BRAINTREE — Chris Nadeau joined O’Connor & Drew, P.C. last month as a tax manager. He brings with him more than 15 years of experience in public and private accounting and is regularly retained to provide business valuation, advisory, and taxation services to closely held businesses, professional service firms, and medical practices. He also has extensive experience in succession planning, corporate and partnership taxation, and individual taxation.

Nadeau previously spent seven years at a regional accounting firm as a manager-director and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Westfield State University. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, the National Assoc. of Certified Valuation Analysts, and the Institute of Management Accountants.

“We are very pleased to have Chris join our tax practice. His experience, industry knowledge, and strong work ethic are really going to help our talented team continue to thrive,” said Lauren Carnes, tax principal. “We are excited to have him aboard.”

Added Mark Dow, managing principal, “as we continue to grow, we have always maintained our overall firm objective: client service first. That is because we are keenly aware that, for our employees to put our clients first, we must put our employees first. It is evident that Chris has our mantra in mind as he begins his journey with the firm.”