John Cutler, a Greater Washington accounting industry giant who helped found Beers & Cutler PLLC, died Monday of a stroke. He was 77.
Cutler had been serving for the past 11 years as senior adviser of another local financial institution, Chevy Chase Trust, taking up the post shortly after Beers & Cutler was sold to Baker Tilly in December 2009.
Cutler had retired as the firm’s partner at the end of that year and served as a senior adviser for the next year before joining Chevy Chase Trust, a wealth management firm where he had been a personal client himself, in 2011. He came on board as “one of the most respected professionals in the community,” then-CEO Peter Welber said then.
“I had a great career in public accounting that extended over 41 years,” Cutler told the Washington Business Journal at the time. “I’m excited about starting something new.”
At Chevy Chase Trust, he helped advise the firm on internal strategic initiatives, while working with clients on tax and…
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