Grant Thornton names two new leaders to its Industry practice
July 15 2024 - 10:03AM
Business Wire
Lawrence Griff to lead Retail industry; Kelly Schindler to head
up Manufacturing industry
Grant Thornton, one of America’s largest brands for audit,
assurance, tax, and advisory services, has named Lawrence Griff to
lead the firm’s Retail industry practice and Kelly Schindler to
head up its Manufacturing industry practice.
In their roles, Griff and Schindler will oversee the growth and
operations of their respective industries, which encompass a full
range of audit, assurance, tax, and advisory services.
“The ever-evolving landscape of the manufacturing and retail
industries demands agility and a growth-focused mentality,” said
Alasdair Trotter, chief revenue officer at Grant Thornton Advisors
LLC. “Lawrence and Kelly each have many years of experience across
multiple industries, and their wealth of knowledge means they are
keenly suited to lead our talented teams of professionals as they
solve our clients’ problems and bring them innovative new
ideas.”
Griff has been with Grant Thornton for nearly 15 years and
currently serves as an Audit and Assurance partner at Grant
Thornton LLP. He has managed a diverse client base of public and
private companies across multiple industries, including retail,
media and entertainment, professional services, and manufacturing.
He has more than 30 years of public accounting experience and was
previously an Audit partner with Ernst & Young and Arthur
Andersen.
Based in Grant Thornton’s New York City office, Griff is a
certified public accountant (CPA) in New York and Connecticut. He
is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) and the New York State Society of Certified
Public Accountants. Griff serves on the board of iMentor, a
national not-for-profit that builds mentoring relationships to
empower first-generation students to graduate high school, succeed
in college and their careers, and achieve their ambitions. He
received a master’s degree in business administration from the New
York University (NYU) Stern School of Business and a bachelor’s
degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He was
also formerly an adjunct professor at the NYU Stern School of
Business.
Schindler has been with Grant Thornton since 2011 and currently
serves as the market managing principal of Grant Thornton’s St.
Louis office, where she is based. She is also an Audit &
Assurance partner at Grant Thornton LLP and has more than 20 years
of experience in public accounting in a variety of industries,
including manufacturing, aerospace and defense, automotive,
chemical, life sciences, retail, distribution, technology, and food
and beverage. Before joining Grant Thornton, Schindler was a senior
manager at KPMG, where she managed several domestic and
international public and private company engagements. She also
worked overseas during the rollout of the International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS) and led global trainings on how to
implement effective inventory cycle counts at large, international
companies.
Schindler is a CPA in Missouri and Iowa and a member of the
AICPA. She is also a member of Women in Manufacturing, both locally
and nationally, and she is an active member of the National
Association of Manufacturers. Schindler received a bachelor’s
degree in accounting from Missouri State University and currently
serves on its Advisory Board.
To learn more about Grant Thornton’s retail and manufacturing
services offerings, visit www.grantthornton.com.
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offerings, including tax and advisory services. With revenues of
$2.4 billion for the fiscal year that ended July 31, 2023, and
dozens of offices nationwide, Grant Thornton represents a community
of almost 10,000 problem solvers, relationship builders, and
industry specialists who know that how we serve matters as much as
what we do.
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