Matt serves as the Chairman of the Governing Board of Forvis Mazars, LLP in the United States, and is the Vice Chairman of the Governing Board of Forvis Mazars Global, the global network of which Forvis Mazars US is a member. Matt works closely with the Forvis Mazars leadership team to develop the firm’s strategy with a keen eye toward being future focused.
Prior to his role as Chairman, he served as CEO of a top 20 accounting firm. In his more than 30-year career, Matt has had the opportunity to serve as a leader and to work with clients ranging from start-ups to large national and global organizations. This experience has enabled him to connect with a variety of clients and build a passion for excellent client service. His keen understanding of how clients should be served drives this priority for Forvis Mazars, and he truly enjoys sharing with our people how to define and deliver excellent client service.
Matt also served as an audit partner at an international accounting firm where he spent more than 20 years working with public companies in the financial services, manufacturing, and restaurant industries. While a partner, Matt served a rotation in that firm’s national department of professional practice, and he was later named an SEC partner through which he served in a technical review role on public company audit engagements.
He served on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), where he was the Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee and was previously the Chairman of the AICPA’s Major Firms Group. He previously served on the Board of Visitors for the Wake Forest University School of Business. In addition, Matt was previously on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Central Carolinas, where he also served as the Chairman of the Finance Committee.
Matt is a graduate of Wake Forest University, with a B.S. degree in accounting. He has also completed Harvard University’s Executive Education Program, “Leading Professional Services Firms.”