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A leadership change-around at RSM McGladrey (RSM) in the US will, hopes the firm's president, Steve Tait, better focus a long-term strategy to win more work from companies situated in the middle-market.
"The key thing is to really establish our positioning as something that's very different in the accounting industry," he told IAB. "We have no aspirations to be one of the Big Four as that is not what we're about. Where we play is with mid-sized organisations and what we want is to be the advocate for middle-market organisations in the US, and indeed on the worldwide scale if you extend that onto the global network, RSM International."
The tactical shift, instigated by Tait, requires that president of RSM McGladrey Financial Process Outsourcing and senior vice-president of large projects, Sabry Heakal, will also fully transition from his current role as global chief executive of RSM International at the end of this year to concentrate on being the new chief operating officer in charge of RSM's emerging businesses. Added to this, Heakal will be responsible for further developing the international strategy of the business, replacing Tait's position on the RSM International board.
Mike Kirley, who most recently served as senior vice-president of economic units, has been named chief operating officer in charge of RSM McGladrey's traditional businesses. RSM said that Kirley will have expanded responsibility for the accounting, consulting and tax business lines as well as field operations, sales, marketing, human resources, technology and planning and control.
In addition to serving as chief financial officer of RSM McGladrey Business Services, Rene Ordogne will also take on the entirely new position of chief of staff. He will look after human resources, technology, finance, real estate, general counsel, risk management and business planning for RSM.
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