President & Chief Executive Officer
Dean Dorton
David has served as President and CEO of Dean Dorton since 2012. His previous roles in the firm included Lexington Market Leader, Business Consulting Service Group Leader and Leader of the firm’s healthcare industry team.
Under David’s leadership, the firm has consistently earned recognition as a best place to work across multiple markets. Dean Dorton has successfully expanded into four new geographic regions and broadened its advisory services, which now account for more than 35% of the firm’s annual revenue. These strategic initiatives have driven exceptional growth, resulting in Dean Dorton being honored as one of the fastest-growing firms in the country for the past two years.
Private equity isn’t inevitable: It’s perfectly possible for accounting firms to remain proudly independent — but to do that, they need to address the many issues that PE-backed accounting firms are solving by taking on private equity money. That means new approaches to strategy, services offerings, staffing, partner retirements, raising capital, and much more.