People: Cherry Bekaert expanded its national valuation services practice with various new hires in its Charlotte, N.C., office: Zain Ahmed has joined the firm as a principal, Daniel Welborn as a senior manager, and Kate Waller as a manager … Jennifer Mannino joined Grant Thornton’s Phoenix office as a director in the national forensic, investigative, and dispute services practice.
Firms: For the 12th year in a row, Clayton & McKervey, of Southfield, was honored as one of Metro Detroit’s “101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” … The Dallas Business Journal named Montgomery Coscia Greilich a “Best Place to Work in the Dallas/Fort Worth” … Wipfli LLP has merged in a leading Oakland-based healthcare consulting firm HFS Consultants, along with their marketing division, the Placemaking Group.