GHJ Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman recently spoke to Authority Magazine about what new food and beverage brands should know. Maria shares the five things necessary to create a food or beverage brand. She also discusses her thoughts on the key first steps a new food or beverage company should take, how a new brand should approach a fund raise and when a new co [...]

GHJ Audit and Assurance Practice Leader Satpal Nagpal recently contributed to an e-book from Validis examining the role of technology in the audit process. In the e-book, Satpal shares his experience leading an audit team that embraced remote and flexible work before the pandemic. He also shares the challenges and opportunities presented when adopting new technology [...]

GHJ Profit Participation Services Practice Leader Ilan Haimoff and Jason Squire, USC School of Cinematic Arts Professor Emeritus and editor of The Movie Business Book Fourth Edition, continue this season of “The Movie Business Podcast” looking at “The New Normal” from different perspectives. In this episode, they talk to Elsa Ramo, Managing Partner at Ramo Law PC. E [...]

GHJ Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman will host an all-day workshop on Business Basics for food and beverage professionals at the Fermentation Association’s annual conference, which takes place August 27-30 in Chicago. Fermentation 2022 aims to explore the power of fermentation to create and preserve food, build flavor and enhance health. The conference brings t [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 18, 2022) – HLB, the global accounting and advisory network that includes GHJ among its members, was named Network of the Year at the 2022 International Accounting Forum and Awards held in London. The awards are presented by the International Accounting Bulletin and The Accountant teams. The International Accounting Forum and Awards (formerly Di [...]

Food Engineering Magazine recently published an article from GHJ Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman about how changes in distribution are affecting the beverage alcohol industry. In this article, Maria breaks down the three-tier system in the beverage alcohol space, which consists of a producer, distributor and retailer. Recent shifts in the market create challe [...]

Two leaders from GHJ’s Entertainment Practice will appear at an upcoming webinar hosted by the Beverly Hills Bar Association, August 24 at 12:30 p.m. PST. “Utilizing Data Analysis in the New Film and TV Landscape” will feature a panel of entertainment experts, including GHJ Filmed Entertainment Practice Leader Peter Klass and Profit Participation Services Principal Mi [...]

GHJ Beverage Practice Leader Maria Pearman was featured in a blog post from software company Unleashed sharing the trends she has observed among breweries, including rising production costs, new regulations and the labor shortage. An expert in the beverage and alcohol industry, Maria has written the books Small Brewery Finance, published by the Brewers Association, a [...]

GHJ Search and Staffing Practice Leader Derrick Coleman spoke to the Orange County Register about how the Great Resignation has pushed companies to embrace diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA). In the article, Derrick shares that job candidates hold greater bargaining power after the Great Resignation, and those candidates are seeking companies that [...]

GHJ Transaction Advisory Services Practice Leader Anant Patel and Advisory Principal David Sutton were featured in L.A. Times B2B Publishing’s C-Suite Magazine. Anant was featured in a recap of the L.A. Times CFO Leadership Awards, which included a panel discussion about the issues impacting Chief Financial Officers both today and in the near future. As a panelist, A [...]