New York, NY (PRWEB) March 05, 2013

Ernst & Young LLP today announced that Melanie Dowling, David Kovar, Michael Medley, Justin Ransome, Andrew Sliwa and Clark Welton have joined the firm as partners, along with Robbert Kaufman as principal, and Patricia Chaback, Colleen Driscoll, Ronald Fecso, Michael Harper, Hiroyuki Kawamata, Megan Mahony, Vincent Morris, Maureen Nelson, Donna Rutter, Alex Thacher, Akihiko (Aki) Tsuda and James (Brent) Walker as executive directors.

Melanie Dowling returns to Ernst & Young LLP to join the Business Tax Services practice in Boston where she focuses on tax performance advisory for clients. Formerly of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Dowling has extensive experience in tax function performance improvement, with a particular focus on the tax accounting process and integration with tax and finance systems. Previously, she established a US Tax Desk for Ernst & Young LLP, the Ernst & Young member firm in the UK, in Manchester, England.

David Kovar joins Business Tax Services at Ernst & Young LLP in Chicago focused on tax performance advisory for clients. Kovar comes to the firm from PwC where he was the tax technology strategy leader in its tax function effectiveness practice, as well as the global leader of its tax technology centre of excellence, a global think tank. Prior to that, he was at Deloitte and Andersen, focused on tax and technology.