Dean Beddow

Executive summary

Dean Beddow is a managing director on Grant Thornton’s Audit Risk Management team. Beddow manages the firm’s Internal Audit Practice Review program and is the liaison for the external peer review and Department of Labor inspections. He also supports the annual PCAOB inspection. Beddow has more than 25 years of public accounting experience, including 10 years serving construction and distribution clients. He was previously a senior technical manager at the AICPA, where he managed all aspects of the Peer Review Program, including drafting peer review standards, serving as a staff liaison to the AICPA Peer Review Board and overseeing the program’s operations.

Professional qualifications and memberships

CPA — New Jersey
New Jersey Society of CPAs, Peer Review Executive Committee
AICPA

Education

BS, Commerce, Accounting, Rider University