BKD Gets Fourth Managing Partner in its History.
Neal D. Spencer will relocate from Louisville, Ky., to Springfield, Mo. He’s a 21-year veteran of the firm and a specialist in healthcare financial management.
Bill Fingland steps down as of June 1 after 10 years as MP, and will remain as a BKD partner in the newly created role of “chair†at the firm’s headquarters in Springfield, Mo. BKD, founded in 1923, is ranked today among the 10 largest CPA firms in the country with $287 million in annual revenues and more than 1,600 personnel, including approximately 220 partners, in 27 offices within 11 states.
Hearld Ambler was elected the first managing partner in 1976, followed by James Glauser in 1997, then Fingland and now Spencer.
During his tenure, Fingland managed the merger of his Baird Kurtz & Dobson with Olive LLP to form BKD in 2001. And he served a stint as chair of the AICPA.