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Jeffrey Kane

National Managing Partner – Private Client Services
BDO
Jeff has over 40 years of experience providing financial and tax advice to high-net-worth individuals and their families as well as executives of public companies. For over 15 years, he was also the outside CFO to a Forbes 200 family as well as advising them on their income and estate tax matters.

During his career, Jeff has also been the tax advisor to businesses from start-ups and PE owned enterprises, to multi-national, multi-billion dollar companies in manufacturing, retail, real estate and other industries.

Prior to joining BDO, Jeff led tax practices and offices in the Mid-West for Arthur Andersen and Grant Thornton, as well as being a partner in the Private Client Service group of RubinBrown in St. Louis. He has served on many civic boards in the cities in which he has lived.

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Step Up: A NextGen-centric Look at Governance Speaker

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