Allen Westergard is the Southwest region managing partner for Transaction Advisory Services at BDO, retiring April 2023. Allen retired from KPMG in 2018 after 28 years both in the audit and deal advisory practices serving public and private companies and for seven years was the Managing partner of the Northern Virginia/ Greater Washington DC office. Allen’s experience also includes close to a decade of corporate financial executive positions including chief financial officer of both Asbury Automotive Group and Sky Mall Inc ,and VP finance corporate controller of Thrifty Payless Inc. Allen has been on various private company boards and is currently on the board of FJ Management Inc. Allen is a past chair of the Washington DC Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame and is currently on the University of Utah School of Accounting National Advisory Board. Allen graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.