People: PwC announces new partner and director promotions; European board appointment for conferences manager; and more

PwC has announced further investment in its senior team in the Midlands with the appointment of three new partners and 13 newly-promoted directors.

The new partners are Matthew Grant an M&A tax partner focused on advising private equity and international investors on real estate transactions in the UK and Europe; Andy Sinclair an assurance partner in the energy and utilities sector across business and technology risk solutions; and Simon White, deals transaction services partner focused on private businesses.

The 13 newly promoted directors across PwC’s Midlands offices in Birmingham, Milton Keynes and the East Midlands are:

Simon Blythin, Harriet Brown,  Ben Connor, Tony Cowpe-Pendleton, Andy Dymond, Gethin Evans, Matthew Greene, Chris Hall, James Hampshire, Vicky Keogh, Mark Kingsbury, James Lewin and Dan Packwood.

Matthew Hammond, Midlands region chairman, said: “I’m delighted to be welcoming a talented group of new Partners & Directors into our Midlands practice. They bring sector expertise and experience to help our clients with the opportunities and challenges they face.

“We are continually developing the breadth and depth of skills within our practice to meet the changing demands of the Midlands’s economy and business community.  As we navigate our way through the fourth industrial revolution we are investing equally heavily in people and technology delivering leading-edge solutions for our clients.”

In addition to these senior appointments and promotions, 431 PwC employees have been promoted across the Midlands as of 1 July.

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A Coventry and Warwickshire-based figure within the conference, meetings and events sector has been appointed to serve the European board of a global industry association.

Gail Tomlinson-Short, business development manager at Warwick Conferences, the University of Warwick’s conference, meetings and events business, has been elected as a director of IACC Europe.

The IACC is a global community of the brightest minds within the events and conference industry whose aim is to promote the IACC’s membership of best-in-class meeting venues.

Tomlinson-Short is one of eight directors who form a new team supporting IACC Europe’s board of directors.

One of IACC’s key roles is to promote best practice across the events and conference industry.

Tomlinson-Short said: “It is an honour to have been selected by our European members to sit on the European board and support the direction of IACC’s next chapter. I am looking forward to working with other teams across Europe and driving ways of implementing positive changes to the way events and conferences are run.

“I am positive that a dedicated UK member community holding regular meetings will allow us to disseminate key takings from our European meetings to local members who could not attend.”