Financial Appointments: Poppleton & Appleby; Quantuma; Moore Stephens
A Birmingham insolvency practice and business recovery specialist has expanded with a new senior appointment.
Daren Mills has joined Poppleton & Appleby in a senior role within its advisory and business development team.
He is a qualified Insolvency practitioner with 30 years’ experience in the industry, and specialises in liquidations, administrations, voluntary arrangements and bankruptcy.
Mr Mills, married with two children, began his career in 1987 at PricewaterhouseCoopers, before moving on to Moore Stephens, Begbies Traynor and CCW Recovery Solutions.
He has spent a number of years in senior positions and will now support Poppleton & Appleby’s future growth plans.
He said: “My focus on advising the intermediary sector will complement the firm’s existing contact base.”
Poppleton & Appleby partner Andy Turpin said: “Daren is a well-known and respected figure in the business community with particularly strong connections in the Black Country and wider Midlands region.
“We look forward to working with Daren to assist with our future growth plans for Poppleton & Appleby.”
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Martin Coyne
Corporate recovery and business advisor Quantuma has recruited one of the Midlands best known insolvency experts to spearhead its drive into the West Midlands.
Martin Coyne, former senior partner of Poppleton & Appleby, has joined the firm as a consultant.
His appointment comes just two months after Quantuma expanded into the north west, bringing in Mike Wright as a partner in its new Manchester office.
The firm is growing nationally both geographically and through expansion of its service lines.
Quantuma managing partner Carl Jackson said that establishing a Midlands presence was the next step in Quantuma building its national footprint.
“Martin is a key recruit for us with long established contacts and a reputation that is Midlands-wide,” he said.
“We are delighted that Martin is joining as we continue to grow both our service portfolio our national office network in tandem.”
Mr Coyne’s career in accountancy and as a licensed insolvency practitioner began in 1976 at Dafferns in Coventry. He honed his skills at KPMG for 11 years before joining Poppleton & Appleby where he rose to senior partner before stepping down in April this year.
The expansion into Birmingham now brings the firm’s national network to eight offices, including London, Southampton, Marlow, Watford, Brighton, Bristol and Manchester.
Quantuma announced turnover up by 21% in the year to March 31, 2017.
The firm’s headcount now stands at 97, up from 72 at the same time last year.
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Sarah Boyes, with Ross Northall, both Moore Stephens
Moore Stephens has expanded its Midlands Innovation and Technology team with the appointment of an experienced engineer.
The accounting firm, which has its Birmingham office in Edgbaston, has recruited Sarah Boyes as a senior executive.
Ms Boyes is a qualified mechanical engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the sector. She has joined Moore Stephens following 17 years as a product and manufacturing engineer with Alcoa Fastening Systems and Stadco, and most recently three years with a boutique R&D tax claim firm.
The new role sees her working with Moore Stephens’ Tax team in the Midlands to boost its R&D tax relief business.
She said: “The new role has been created to strengthen the firm’s relationships with organisations we are working with to claim R&D tax relief.”
Ross Northall, partner at Moore Stephens in Birmingham, said: “Sarah is a fantastic addition to our team and brings a wealth of engineering experience to the role.”
Sarah Boyes, with Ross Northall, both Moore Stephens.
