Around the Globe - July 2026

New Members 

We are proud to welcome Fenlex (Malta) and WT Partners (Australia) into the LEA Global community. 

• About Fenlex: Based in Malta, Fenlex has been supporting local and international corporate and private clients since 1989. Their team of 50 professionals provide full corporate services and expertise in corporate, tax, accounting, advisory, online gaming, foundations, trusts, liquidations, and serviced offices. https://fenlex.com/about/  

• About WT Partners: Based in Western Australia, WT Partners provides a range of accounting, taxation, and professional advisory services. Founded in 2013 by Elbert Tanuwidjaja and Jason White, the firm has grown to over 20 professionals. Their clientele is diverse - consisting of high-net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals and small to large enterprises working in agriculture, mining, medical services, manufacturing, property development, and retail. https://wtpartners.com.au/  

Firm Highlights 

• Anders (USA) was named a 2026 Top Workplace by the St. Louis-Post Dispatch, ranking No. 19 in the Midsize Employer category, a USA Today Top Workplace for 2026, ranking among organizations with 150–499 employees, and was voted the Top Business Accounting Partner by Missouri Lawyers Media. 

• Brown Plus (USA) expanded its advisory practice to include outsourced Chief Information Officer (CIO) services. Through this new service offering, Brown Plus can provide strategic IT leadership, including technology maturity assessments; IT roadmap development; cybersecurity and risk management guidance; vendor selection and oversight; and support with system selection and implementation. 

• The corporate finance team at RBK Chartered Accountants (Ireland) supported Your.Online through the provision of financial due diligence services in its acquisition of Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd. Congratulations to all parties! 

• Prosperity’s (Australia) Salary Packaging Division surpassed $2 billion in tax savings delivered to Australian employees as it celebrates its 25-year commitment to helping employers and employees maximize after-tax income through compliant and easy-to-manage salary packaging solutions. 

• Congratulations to Nordgain (Lithuania) for welcoming its 100th employee and turning 18 years old.  

• Peters, Schönberger & Partner (Germany) is one of the 15 most important tax technology consultants in the German market for Tax Operations – according to the JUVE Verlag für juristische Information GmbH, a special edition of JUVE Steuermarkt. 

• B&R Consulting (Luxembourg) celebrated five years and its growth from two founders to a team of eight professionals providing accounting, tax, fiduciary and secondment services. Well done, B&R!  

• Corriere della Sera, in collaboration with Euroconference and TeamSystem, ranked LDP (Italy) first in its 2026 list of Best in Class Professional Firms. The annual ranking recognizes the top 100 firms of accountants, labor consultants, and lawyers in Italy, selected by a committee of experts based on criteria of digitalization, innovation, sustainability, and strategic growth in support of businesses. 

Notable People 

• Ken Wolfe, President and Managing Principal of Brown Plus (USA) was named to Forbes’ 2026 America’s Best-In-State Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) list. Wolfe is also a recipient of The Daily Record’s inaugural Managing Partners Awards. 
• Kayla Juba, Marketing Manager at Brown Plus (USA), was recently named a 2026 Woman of Influence by Central Penn Business Journal (CPBJ).   
• Mihaela Mitroi, Managing Partner of GTA Group (Romania), was one of 50 women recognized by Forbes Romania as women who influence the national business environment through vision, performance, and authentic leadership.  
• Kathryn Fletcher, Partner at Draffin Tucker (USA), was named to Forbes’ 2026 America’s Best-In-State CPAs list. 
• Elizabeth Eun joined Han Group (USA) as its newest partner. Eun brings more than three decades of experience across audit, accounting, tax, and advisory, along with a depth of leadership and perspective to the firm. 
• Alex Hardy, Director at Prosperity (Australia), was named Auditor of the Year at the Australian Accounting Awards. Hardy also took home the top honor – the Excellence Award – recognizing his standout performance across every category. 
• Tony Nimac, has been appointed as Chair of Prosperity Advisers Group (Australia), marking a significant step in the firm’s continued growth and strategic expansion. Nimac brings more than 30 years’ experience with KPMG Australia, where he played a senior leadership role in the firm’s mid-market practice. 
• Renee Ross was appointed as a Director of Business Services & Taxation at Prosperity Advisers Group, bringing over 20 years of experience in public practice with deep expertise in business services, taxation, and advisory for high net worth families, family businesses, SMEs, and multinational clients.   
• Clarity named Jody Grunden, Partner and Virtual CFO Practice Leader at Anders (USA), to its list of 40 Essential Thought Leaders in Accounting Firm Leadership 2026. The feature recognizes influential leaders who are shaping the future of the accounting profession through innovation, firm growth, leadership, and industry impact. 
• Congratulations to Maria Kristina Cassar on her appointment as Head of the Tax Compliance Department at Fenlex Corporate Services (Malta). Cassar joined Fenlex in 2023 and now oversees a team of tax accountants, ensuring high standards of service, compliance with Maltese tax legislation and timely delivery. 

Collaboration in Action 

• Team members from PSP (Germany) and Dezan Shira & Associates (Hong Kong) met to discuss group audits, doing business in Asia, and more.  
• Cohorts 4 and 5 of our Emerging Leaders Program traveled to St. Louis, home of Anders, for their program graduation and kick-off, respectively. Congratulations to all participants on this exciting milestone! Our sincerest thanks to the Anders team for their hospitality and the coaches at the Center for Character-Based Leadership for your tutelage. 

Sponsor News 

• Through 21 August 2026, Wolters Kluwer is giving LEA Global member firms the opportunity to secure preferred pricing and access to CCH Axcess™ Advisor. Learn more!
• Suralink has released the Cloud Testing Suite, a new addition to its agentic AI platform, that automates PBC validation and sample testing. Cloud Testing Suite validates client data the moment it's uploaded, eliminating the back-and-forth that stalls engagements. 
• Blue J and CPA.com released the 2026 AI Tax Research Solution Outlook Report which explores how accounting firms are shifting from trying AI to relying on it—and what this means for the future of the profession. 

Please welcome our newest community sponsors: 

• Byron: Byron is building AI agents for tax preparation. We automate business tax preparation for accounting firms across Partnerships (1065), C-Corps (1120), and S-Corps (1120s). We handle everything from K-1 package ingestion to full business tax workpaper generation. Where firms today spend hundreds of hours per return stitching together PDFs, spreadsheets, and offshored prep, Byron's agents do the work end-to-end: extracting data from source documents, reconciling discrepancies, and assembling workpapers ready for preparer review. Every output is confidence-scored, so accountants stay in control and only review the exceptions. Check it out at usebyron.com. 

• NORVA Solutions: NORVA Solutions helps accounting, advisory, and consulting firms project a credible full‑service compliance capability without building internal governance, risk, and compliance infrastructure from scratch. NORVA’s Compliance Assessment Toolkit is an Excel‑native, structured delivery system that enables firms to deliver repeatable compliance assessments across multiple clients, produce defensible, inspection‑ready outputs, and launch scalable, profitable compliance consulting services that help retain accounts and out‑compete peers. Learn more at https://www.norvasolutions.com.