{"id":348236,"date":"2026-06-24T08:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348236\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:36:24","slug":"ernst-young-announces-new-houston-office-managing-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348236\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernst &#038; Young Announces New Houston Office Managing Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York-based\u00a0Ernst &amp; Young\u00a0(FY24 net revenue of $24.15 billion)\u00a0announced that\u00a0David Zaozirny\u00a0has been named the new Office Managing\u202fPartner\u202ffor the firm\u2019s Houston office,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1000012771 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-Zaozirny_Web-photo-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"David Zaozirny, Ernst &amp; Young\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/> effective\u202fJuly 1.\u202fZaozirny will lead\u202fnearly 2,000\u202fErnst &amp; Young\u00a0professionals across the firm\u2019s service lines, working alongside\u202faudit, consulting, tax\u202fand strategy and transactions professionals to deliver high-quality\u202fclient\u202fservice.\u202fHe succeeds\u00a0Esi Akinosho, who will expand her client focus\u202fand\u202fserve as Global Client Service Partner for major\u202fenergy\u202fcompanies\u202facross the U.S. \u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Office Managing Principal, Akinosho led consistent revenue growth and strengthened\u202fthe firm\u2019s\u202fpresence in the Houston market. She enhanced the office\u2019s inclusive culture and increased team engagement, guiding the team through challenges\u202fsuch as the\u202fCOVID-19 pandemic.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServing as Houston Office Managing Principal has been an incredibly meaningful experience, and I am grateful to the talented teams and leaders who have helped us build on the strength of this market,\u201d said Akinosho. \u201cHouston is\u202fa resilient, innovative community full of people and businesses that deeply care about our city, and David shares those same qualities.\u202fWe\u2019ve\u202fbeen working closely together to ensure a smooth transition, and I know\u202fhe\u2019ll\u202fexcel in this\u202frole.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zaozirny\u00a0is an Assurance partner with more than 30 years of experience. He currently serves as the U.S.\u202fFinancial Accounting and Advisory Services\u202fEnergy sector leader and the Assurance Advisory Leader for the Oil and Gas, Chemicals and Mining and Metals sectors. Over the course of his career, he has worked with both high-growth startups and large multinational public companies across\u202fsectors such as\u202fenergy, manufacturing, construction,\u202ftechnology\u202fand\u202fmining. He has\u202fadvised\u202forganizations on complex accounting and regulatory matters and has played a key role in\u202fnumerous\u202fmergers,\u202facquisitions\u202fand public offerings.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s\u202fan honor to take on this role\u202fat\u00a0Ernst &amp; Young, where\u202fI\u2019ve worked\u202ffor\u202fmore than 20 years, especially because of how much I admire and enjoy working with my talented Houston colleagues,\u201d\u00a0Zaozirny\u00a0said. \u201cOur\u202fmarket is at the forefront of energy innovation and economic growth, and I look forward to working alongside our teams to continue delivering exceptional service to our clients and\u202fhelping them reach new milestones.\u202fSince starting my Houston career in 1992, I have watched H-Town transform from an oil-dependent\u00a0economy into one of the most diversified and fastest-growing economies in the U.S., while\u00a0still\u00a0remaining\u00a0the global energy capital.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York-based\u00a0Ernst &amp; Young\u00a0(FY24 net revenue of $24.15 billion)\u00a0announced that\u00a0David Zaozirny\u00a0has been named the new Office Managing\u202fPartner\u202ffor the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-348236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}