Baker Tilly has appointed Eric Miles, a long-time accounting executive, to the helm of its U.S. business.

Miles stepped into the CEO role last month after a nearly three-decade career at a competitor called Moss Adams. His move to Baker Tilly was first announced after the two accounting firms merged in June 2025. The combined company, which operates under the Baker Tilly brand, also made several other changes to its leadership team following the deal.

Baker Tilly’s U.S. business is not a single firm but rather two separate organizations. The first audits the accuracy of clients’ financial statements, while the other delivers all the other services offered by the accounting network. The benefit of such an organizational structure, which is known as an APS, is that it allows accounting firms to raise capital from institutional investors. In the case of Baker Tilly’s U.S. operation, those investors are private equity firms Hellman & Friedman and Valeas Capital Partners. 

Both funds boosted their stakes in the business after its merger with Moss Adams last year. The $7 billion deal created a firm with about 11,500 employees. Eric Miles, the combined business’ newly appointed CEO, spent 27 years at Moss Adams before the transaction. He was the firm’s top executive for the last three of those years and earlier led key business units such as its TMT practice.

The Moss Adams deal made Baker Tilly the sixth largest provider of accounting and advisory services in the U.S. According to the firm, Miles will focus on further growing its market presence. That hints Baker Tilly may seek to make additional acquisitions under the new leadership.