APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBER FIRM IN GREECE FOR BDO

Press Release - Brussels, 16 January 2012
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BDO, the world’s fifth largest accountancy network, has today announced the appointment of a new BDO Member Firm in Greece, effective 9 June 2011. Previously known as Delta Certified Public Accountants SA, the new BDO firm was established in 2007 and has grown rapidly since then: it is expected to achieve a turnover of approximately €6 million in the coming year.  

The firm’s audit services are provided primarily to quality Greek businesses, many of which are listed on the Athens stock exchange. The new BDO Member firm in Greece has 9 partners, 73 professional staff and 11 business support staff.    

The new firm’s ILP and senior partner, Vrasidas Damalikos, is optimistic about BDO Greece’s future, despite the challenging economic environment. “We already have a firm footing in the local market, serving a well diversified portfolio of clients who remain loyal to our partners,” he says, adding that “Our mission is to provide the highest level of technical services while maintaining exceptional relationships with our clients, and we seek ultimately to deliver a globally integrated approach to client service. Our deep understanding of our clients’ local business needs, combined with BDO’s global expertise, will help make that vision a reality.”

Martin van Roekel, CEO of BDO, said that “BDO firms across the world are committed to long-term relationships with their clients, and the new BDO firm in Greece firmly upholds this principle. I am very pleased to welcome this firm to our network, and am confident that their association with BDO will further their growth, as well as bring additional benefits to both this firm and the network as a whole.”

Note to editors

Service provision within the international BDO network of independent member firms (‘the BDO network’) is coordinated by Brussels Worldwide Services BVBA, a limited liability company incorporated in Belgium with its statutory seat in Brussels.  

Each of BDO International Limited (the governing entity of the BDO network), Brussels Worldwide Services BVBA and the member firms is a separate legal entity and has no liability for another such entity’s acts or omissions. Nothing in the arrangements or rules of the BDO network shall constitute or imply an agency relationship or a partnership between BDO International Limited, Brussels Worldwide Services BVBA and/or the member firms of the BDO network.   

BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO member firms. 

The combined fee income of all the BDO Member Firms, including the members of their exclusive alliances, was $5.67 billion in 2011. The global network provides advisory services in 135 countries, with almost 48,800 people working out of 1,118 offices worldwide. 

Contacts

Julia Johnson
Brussels Worldwide Services BVBA
 

Tel (+32 2) 778 0130
bws@bwsbrussels.com
  Vrasidas Damalikos     
BDO Greece


Tel: +30 211 1095 710    
Fax: +30 211 1095 790 a.damilakos@bdo-deltacpa.gr