The accounting firm has made a senior regional hire in the shape of Ann Williams.

Ann Williams has joined Chicago, IL-headquartered Grant Thornton as a partner and leader of the firm's mid-south private wealth practice, based in Charlotte, NC.

Williams has a strong background working with high net worth individuals, multi-generational wealthy families and privately-held business owners.

Prior to joining Grant Thornton, she was a senior director at BDO USA, a professional services firm, and before that spent over a decade at KPMG, CliftonLarsonAllen and Wells Fargo.

Grant Thornton is the US member firm of Grant Thornton International, a global audit, tax and advisory firm. It has 57 US offices with more than 500 partners and 6,000 employees.