Mark B. Bober
CPA/ABV, CFF, CVA
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Mark B. Bober is a Partner in BMF’s Valuation & Litigation Services (BVLS) Practice and formerly served as Partner-in-Charge of both the BVLS and Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practices. He is also a former member of BMF’s Executive Committee from 2021 to 2025.
Mark has more than 40 years of experience in valuation, forensic accounting, economic damages, public accounting, and business advisory services. He has performed over 1,500 valuation and forensic accounting engagements and has testified more than 100 times in circuit, federal, and bankruptcy courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings.
Mark joined BMF in 1992 after spending more than nine years with Price Waterhouse (now PwC).
Specializations
- Transaction support/due diligence
- Litigation support/expert witness
- Valuation advisory services
- Economic damages
- Fraud/forensic accounting investigations
- Valuation of business and intangibles
- Buy-sell and cross-purchase agreements
- Compensation studies
- Private equity
- S corporations, C corporations, LLCs and partnerships
- Employee stock ownership plans (ESOP)
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Miami University of Ohio
Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
- Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)
- Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
Professional and Civic Memberships and Activities (Current and Past)
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA)
- National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
- Beech Brook, Finance Committee
- Hospice Center, Board Member
- Jewish Community Board of Akron, President
- Jewish Community Center of Akron, Past President, Board of Trustees
- Community Improvement Corporation, Board of Trustees
- Community Health Ventures, Board Member
- Akron Community Foundation, Past Board Member
- Allinial Global Corporate Finance Task Force, Former National Chairman
- Leadership Akron Class XI, 1995
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