July 28, 2015

Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP Names Stanley Chang Chief Operating Officer, Leader of China Advisory Business

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Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP Names Stanley Chang Chief Operating Officer, Leader of China Advisory Business

Stan ChangMarcum Bernstein Pinchuk LLP (MarcumBP), a top-ranked U.S. accounting firm with a substantial China practice, today announced that Dr. Stanley Chang has joined the Firm as Chief Operating Officer.  The appointment became effective July 15.

As an integral member of MarcumBP’s management team, Dr. Chang is responsible for firm-wide operations and additionally will lead the advisory team in China.  MarcumBP currently provides services to over 50 clients in the China market and operates five offices in mainland China.

Dr. Chang is the first to fill the newly created COO role at MarcumBP, which was established to support the Firm’s rapid growth in China. He is based in the Firm’s Beijing office.

Dr. Chang has led regional and global compliance projects across various industries. As a certified financial professional, he specializes in working with clients in provincial/state governments and non-profit organizations in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, and the United States.

“Stanley Chang is extremely well qualified to help drive the continued growth of our advisory business in China, for companies seeking to expand overseas, as well as for foreign entities seeking investment opportunities in the China market ‚Äì particularly in the U.S.-China trade corridor,” said Drew Bernstein, co-managing partner of MarcumBP. “MarcumBP and its predecessor firm, Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP,   have been servicing China for 15 years and have been on the front lines of the explosive growth of Chinese public companies both in China and the U.S. We are confident that Dr. Chang will lead the next phase of our continued development as a thought-leader in China. His addition to our China-based management team further strengthens our best-in-class service platform.”

Dr. Chang is a 30-year veteran of the Asian and U.S. capital markets and is currently a Board member of the China Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA). He was previously an advisor to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the China National Audit Office.  His experience also includes serving as Global Risk Services Leader for a national U.S. accounting firm and as Life Sciences Leader for a Big Four firm.

About Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP
Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk (MarcumBP), a PCAOB-registered firm, provides a full range of audit and assurance, tax and transaction advisory services for clients in a variety of industries throughout the world. With offices in New York, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, MarcumBP provides the expertise, cultural understanding and support needed to efficiently serve and advise the firm’s clients in China and the U.S. 

About Marcum LLP
Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the United States.  Headquartered in New York City, Marcum LLP offers the resources of 1,300 professionals, including more than 160 partners, in 23 full-service offices in major business markets throughout the U.S., Grand Cayman and China. Marcum is a member of the Marcum Group, an organization providing a comprehensive range of professional services spanning accounting and advisory, technology solutions, wealth management, and executive and professional recruiting. The Marcum Group companies include Marcum LLP, Marcum Technology LLC, Marcum Search LLC, Marcum Staffing LLC, Marcum Financial Services LLC, Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP, and MarcumBuchanan Associates LLC.