Derek Barnard Named a Best Accountant by St. Louis Small Business Monthly

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Derek A. Barnard, CPA, CEPA has been named to St. Louis Small Business Monthly’s Best Accountants list. Each month, St. Louis Small Business Monthly (SBM) asks readers to help identify the best in the area in a particular industry as part of the SBM Best in Business Awards. The 2020 SBM Best Accountants list features 26 local accountants voted the best in St. Louis.

About Derek Barnard

Derek is a tax partner at Anders and member of the firm’s Business Transition Planning practice. As a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), he engages privately held companies with strategic planning, business transition and succession planning, and integrating value drivers. His ultimate goal for his clients is to significantly increase the value of the company for the owner, lenders, investors and successor ownership groups. Derek consults with business owners on tactical business transition planning to help them maximize business value and streamline business processes, minimizing transaction risk and maintaining control of the process. Derek is a frequent speaker at succession planning and business growth events. He works with clients in the manufacturing and distribution, real estate and professional services industries, as well as labor and not-for-profit organizations.

Derek is a member of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MOCPA), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Missouri Venture Forum and the Turnaround Management Association. He serves on the Accounting and Business School Advisory Boards for his alma mater, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville. Derek is also on the board and Manufacturing Steering Committee for the Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois.

Read the full list of Best Accountants in the October 2020 edition of St. Louis Small Business Monthly.

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