Keith Stafford, CPA

Keith aims to provide an amazing user experience. From getting to know clients personally to providing top-notch expertise, Keith goes out of his way to provide an overall experience that clients will not soon forget.

Beginning his public accounting career in 1997, Keith manages and supervises consulting, accounting, auditing and other attest services for various entities in the alternative investment space. Specifically, he works with hedge funds of all strategies, including private credit, digital assets, private equity, fund-of-funds, commodity pools, registered investment advisers and commodity trading advisers. Keith is heavily involved with the firm’s business development efforts in the private fund industry and is also one of the firm’s technical leaders in the area. He assists in developing new audit processes and initiatives, and he helps monitor and implement new accounting, auditing, and regulatory rules and regulations.

• Actively involved in technical and business development for the firm’s Assurance Practice; instrumental in the formation and development of the firm’s operations in the Cayman Islands
• Frequent author for hedge fund industry publications and speaker at conferences and seminars focused on hedge fund accounting, auditing, financial reporting and administration
• Maryland Association of CPAs
• American Institute of CPAs

Keith, his wife and their two sons live in northern Baltimore County. His sons now in their mid-20s, Keith is experiencing full “empty nest” status. He spends part of the year in Outer Banks, North Carolina, and enjoys as much beach and pool time as he can, taking long walks with his dog, seeking delicious restaurants at home and away, and spending quality time with his wife.