Z. Christopher Mercer, FASA, CFA, ABAR will be speaking at the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants’ 2024 Forensic Valuation Regional Conference on May 3, 2024, in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. His session is titled “A Look at the Future of the Business Valuation and Financial Forensics Profession.”
Chris Mercer is the Chairman of Mercer Capital. He began his valuation career in the late 1970s and has testified in five statutory fair value trials in New York. He has prepared, overseen, or contributed to hundreds of valuations for purposes related to tax, ESOPs, buy-sell agreements, and litigation, among others. In addition, he has served on the boards of directors of several private companies and one public company. He enjoys working with business owners to address ownership transition issues.
Chris co-authored Business Valuation: An Integrated Theory, 3rd Edition (Wiley Finance, 2020) with Travis W. Harms, CFA, CPA/ABV. He is also the author of the well-referenced book Buy-Sell Agreements for Closely Held and Family Business Owners (Peabody Publishing LP, 2010), among other books.
