8 accounting and advisory networks win IAB award

Baker Tilly, BDO, Crowe Horwath, Deloitte, DFK, Grant Thornton, KPMG and SKP Business Consulting have been recognised as top performers in the accounting sector by the International Accounting Bulletin during its global awards ceremony earlier this month.

International Accounting Bulletin Awards
The International Accounting Bulletin (IAB) Awards is an annual global industry awards ceremony that celebrates best practices in the accounting sector. Now in its fourth year, the event has grown in its reputation, the number of nominations and attendees. The awards are divided in 13 categories, including network of the year, association of the year, audit innovation of the year, advisory of the year, IT vendor, IAB 2014 lifetime achievement award, and IAB young accountant of the year.

This year’s winners were announced at the IAB accountancy forum on 1 October 2015 at the Kensington Close Hotel in London, an event that was attended by more than 100 leaders from the audit, accounting and financial advisory industry. Among the winners are eight professional services firms that are also active in the consulting industry. An overview:

Baker Tilly
- Lifetime Achievement award 2015: CEO and President Geoff Barnes

BDO
- Network of the Year

Crowe Horwath
- Advisory Firm of the Year: Global

 Deloitte
- Audit Innovation of the Year 

DFK
- Association of the Year 

Grant Thornton
- Employer of the Year
- International Accounting Bulletin Personality of the Year 2015: CEO Sasha Romanovitch

KPMG
- Sustainable Firm of the Year
- Social Networking Champion of the Year: Global

SKP Business Consulting
- Social Networking Champion of the Year: Single Firm