People: Gregory Bedrosian, managing partner and CEO of Redwood Capital Group headquartered in New York City, is a recipient of the 2016 M&A Advisor Leadership Award for his contribution to and accomplishments in international and cross-border mergers and acquisitions … Tomas Freyman joined the investment bank Lincoln International’s London office as a managing director of valuation and options … Tom Seidenstein and Howard Wetston have been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council. Seidenstein is currently VP for financial markets and policy research in the Economic and Strategic Research Group at Fannie Mae in Washington, D.C. Wetston, the former chair and CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission, currently serves as counsel at the Toronto law firm Goodmans LLP … Tony Szczepaniak was appointed chief executive officer of Moore Stephens North America Inc. … Michael Vaccarella joined the Milwaukee office of Wipfli as managing director of the Transaction Services Group.

Firms: Bennett Thrasher of Atlanta has acquired Graves Technology, a technology consultancy also based in Atlanta; this new division will be branded Bennett Thrasher Technology Services and will service clients throughout the Southeast … Value Management Inc., which specializes in business valuations and investment banking located in Bucks County, Pa., is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.