BDO Austria adds Grant Thornton experts
10 September 2015
BDO Austria announced earlier this week that their firm had substantially expanded its national presence through the addition of 65 professionals from Grant Thornton, including 10 partners.
These partners and their teams of experts offer a wide range of accounting and consulting services to national and international clients within the trade and commerce, construction, not for profit, real estate and technology industries.
"I want to welcome the former Grant Thornton partners and staff to BDO Austria,” said Hans Peter Hoffmann, Managing Partner of BDO Austria. “This is a major step that enhances our service offerings in the Austrian market. This expansion means that our firm is gaining not only leading industry experts with a strong reputation across the region for excellence, but also a number of prominent clients nationwide. With a new headcount of 500 staff and 40 partners, BDO is well placed to provide exceptional client service to family-owned businesses and leading middle market companies throughout Austria.”
“Our clients will continue to receive the local, hands-on service they value, but will now have access to the wider array of services and resources that BDO's extensive global network provides,” adds Dr. Andreas Bernhart, a former Grant Thornton partner. “BDO's workplace culture also fits well with our emphasis on work/life balance and our people will now have access to many more opportunities to pursue career growth."
Anders Heede, CEO Europe, Middle East and Africa at BDO, added his congratulations to BDO Austria: “This step further cements our Austrian firm’s standing in the marketplace and will build on their already impressive performance in recent years. This is further testament to BDO’s successful commitment to consolidation in the audit marketplace.”