Mark O’Connell has been chosen to take over as president and CEO of Wolf & Co., a Boston-based accounting and financial services risk management firm.
The new appointment will be effective July 1, the firm said.
O’Connell has been a member of the firm since 1997. He is currently the director of Wolf’s Western Massachusetts office in Springfield. He is a member of the firm’s financial institutions group, and has also held a seat on the firm’s executive committee.
O’Connell will succeed Daniel DeVasto, who has been elected chairman of the firm and will serve in that capacity until his retirement in Sept. 2013. DeVasto has been president and CEO since 1998.
O’Connell, a CPA, is a graduate of Western New England College.
"My goal as president and CEO is to carry on the long tradition of innovation and forward thinking that has helped this firm weather so many shifts in the economy," he said in a prepared statement.





