Brian Adkinson has 24 years of professional accounting and finance experience and has been focused exclusively on providing transaction advisory services (TAS) for the past 20 years. He joined RSM’s TAS practice in 2017 and leads RSM’s Detroit TAS team. Prior to joining RSM, Brian spent approximately eight years in the TAS practices of Big Four accounting firms, five years in the TAS practice of a global financial advisory firm and more than three years in the assurance practice of a Big Four accounting firm.

Brian specializes in performing financial due diligence for private equity and corporate clients across various industries, including consumer and business services such as HVAC, restoration and construction. He also has experience in manufacturing and distribution, covering sectors like automotive, industrial products, consumer products, construction equipment, steel/metals, plastics and homebulding products. He has also worked in specialty printing and transportation, including trucking and third-party logistics. Brian has advised on both sell-side transactions, including full enterprise sales and carve-outs, and buy-side engagements, including platform acquisitions, add-on or tuck-in acquisitions and stock-for-stock merger transactions. Focusing on middle market companies, he has advised clients on transactions ranging in value from $5 million to $4 billion. His international experience includes inbound and outbound transactions involving China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, India, Japan, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and several multinational clients with significant international operations.

• Certified public accountant, Michigan and Illinois
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 

Bachelor of Business Administration, accounting, Ohio University