FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 14, 2014

Contact: Fonda LangTitle: Practice Development Manager, Keiter Contact Information: 804.273.6208 | flang@keitercpa.comInternet: www.keitercpa.com

Keiter Promotes Peter Thacker to Senior Manager

Glen Allen, VA – Keiter, a Certified Public Accounting firm, is pleased to announce that Peter N. Thacker, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE, has been promoted to Senior Manager.

Harold G. Martin, Jr., Partner-in-Charge of Keiter’s Valuation and Forensic Services Department stated: “Peter’s promotion represents an important milestone in the growth of our practice and enhances our capability to serve our clients’ increasing needs for specialized services.”

Peter has been a member of Keiter for nine years and has significant experience in performing valuations for financial reporting relating to business combinations and goodwill impairment testing; litigation and shareholder disputes; estate, gift, and income taxes; mergers and acquisitions; employee stock ownership plans; transfer pricing; reorganizations and bankruptcies; marital dissolution; buy/sell agreements; and appraisal reviews. His experience includes valuing complex securities such as preferred stock; convertible preferred stock; and employee stock options, warrants, and stock appreciation rights. His forensic accounting experience includes litigation consulting and financial investigations.

He is certified by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, and Certified in Financial Forensics; by the American Society of Appraisers as an Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation; and by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners as a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Prior to joining Keiter, Peter worked in the Assurance Services Group of Deloitte, where he performed audits, Sarbanes-Oxley testing, and financial consulting projects for both public and private companies. Prior to working at Deloitte, he worked in the Direct Banking division of Capital One Financial Services.

Keiter was founded in 1978 and provides a full range of financial services to businesses and their owners. The Firm has over 120 employees in its Richmond office and is the third largest accounting firm in Richmond with 75 CPAs. Keiter’s Valuation and Forensic Services (VFS) Group specializes in providing business valuation and forensic services, including financial investigations and litigation consulting and expert witness services for complex litigations. Our practice includes five full-time professionals, all of whom specialize in providing these services on a full time basis, making us one of the largest practices in Virginia.

For more information on the Firm, please visit www.keitercpa.com.

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