Grant Thornton heeft nu meer medewerkers dan RSM Top Audit dat 542 mensen op de loonlijst heeft staan.

Managing partners van het nieuwe fusiebedrijf worden  Sergey Aslibekian en Alexander Kozlov. ‘This merger of our fast growing firm with a true pioneer of the Russian assurance and consulting services market is one of the first examples of consolidation amongst major audit companies in the local market and it will certainly set a trend,’ aldus Aslibekian. Hij laat verder aan International Accounting Bulletin weten niet uit te sluiten dat er nog meer fusies of overnames zullen volgen bij Grant Thornton Rusland. ‘As far as I am concerned we hope to continue our expansion: one of the key-elements of our strategy in Russia is growing by M&A activities, as you can see looking at our history. We’ll always be looking at the market and we’ll continue to look at the market.’