based in belgium industry professional services founded rouen france 1940 headquarters paris france key people philippe castagnac group chairman and ceo services audit chartered accountant consulting taxation corporate finance financial advisory legal revenue 1.252 billion euro 2016 number of employees 17 000 2016 website www.mazars.com mazars is a global audit accounting and consulting group employing more than 17 000 professionals in 77 countries through member firms . 1 with head offices in france mazars has a network of correspondent partners and joint ventures in a further 21 countries and is a founding member of the praxity alliance a network of independent firms . worldwide turnover for the integrated partnership for the fiscal year ending august 2014 was 1.081 billion euro . 2 mazars operates as a single entity as a fully integrated partnership . mazars publicizes its consolidated financial accounts a move it claims is unusual for private audit and advisory firms . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 france 1.2 united kingdom 1.3 netherlands 1.4 germany roever broenner susat mazars 1.5 russia and kyrgyzstan 1.6 china 1.7 pakistan 1.8 poland 1.9 qatar 1.10 turkey 1.11 united states 1.12 thailand 1.13 czech republic 1.14 vietnam 1.15 australia 2 governance 3 management 3.1 group executive board 3.2 group governance council 4 references 5 external links history edit the original mazars firm was formed in rouen normandy in france in 1940 by robert mazars . mazars stayed a local firm until the 1980s when former ceo patrick de cambourg started to internationalize the firm growing the business from 33 employees in 1977 to the global firm of today . 4 france edit mazars merged with accounting firm gu rard viala to form mazars & gu rard in 1995 . united kingdom edit on 1 september 1998 mazars & guerard merged with the british accountancy firm neville russell and traded in the uk for a number of years as mazars neville russell . in 2002 mazars neville russell as well as its counterpart firms across europe changed the name to become simply mazars . mazars currently employs 1 600 people in 20 offices 5 6 in the uk and turnover is around 100m . 7 in april 2007 mazars merged with the london office of mri moores rowland which will create a firm with turnover in the uk exceeding 90million . 8 mazars prior to the mri moores rowland merger was listed as the 14th largest accountancy firm in the uk with about 65 millions fee income 9 however following the merger and with the merger between grant thornton and rsm robson rhodes in the summer of 2007 mazars was listed as 12th 10 with an estimated fee income of 90.3 m. neville russell was founded in 1900 by charles neville russell to work principally with the insurance sector of the economy . neville russell developed a reputation in london of being specialists in this area . mazars is a keen advocate of a more open audit market and notably of joint audit . netherlands edit as of 2000 mazars integrated paardekooper & hoffman of the netherlands which employed 800 people . in the dutch audit market mazars ranks as the sixth largest firm and contributes more than 15 % of the total global turnover . jan paardekooper founded paardekooper & hoffman in 1927 . the firm worked with large clients involved in the maritime and harbour businesses of rotterdam . germany roever broenner susat mazars edit in april 2015 mazars and rbs roeverbroennersusat announced their merger which united about 1 000 professionals including 68 partners and 110 millions of turnover in the german market . today 2015 roever broenner susat mazars has twelve offices in german metropolitan areas offering a range of audit accountancy tax legal and advisory services . 11 12 russia and kyrgyzstan edit mazars has been present in russia since 1995 and is an international player in the russian market of audit and consulting services . today mazars offices 13 in moscow st. petersburg and bishkek kyrgyzstan employ more than 200 professionals . mazars client portfolio includes more than 600 companies including credit institutions that are included in the top 100 large insurance and financial organizations as well as banks belonging to the largest international holdings . the company has significantly improved its positions in the annual ratings published by raex expert ra rating of leading audit and consulting groups april 2015 and the magazine kommersant . dengi in april 2015 . mazars in russia is on the list of audit firms recognized by the ebrd and other credit institutions . mazars russia is also a member of various international organizations association of european businesses in russia cci france russie russo british chamber of commerce moscow audit chamber acca st. petersburg international business association for north west russia . china edit in january 2016 mazars and chinese firm zhongshen zhonghuan announced their merger adding a further 1 800 professionals to mazars globally including 83 partners from 15 offices across mainland china . mrs. zhang liwen chief chartered accountant of zhongshen zhonghuan was subsequently appointed to the mazars group executive board while mr. shi wenxian chief partner of zhongshen zhonghuan was appointed to the mazars group governance council . 14 pakistan edit in april 2010 mazars integrated bearingpoint into their business in pakistan thus adding advisory services in management and technology for sectors such as microfinance financial services and within the public sector . 