People: Larry Autrey, managing partner of Whitley Penn, has been named to DCEO Magazine’s “Dallas 500” list of the most powerful business leaders … HLB International has appointed Leon Janks as chairman of HLB USA … Atlanta-based HDH Advisors has added Kyle Landers as managing director … Catherine O’Toole has joined Miami’s Kabat, Schertzer De La Torre, Taraboulos & Co. as a staff accountant in the forensic and business valuations practice … Rob Popovitch has joined San Francisco-based Andersen Tax as managing director of the Dallas office’s private client service group.

Firms: Armanino has acquired valuation firm Financial Strategies Consulting Group of Lafayette, Calif., effective Jan. 1, 2017. The FSCG team will relocate to Armanino’s offices in San Ramon early next year … BKD has acquired Kiesling Associates, which has offices in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wisconsin, bringing BKD’s number of offices to 35 across 16 states … Detroit’s Clayton & McKervey launched a German-language web site for German companies looking to expand to the U.S. … West Coast firm Gallina will merge with CliftonLarsonAllen, assuming the CLA name, effective Jan. 1, 2017 … Sikich LLP was named to the Chicago Tribune’s 2016 “Top Workplaces” list, ranking No. 16 in the “Midsized” category. It’s the company’s fifth appearance on the list.

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