Blake Head is a Senior Manager with BDO USA, LLP and also works as a Vice President for BDO’s Corporate Finance affiliate, BDO Capital Advisors, LLC. Blake advises businesses and business owners on long-term strategy, compensation matters, and succession planning.  This ranges from designing compensation programs for executive level and broad based employees to evaluating strategic alternatives for business owners that are considering an exit.  Blake has more than 9 years of corporate financial advisory experience and has provided services to clients for a variety of purposes, including valuation analyses for leveraged and unleveraged ESOPs and advisory services related to the sale, merger and divestiture of privately held companies and public and private company subsidiaries.

Blake also works with the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefit consulting practice.  He has experience in compensation matters including benchmarking and surveying projects, design and implementation of performance management review systems, and the design and implementation of performance incentive plans for executive, non-executive, and sales employees.  Blake works with both for-profit and tax-exempt entities.  He has consulted with a variety of manufacturing, retail, technology, and oil and gas industry firms in the area of compensation and broad based rewards.

Education

B.S. in Accountancy, University of Alabama – Culverhouse School of Accountancy

Certified Public Accountant

FINRA Series 63 and 79

ESOP Association Member

National Center of Employee Ownership Member

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Member

Member of the GA Society of CPA’s Young CPA Advisory Council

AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Conference Planning Committee (Former Member)

AICPA Employee Benefits Tax Technical Resource Panel (Former Member)