Sue Novak has been named managing partner in charge of the Southfield office of the accounting firm Plante Moran PLLC.
Novak, who has been with Plante Moran for more than 25 years, replaces John Bebes, who had been office managing partner since 2005 and recently assumed leadership of the not-for-profit practice of Southfield-based Plante Moran.
The Southfield office, with more than 600 employees, is the largest of Plante Moran's 22 offices in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Mexico, India and China.
Besides overseeing day-to-day activities in the Southfield office, Novak will continue as leader of the firm's benefit plan audit practice, which includes audits of more than 1,200 benefit plans annually.