(openPR) - Doron Cohen and Helena Storm have been welcomed as partners in the Russell Bedford accounting network firm in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Raveh, Ravid & Co. CPAs, the Israeli member firm of the Russell Bedford International accounting network, has appointed Doron Cohen and Helena Storm as partners.

Starting May 2010, Doron Cohen will lead the tax department at Raveh Ravid & Co. He began his professional career in the Israeli tax authorities where he worked as a tax auditor and later held several leading positions. In 2005, after more than 10 years with the tax authorities, he joined a Big-4 firm in Israel as head of the tax department. Whilst there he was engaged in tax consulting, tax planning, representing clients in tax audits, and providing solutions for complex tax issues.

Helena Storm has been promoted to partner with effect from May 2010. She started her professional career in audit in Raveh, Ravid & Co. as a trainee from 2004 to 2006. Prior to re-joining the firm in February 2009, she spent around three years with the Israeli member of one the second tier global accounting groups as a manager and later on as deputy group manager in the Hi-Tech division. In 2009 Helena re-joined Raveh, Ravid & Co. CPAs as head of the professional practice department.

Note to Editors

Established in 1983, Russell Bedford International is a global network of independent firms of accountants, auditors, tax advisers and business consultants.

Ranked as one of the world's top 15 accounting and audit networks, Russell Bedford is represented by some 460 partners, 5000 staff and 200 offices in more than 70 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

All Russell Bedford affiliates are well-established firms offering international business advice and services to local and multinational clients. Most provide a full range of services comprising accounting, auditing, tax advice, general business guidance and financial consulting. In addition, many have special expertise in particular fields, such as international taxation or information technology.

In January 2008 Russell Bedford International was named one of the first 17 full members of the IFAC Forum of Firms after reporting it had implemented a globally coordinated quality assurance programme, committed to the use of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), and met other specific ethics requirements.

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For more information, contact managing partner Abir Raveh on +972 3 7676 999. Alternatively, visit the websites www.raveh-ravid.co.il and www.russellbedford.com.

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