteville, N.C., as a business appraiser and will focus on the valuation of going concerns such as sole proprietorships, limited liability companies, and C and S corporations … Bober Markey Fedorovich based in Akron, Ohio, expanded its management team in the firm’s transactions, litigation, valuation, and forensics department with the addition of Bryant Petersen and the promotion of Mindy Marsden … Jason Tuffs was named the new CEO of MNP, one of Canada’s largest accounting firms, succeeding Daryl Richie, who will remain chairman of the board.

Firms: The North Dakota firms Drees Riskey & Vallager, which specializes in services to closely held businesses and agriculture-related entities, and Brady Martz, a regional powerhouse, merged October 1, giving the combined firm 220 people, including 41 shareholders … Expanding its geographic footprint in the Gulf Coast, the New Orleans-based LaPorte CPAs will merge with the Houma, Louisiana firm Beyer, Stagni & Co., effective December 1.