New executives take the reins at CPA firms.
By CPA Trendlines Research
Jim Brady spent 45 years helping lead Deloitte and Grant Thornton. Dee Burger developed consulting and technology businesses at Capgemini and Insight Enterprises. Alan Whitman built Baker Tilly into one of the nation’s largest accounting firms.
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Now all three are taking top positions at accounting firms backed by private equity, as institutional investors increasingly pair growth capital with experienced executives to steer platforms into larger, more diversified organizations.
The CPA PE Deal Tracker™ from CPA Trendlines documents 527 institutional investments and acquisitions involving accounting firms and related businesses from 2020 through June 2026, including 474 transactions backed by institutional capital and 386 private-equity-backed transactions in particular. Much of the consolidation surge focuses on ownership, acquisitions and valuation. But now some executive appointments point to another trend: building deeper executive leadership.
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