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Eric Miles

Chief Executive Officer at Baker Tilly

Chicago, IL

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Why they matter

As CEO of PE-backed Baker Tilly post-merger, Miles controls capital allocation and M&A strategy for the industry's largest accounting-firm roll-up.

Background

Eric Miles is Chief Executive Officer of Baker Tilly, a role he assumed in January 2026 after Baker Tilly's $7 billion merger with Moss Adams, where he had served as Chairman and CEO from 2022 to 2025. He joined Moss Adams in 1998 and spent nearly three decades in public accounting, leading the firm's Consulting Services (50+ practice areas) and its Technology, Communications & Media and Life Sciences practices before doubling consulting revenue over three years en route to the top job. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Pacific Lutheran University and an MBA from Purdue University.

Notable deals

  • 2025
    Led Moss Adams into a $7 billion strategic merger with Baker Tilly, backed by Hellman & Friedman, creating the 6th-largest US CPA/advisory firm
  • 2026
    Assumed Chief Executive Officer of the combined Baker Tilly, succeeding Jeff Ferro
  • 2022
    Named Chairman and CEO of Moss Adams after doubling the firm's consulting service revenue over three years as head of Consulting Services

Call-prep brief

Eric Miles — CEO, Baker Tilly

Background

  • Career accountant (since 1998, Moss Adams), not a lawyer despite archetype tag — rose through consulting, tech/media, and life sciences practice leadership
  • Became Moss Adams Chairman/CEO in 2022; doubled its consulting revenue beforehand
  • Named CEO of combined Baker Tilly (Jan 2026) after the $7B Baker Tilly–Moss Adams merger

Current focus

  • Integrating two large partnerships (Baker Tilly US, LLP for audit; Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP for advisory/tax) into one platform
  • Managing a firm now materially backed by Hellman & Friedman and Valeas Capital Partners, targeting ~$6B revenue by 2030

What he cares about

  • Talent retention through a culture-sensitive merger of two similarly-sized, historically independent firms
  • Building a national brand and cross-selling advisory/consulting capabilities across the combined client base
  • Growth via further M&A given the firm's PE-fueled roll-up model

Potential sensitivities

  • Very new in the CEO seat (effective Jan 2026) — early days for candid strategic commentary
  • PE ownership (H&F, Valeas) of a CPA firm is a novel, scrutinized structure; independence/conflict questions are live topics
  • Partner-equity dynamics in a partnership-plus-PE hybrid structure can be politically delicate

Questions to ask

  1. How is Baker Tilly using H&F/Valeas capital to fund further roll-up acquisitions, and what's the near-term M&A pipeline?
  2. How are you structuring incentives to retain Moss Adams partners through integration?
  3. What's the long-term thesis on PE ownership of audit-adjacent advisory business, given independence constraints on the audit side?

Outreach draft

Subject
Baker Tilly's Post-Merger Roll-Up Strategy
Eric, congratulations on stepping into the CEO role at Baker Tilly as the Moss Adams integration gets underway. We're spending time with the accounting roll-up space right now — specifically how PE-backed platforms like Baker Tilly are sequencing further M&A after a transformational merger of this scale. Given your work doubling Moss Adams' consulting revenue and now steering a $6B-revenue-target combined firm, I'd value 20 minutes to hear how you're thinking about the next phase of growth, integration priorities, and where additional capital gets deployed. Happy to work around your schedule — would a short call in the next couple of weeks work? Best, [Placeholder Name]

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