People: Justin Johnson was named co-CEO of Valuation Research Corp. (VRC) and will oversee VRC’s West Coast and Central regions from VRC’s San Francisco office. Co-CEO PJ Patel will manage the East Coast region from VRC’s Princeton, N.J., office. The co-CEO structure is fairly unique within the industry and is designed to allow both leaders to continue to support clients while guiding overall strategy … Mercer Capital added three financial analysts: John T. (Tripp) Crews, David W. Harkins, and William C. Tobermann, who will provide business valuation and financial consulting services to public and private companies and financial institutions across the U.S. … Nili Shah is now executive technical director at the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation in London where she will lead the technical staff that supports the International Accounting Standards Board … Christian Mouillon joined Duff & Phelps as a global senior advisor and will focus on growth in the firm’s valuation practice internationally. He is a former global vice chairman at EY … Marcus Norrell joined Gregory, Sharer & Stuart as manager in the tax department and part of the firm’s team of wealth strategies and services experts, which includes business valuation … Kim Fusco, director of Ellin & Tucker, has been elected board president of Disability Rights Maryland.

Firms: Adamy Valuation partnered with the Michigan Science Data Team at the University of Michigan to build a statistical model using public company data to value private companies … GBQ Partners LLC has outgrown its offices in Cincinnati and will move into new digs August 14 with room for up to 48 employees with options to expand … Marks Paneth cut the ribbon on its new office location in Parsippany, N.J. … Citrin Cooperman promoted 40 executives: 12 directors to partner, 27 managers to director, and the chief marketing officer to a principal … Walthall CPAs received the 2017 Business Longevity Award from Power Players of Cleveland. The firm, founded in 1944, is a full-service regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm with several offices in Ohio … OnPointe Valuation LLC moved its Colorado office from Englewood to Castle Pines; its office in St. Charles, Ill., stays put … To accommodate growth, Howell Valuation LLC moved to larger offices in downtown Exeter, N.H.

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