HPG Partner Named Impact Financial Leader

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RALEIGH, N.C. (November 13, 2009)—Kent Pittman, partner and executive committee member at Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (www.hpg.com), the largest CPA firm headquartered and staffed in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, has been named a 2009 N.C. Financial Impact Leader by Business Leader magazine (http://tinyurl.com/KentPittman).

Pittman is one of 37 Triangle professionals recognized for their continued excellence in leadership and building client relationships, as well as a commitment to community involvement. Winners are featured in the fall 2009 issue of Business Leader.

“I strive to build long-lasting relationships with clients, which helps me better serve their needs,” says Pittman. “It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized alongside my peers.”

Pittman has more than 30 years of experience in public accounting. At HPG, he focuses on providing management support and tax planning services to owner-managed businesses. Pittman leads the firm’s real estate industry services team and assists clients with real estate endeavors of all types and sizes.

In addition, Pittman actively serves in the community. He is the treasurer of Big Brother and Big Sisters of the Triangle and is a member of the Occoneechee Council Boy Scouts of America Foundation Committee, the Raleigh Kiwanis Club board of directors, the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Roundtable, the National Eagle Scout Association and the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.

About Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP (HPG):
HPG is the largest CPA firm headquartered and staffed in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, as ranked by the Triangle Business Journal. Furthermore, Business Leader magazine ranked HPG as the fifth most successful small business in North Carolina in 2008. HPG is able to provide national and global accounting resources to its clients through the CPAmerica firm network of 701 offices worldwide. HPG offers a wide array of business accounting, auditing, corporate tax, and management advisory services. Specialties include serving owner-managed, investor-backed technology and life science, healthcare services, real estate development, manufacturing and distribution businesses, and providing ERISA audits, family wealthcare services and Sarbanes-Oxley internal audit services. More than just an accounting firm, HPG assists clients in looking beyond the bottom linesm by being the right people, right value and right firm to achieve each client's definition of success. Visit www.hpg.com.
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