Global network of professional services, Russell Bedford International, announced the establishment of Amirault Mallen & Associés (AM&A) as its member company in Marseille and the Provence-Alpes-Azure Coast region (PACA), in France.
The company joins existing members of the network based in Paris, Lyon and Nantes. Existing from law ten years AM&A is a group of French accounting and audit firms based in Marseille and the surrounding Bouches-du-Rhône area, which is second the largest metropolitan area of France in terms of population.
Companies include Orgatec, Cegex point (t) Oral, Étang de Berre Expertise and FB Audit & Conseil. Group operates in ten offices throughout the PACA region. six partners and 95 employees serve around 2500 clients, offering a wide range of services including accounting, tax, legal, payroll, audit, management and asset management consulting.
Customers come from a variety of industries and cover mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as large domestic companies and professional services companies and associations.
- The size and range of AM&A services provide a significant impetus for the French network Russell Bedford – comments Stephen Hamlet. – Welcome Olivier and his team and I wish them every success in this new opportunity for growth and development.
Olivier Mallen, co-founder of AM&A, added: - joining Russell Bedford International is an exciting decision for us. Our customers require high quality services without restrictions. We hope that thanks to the support and links of our group through the network Russell Bedford we will always meet our customers' expectations in providing them with the services they need worldwide.
Emmanuel Amirault, co-founder of AM&A, said: - after consulting all our partners, we thought that this choice was both very coherent and obvious. Indeed, sharing the skills and values that unite us will help to provide and consolidate daily support that we provide to all our customers, with a significant international accent. A new and beautiful adventure begins!
Christian Esposito, partner and managing director of Étang de Berre Expertise, commented: “Joining Russell Bedford International was an obvious choice for us in a combined world where customers are increasingly seeking local support in Europe and beyond.
The quality of the services provided allows us to position ourselves with a new goal, but in a market we know and with the quality of the services we have always applied to our customers.” Franck Baumander, partner and president of FB Audit & Conseil said: “You can join Russell Bedford International is a great opportunity to develop and increase our international customer base.
The quality of our individualized services allows us to stand out by providing our knowledge to companies by entering new markets.”
Anthony Liger, partner and managing director of Orgatec added: “We wanted to join a world-famous group like Russell Bedford, to find synergies and be able to support our customers in their international development".
Vivien Besse-Desmoulières, a future partner at AM&A CEGEX, commented: “In a profession that is constantly developing, openness on the international stage seems to be a real opportunity and it is not without reason that digitalization of the profession gives us all the optimal conditions to participate in the growth of our customers.
Professionalism and Values Russell Bedford International perfectly fits our vision, making our cooperation a real success." Klaus-Peter Hillebrand, Director-General of the Board Russell Bedford for the EMEA region, he added: “Welcome to our new colleagues in Marseille!
I am happy that I can start working with the team to provide customers with the highest quality services, because we are trying to generate even more business opportunities."