Independent accounting and business advisory firm HURST has welcomed a raft of new arrivals as its expansion gathers pace. Zeeshan Merchant has joined as a manager in the business services team and Joe Goscomb has joined as an associate manager in the tax team. Zeeshan has nine years’ experience in external audit and assurance work […]
Restructuring and real estate advisory firm Fletcher Bond has appointed Alex Westerby as its new director. Alex will lead on delivering successful outcomes for banking, lending and insolvency practitioner clients and will work closely with the technical team to ensure that the company’s solutions to complex property situations continue to meet the needs of customers. […]
Specialist distributor Crystal SF, the broker’s broker, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Gareth Shilton as group strategy director. Gareth brings over 30 years’ experience in financial services, having held senior roles at firms including Ocean Finance, where he was most recently CEO. He has worked closely with Crystal in a consultancy […]
Professional services group Leonard Curtis has appointed Steve Muncaster to strengthen its restructuring and turnaround team in the Northwest, with particular focus on the Merseyside region. Steve joins the leading UK firm, as a director, qualified accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner (IP), with over 25 years’ experience in restructuring and corporate recovery. Steve is a […]
Leading international law firm Hill Dickinson has expanded its Newcastle office with the appointment of a new corporate team, led by partner Tom Pollard. The new corporate offering highlights Hill Dickinson’s investment and growing presence in the North East in line with the firm’s national growth strategy. The Newcastle office has grown steadily since its launch […]
Independent finance provider, Time Finance Plc has appointed Terry Wolfendale as head of sales (South) within its Invoice Finance division as the lender ramps up its business finance support for SMEs. Bringing with him a wealth of sales experience in the invoice finance market, Terry will head up the southern sales team and will be […]
Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has announced three senior appointments. Michael Fletcher has been promoted to managing director, and Andrew Hey to head of credit. Joysheel Mitter also joins the business as commercial director. The appointments follow another strong year for IGF, a leading provider of tailored funding solutions for mid-sized UK businesses. Michael Fletcher, who […]
The Finance & Leasing Association has appointed Paul Smee as group chair of the FLA Lending Code. Paul has extensive experience in financial services and was most recently director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders from 2011 until 2017, when it was absorbed into UK Finance. He previously ran the UK Payments Council and […]
As part of its continued expansion, cross-border advisory firm Quantuma has appointed Sam Gaunt as a London-based managing director in its Restructuring and Insolvency team. Sam has over 20 years’ experience in mid-market and large complex restructurings across multiple sectors; she is an insolvency practitioner and specialises in advising both lenders and corporates in times […]
Monahans, one of the largest chartered accountancy and business advisers in the South West, has appointed Stephanie Buckley as commercial partner, effective 1 May 2025. This strategic addition to the team comes as the firm builds on a period of sustained expansion, doubling in size in recent years through a combination of organic growth and […]
