Catherine Hyodo — Grant Thornton

Managing Partner, Los Angeles

THE LATEST: Last year, Hyodo was voted to Grant Thornton’s national Partnership Board. As managing partner, Hyodo has led Grant Thornton’s expansion of its technology, entertainment and media, and special finance practices. She works with the national heads of the firm’s entertainment and media practices, now based in L.A., to build relationships with major studios and growing media companies.
BACKGROUND: Hyodo has been managing partner at the firm’s Los Angeles office since 2019. She has more than 25 years of experience as an auditor in industries such as services, branded consumer and industrial products, retail, and technology. Hyodo has a long-standing portfolio of privately held business, including private equity-backed and family-owned. She works with companies that grow through acquisitions and seek capital from the public markets, including SPACs. Hyodo also has served as the lead partner on several Sarbanes-Oxley compliance engagements and specialty operational projects. A USC alumna, Hyodo is a member of the university’s Marshall Corporate Advisory Board. 
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