It’s official, BDO USA national managing principal of tax Matthew K. Becker will be moving on up to the big chair effective July 1, 2026 when current CEO Wayne Berson vacates the seat after 14 years.
The press release is…something. We’ll spare you the excessive self-fellating paragraphs and stick to the small parts that directly reference Becker’s history at the firm:
As national managing principal of tax, Becker leads the strategy and operations of BDO USA’s tax practice, which has more than doubled in size since 2019. He joined BDO in 2002, became a tax partner in 2005, and assumed the role of national managing principal in 2019. He has held a series of progressive leadership positions throughout his career including five years as chair of BDO USA’s Board of Directors where he oversaw the firm’s governance and strategic direction. As a longstanding member of the executive leadership team, he has been a pivotal voice in the most consequential decisions impacting the firm’s future, from the establishment of BDO’s employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) to key expansions and strategic partnerships. Becker’s impressive accomplishments, holistic understanding of the firm and its opportunities, and unwavering character position him to sustain BDO’s culture and growth trajectory while managing the complexities of a rapidly changing industry.
According to his firm profile, when he’s not grinding for BDO’s tax practice Matt is part of various community organizations including roles on the Boards of Directors of John Ball Zoo, The Right Place, Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes, Literacy Center of West Michigan, and Indian Trails Camp.
Mr. Becker has had a few brief mentions on this website in recent years, the first we could find was from 2022 when an internal email explained how the firm would be “optimizing” tax and assurance regions and regional MPs for tax would be reporting to Becker.
Congrats to Mr. Becker and bonus congrats to Becker CPA Review for all the free name association advertising you’ll be getting for the next who knows how many years.
My BDO friends love Becker as he doesn’t waste their time like many of the young bullshitters. My friends tell me that he’s bright and hard working.
Tax takes the crown!
Suck it audit
As a former employee, I have a hard time believing that anybody self-fellates as aggressively as BDO. But maybe I’m just naive.
Also still drives me nuts (since I have so many firm linkedin connections and it was specifically mentioned in the release) how they act like they invented the ESOP.
So what’s going on at BDO these days? Issues from Wayne doing all those acquisitions until 2020-ish?