15 poland edit the mazars office opened in warsaw in 1992 in order to meet the expectations of the growing number of foreign investors coming to poland . nowadays mazars ranks among the top audit and advisory firms in poland . it is present in warsaw and cracow with four partners and 200 professionals working to help companies grow by offering a full range of audit tax accounting hr advisory and payroll solutions . mazars in poland serves more than 800 small medium and large international and polish enterprises including those listed at the warsaw stock exchange . qatar edit further to a successful cooperation initiated in 2008 ahmed tawfik & co. cpa an accounting and auditing services firm in qatar which traces its roots back to 1976 has joined mazars international partnership in september 2011 and thus becoming mazars ahmed tawfik & co. cpa . mazars ahmed tawfik & co. cpa specializes in audit accounting tax and advisory services and can count on 30 professionals in its office . turkey edit mazars denge was founded by two partners as denge denetim ymm a.s. in 1977 . today mazars turkey operates in six offices istanbul 3 offices ankara i zmir denizli gaziantep and bursa with a more than 350 person workforce . mazars turkey is among the top five audit and accounting firms in turkey and serves a portfolio of more than 500 clients in various sectors from which 50 % are foreign companies with 19 partners including 13 cpa . mazars turkey won the tax firm of the year award in 2008 and best transfer pricing firm award in 2009 . 16 united states edit in april 2010 mazars and weiser an audit and advisory firm with a strong presence in the northeastern region of the us announced their merger . partners from both entities voted to incorporate 74 weiser partners into mazars international integrated partnership . the deal marked a new stage in mazars international development . 17 thailand edit this section possibly contains original research . please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message in 2007 continuing its asian expansion mazars merged with the double impact group in thailand . since then mazars thailand 18 has had consistent strong growth to become the 6th largest international professional services firm in thailand with over 150 consultants and 7 partners . it is a market leader in outsourced accounting services as well as a major provider of audit tax legal and advisory services to over 500 international and thai clients . czech republic edit mazars czech republic was founded in 1995 and employs around 180 professionals . 19 mazars is by domestic sales the 7th biggest audit firm on the czech market . 20 mazars offers wide range of services including audit accountancy outsourcing payroll internal audit actuarial transaction advisory and hr agenda . in 2015 the managing partner of mazars czech republic was milan prokopius . vietnam edit mazars has been established in vietnam since 1994 and employs around 130 professionals and general staff . 21 mazars vietnam operates through its offices in hanoi and ho chi minh city . the managing partner of mazars in vietnam is marc deschamps 22 based in ho chi minh city . australia edit mazars integrated australian audit and advisory firm duncan dovico on 1 january 2016 . 23 mazars announced the acquisition of australian based financial modelling and training provider corality financial group on 13 july 2016 24 to form the new team global infrastructure finance . governance edit philippe castagnac is the group s ceo and chairs the group executive board whose members are antonio bover spain herv h lias france christoph regierer germany hilton saven south africa phil verity united kingdom and victor wahba united states . patrick de cambourg ex chairman has been appointed by the french president fran ois hollande as president of the french accounting standard setter authority autorit des normes comptables anc . management edit group executive board edit philippe castagnac chairman ceo of the group antonio bover co ceo sponsor of the tax and law global business units senior partner of mazars in spain in charge of overseeing mexico . herv h lias co ceo leader of the public interest entity global business unit senior partner of mazars in france in charge of relations with latin america . christoph regierer co ceo partner in germany hilton saven co ceo senior partner of mazars in south africa in charge of relations with africa . phil verity co ceo leader of the owner managed business global business unit senior partner of mazars in the united kingdom responsible for relations with certain european countries . victor wahba co ceo of the group and member of the executive committee of weisermazars in the united states responsible for mazars strategic development in the united states and bermuda . group governance council edit tim hudson united kingdom chairman kenneth morrison hong kong vice chairman douglas a. phillips usa vice chairman until may 21 2015 jean louis simon france vice chairman as of may 21 2015 thierry blanchetier france charles de boisriou france kathryn byrne usa fran ois de carbonnel france external member anita de casparis netherlands mohamed ali elouani cherif tunisia denise k. fletcher usa external member patrice de folleville germany gregor kunz germany kathleen robinson south africa 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