Keith Keller Joins Callaway Partners as National Partner
Industry Veteran to Lead Internal Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley
and Financial Services Practices

ATLANTA, GA - October 23, 2006 - Atlanta-based Callaway Partners, an accounting professional services firm focused on project management and staff augmentation, announced today that Keith Keller joined the firm as a national partner and will lead Callaway’s internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley and financial services practices. 

Prior to joining Callaway Partners, Keller served as deputy chief auditor and senior vice president at Wachovia Corporation in Charlotte. He was responsible for managing internal audit for all operating businesses of the organization including retail banking, corporate and investment banking, capital and wealth management, operations and information technology. Previously, Keller was in charge of the Sarbanes-Oxley and internal audit practices within the enterprise risk services group for the Southeast at Deloitte & Touche, LLP in Atlanta. He was responsible for generating new business, managing existing clients, creating new products, maintaining profitability and developing staff.

Stephen (Steve) H. Rogers, chairman and managing partner of Callaway Partners, said, “We are very excited to have Keith lead our internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley and financial services practice. He has over 30 years of experience in the accounting and consulting industry, and his extensive expertise with capital markets operations will position us for numerous financial services opportunities.”

Previously, Keller worked as a partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP in Atlanta and headed the Southeast region for the business process risk consulting group which included internal audit, capital markets and finance and accounting services. In addition, he held senior internal audit positions at Continental Bank (currently Bank of America), and First National Bank of Chicago (currently JP Morgan Chase). Keller started his career with Ernst & Young, LLP in Chicago where he became a manager in the financial audit group.

A graduate of the University of Illinois, Keller earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and received a master’s degree in finance from the University of Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor and Certified Bank Auditor. 

About Callaway Partners
About Callaway Partners:  Founded in 2002, Callaway Partners, LLC is an accounting and finance professional services firm based in Atlanta, Georgia with offices in Birmingham, Ala., Detroit and Washington, D.C. Callaway specializes in project management and staff augmentation for clients ranging from Fortune 500 firms to start-ups. The firm focuses on internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and finance and accounting operations. In 2006, Callaway was ranked second on the Atlanta Business Chronicle Pacesetter’s List of Atlanta’s fastest growing private companies. For more information about the firm, please visit www.callawaypartners.com.

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