Irvine-based Haskell & White, an independently owned accounting, auditing and tax consulting firm, announced three promotions from within the organization, further strengthening the firm’s tax and audit and business advisory teams.

Ken Gundersen has been promoted to principal in the firm’s audit and business advisory services department. Gundersen has over 15 years of experience in public accounting and several years of experience as a financial consultant and manager of financial reporting. He joined Haskell & White in January 2007 after several years with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Andy Kennedy, a member of the firm since October 2006, has been promoted to manager in the tax department. Prior to joining Haskell & White, Kennedy gained experience at both Kennedy & Kennedy and Deloitte & Touche.

Ian Martini of Irvine has been promoted to manager within the firm’s audit and business advisory services department. Martini joined Haskell & White in October 2008 after three years with Deloitte & Touche.

Johnny Lee has come on board as director and Atlanta Practice Leader of Forensic Technology Services and e-Discovery for Grant Thornton.

In his new role, Lee will be responsible for delivering data analytics, computer forensics and electronic discovery in support of investigations and civil litigation. He also will provide advisory services to companies working to address complex records and information management issues.

Lee is an attorney and management consultant with over seventeen years of experience as a systems analyst and over eleven years of experience in the legal industry. He most recently

CIT Group, a provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, has appointed Carol Hayles as senior vice president, corporate controller.

Hayles also will serve as the company’s principal accounting officer and will be responsible for managing the Accounting department, as well as all SEC and regulatory reporting. She will report directly to CFO Scott Parker.

Prior to CIT, Hayles spent the past 24 years in various finance roles of increasing responsibility at Citigroup. Most recently she served as deputy controller of Citigroup. Before this she also served as CFO of Citibank’s e-Business; CFO of Citigroup’s Global Relationship Bank; CFO of Citibank Canada; and held internal audit and investor relations positions. Hayles started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

K-V Pharmaceutical Company has appointed Ana Stancic to the company’s board of directors as a new independent member. She replaces Terry Hatfield, whose resignation from the board was effective upon Stancic’s appointment.

Stancic brings to the board extensive knowledge and experience in long- and short-term strategic planning, and the development and execution of goals and objectives to maximize shareholder value. Currently, she also is a board member for Champions Biotechnology, serves on its executive committee, and acts as chair of its audit committee.

Prior to joining the Board of Champions Biotechnology, Stancic served as the CFO of Aureon Laboratories, a privately held life science company, where her responsibilities included finance, treasury, and tax compliance. With two decades of diversified pharmaceutical business experience under her belt, Stancic has also served as executive vice president and CFO of Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, prior to its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson; senior vice president and principal financial officer of ImClone Systems, prior to its acquisition by Eli Lilly & Company; vice president and corporate controller of Savient Pharmaceuticals; vice president and chief accounting officer of Ogden Corporation; CFO, Northeast Region of Omnicare; and senior manager-business assurance with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced that Worth MacMurray has joined the firm as a director in the Forensic Services practice, which is part of the Firm’s Advisory practice. MacMurray will focus on helping global organizations develop policies and processes in support of client objectives to increase revenues and operational effectiveness, lower expenses, and mitigate risk through fraud and misconduct risk management.

MacMurray will work with the governance and anti-corruption group, and will service a wide range of clients, including those in the technology, oil and gas, defense, and other internationally oriented sectors.

Previously, MacMurray served as general counsel of several Washington D.C.-based public technology companies and as the U.S. federal agency-approved chief compliance officer for a number of companies facing regulatory investigations. His consulting experience includes advising private (multi-national companies in the electronics, oil and gas, and defense sectors) and public (governments and multilateral financial institutions) sector clients on compliance programs and controls related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, and other anti-corruption standards.

PricewaterhouseCoopers announced that Lori Queisser, former chief compliance officer at Schering-Plough Corporation and Eli Lilly, is working with PwC’s governance, risk, and compliance practice as a senior adviser to the firm’s pharmaceutical and life sciences clients.

As senior adviser, Queisser will work with PwC professionals to provide strategic guidance to pharmaceutical, life sciences, and medical device companies on improvements in compliance effectiveness, risk management, development of global standards, and training and enforcement programs. In addition, she will serve as an adviser to the firm on thought leadership related to the broader business model and strategic changes occurring in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.

Most recently, Queisser was senior vice president, global compliance and business practices at Schering-Plough Corporation, a position she held since 2007. Before that, she was vice president and chief compliance officer for Eli Lilly and Company, where she oversaw an integrated and comprehensive program for achieving compliance with laws, regulations, and policies globally. Before being named chief compliance officer, she was the company’s general auditor. She joined Eli Lilly in 1989, and held various financial and systems assignments during her 17-year career with the company.

Leviton, a provider of electrical wiring devices, data center connectivity solutions, and lighting energy management systems, has appointed Lucy Guilherme to the role of corporate controller for all Leviton operations. In her new position, Guilherme oversees the company’s accounting operations.

Guilherme joins Leviton with an extensive background in public accounting, auditing, and financial management, along with experience as an auditing instructor and staff recruiter. Prior to joining Leviton, Guilherme worked as a manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she performed a wide range of financial management tasks and was the lead manager responsible for a portfolio of 15 clients, including domestic and international organizations.

Crowe Horwath, a public accounting and consulting firm, is expanding its risk consulting practice in the Southeast with the appointment of Rick Warren as principal. Warren, who is based in Crowe’s Atlanta office, has more than 16 years of experience in financial analysis and audit, internal audit, enterprise risk management, corporate governance, and compliance.

Prior to joining Crowe, Warren was a principal in the risk consulting practice of a Big Four accounting firm in Atlanta. He also served in this capacity at Dixon Hughes.

Facility services provider, ABM Industries, has named Dean Chin as senior vice president, corporate controller, and chief accounting officer, effective immediately. He reports to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jim Lusk.

Chin joined ABM in 2008 as vice president and assistant corporate controller, where he led the financial reporting, accounting, and policy functions. He served as interim corporate controller since March of this year. In addition to leading the corporate accounting functions, Chin will be responsible for financial planning and analysis and the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance team.

Prior to joining ABM, Chin served as director of finance at the Reader’s Digest Association. Earlier in his career, he gained public accounting experience as a senior manager at Ernst & Young.

Weaver, an independent certified public accounting firm, has announced the promotions of Melvin Hunt to audit partner in Assurance Services, and Mary Thomas to international consulting partner in Tax and Strategic Business Services, effective June 1.

Hunt, who joined Weaver in 2007, previously served as an audit senior manager in the firm’s Houston office, prior to his newest position. With nine years experience in public accounting, Hunt’s practice emphasis encompasses audit and review engagements for both public and privately held business enterprises in the energy and manufacturing industries.

Thomas, who joined Weaver in 2006, previously served as the director of International Tax for the firm, overseeing international consulting. With 28 years of combined tax and accounting experience, including more than 15 years of international tax and IRS examination experience, her practice emphasis encompasses global restructuring and refinancing strategies; cross-border transactional planning and management; transfer pricing compliance, documentation and tariff compliance/planning, and IRS audit controversy services.