Orem, UT -- Kevin Simister, trusted advisor, leader, mentor, and friend, is retiring from Hawkins Advisors after 42 tax seasons. Kevin plans to travel, spend time with family, not work on April 15, and perfect his woodworking skills (which are already pretty much perfect!).
Kevin joined Hawkins in 1975. He practiced in all areas of the firm including audit, accounting, and tax. His expertise and focus for many years has been helping clients in business entity structuring, estate planning, tax reduction strategies, compensation agreements, negotiations, expert witness, and valuations. He served as the managing partner for 10 years. His leadership was instrumental in the growth of the firm during a time period of significant change. Kevin was responsible for bringing desktop computers into the office, our first network, first website, and coined MyCPA.com. He was instrumental in creating our Retirement Department. Kevin has been a developer of people. During his time at Hawkins, we have grown from 10 to more than 75 employees. He has trained and mentored staff and clients, teaching them how to become trusted advisors, successful business people, and leaders in their business and community. He believes a leader must have genuine affection for each member of the team.
Kevin has always enjoyed serving and helping people. As Captain of an Emergency Medical Team for Pleasant Grove City, he responded to over 1,500 medical emergencies during his 12 years of volunteer service. He has served in many professional advisory board positions including the President of the Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants(UACPA), Executive Board of the Provo Orem Chamber of Commerce, Governing Council of the American Institute of Public Accountants, Chaired the Utah Valley University Business Faculty Development Committee, and the Executive Board of the Purpose Investors Network. He was recognized by the UACPA as the Outstanding CPA in Public Accounting in 2007.
During Kevin’s years of practice he has been a truly exceptional and respected advisor. He has served his clients as a trusted advisor. He protects them from unpleasant surprises through planning and implementation. Kevin will say he doesn’t work with any businesses, just the people in the business. His success has been through serving the people that are involved in the business and keeping it personal. His secret sauce is his understanding and knowing the client, beyond the finances. He can tell you the client’s family members, special medical or education needs, talents, and what they like to do for fun. He will say he doesn’t have clients, but he sure has a lot of friends he works with.
We wish our friend, mentor, colleague, and soon to be retired partner many years of health and happiness in his retirement.
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