Financial Appointments: Moore Stephens; Baldwins; Al Rayan Bank

ACCOUNTING firm Moore Stephens has strengthened its Birmingham office with the appointment of a new partner.

Lee Causer has joined the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency team from AlixPartners, where he was a director. He had originally joined Kroll (which subsequently became Zolfo Cooper in November 2008 and was then acquired by AlixPartners in February 2015) in August 2006, prior to which he worked at Ernst & Young for four years where he qualified as an accountant.

Mr Causer has more than 19 years’ experience of working in corporate restructuring in the Midlands, particularly in the leisure, healthcare, sport and real estate and construction sectors.

Jeremy Willmont, head of restructuring & insolvency at Moore Stephens, said: “We are delighted to welcome Lee to Moore Stephens. He brings many years of high-level experience to the team and has a detailed understanding of how lenders approach restructuring.

“Strengthening the restructuring and insolvency practice at our Birmingham office is a key part of our national growth strategy.”

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Mario Antoniou, senior manager, BaldwinsBALDWINS Accountants has strengthened its ranks in Coventry with the recruitment of a new senior manager.

Mario Antoniou’s new role will see him take responsibility for attracting new clients as well as maintaining relationships with existing ones.

His day-to-day activities will include giving start-up advice for new companies, right through to helping small to medium sized businesses deal with any wider economic challenges to maximise growth.

He joins a team of 60 people at Baldwin’s Coventry offices – at Clifford House and Abbey House –  following its recent acquisition of accountancy practice Fox Evans.

Mr Antoniou has held several senior financial positions at a variety of organisations which included international exposure as Senior Internal Auditor in Athens working for Citibank and financial controller at UK Power Reserve Group – the largest independent back up electricity generator to National Grid.

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with BDO Birmingham and further spent two years as Practice Manager at Barron & Co. Accountants.

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 Simon WalkerBIRMINGHAM-based Al Rayan Bank has appointed Simon Walker to lead its growing retail sales operations throughout the UK.

Mr Walker will be responsible for further developing the retail banking performance of the bank by increasing retail sales through the bank’s various channels, such as its branch network; field based business development managers; intermediary partnerships; and direct liability sellers.
 
Mr Walker, who has a career which spans 26 years, returns to the bank following a four-year absence; he was previously Head of Business Development at Islamic Bank of Britain, the former name of Al Rayan Bank (UK), for three years. He has also held senior positions at Yorkshire Building Society, HFC Bank, Just Retirement, Wesleyan Bank and Croner Consulting.
 
Commenting on the appointment, Keith Leach, CCO, Al Rayan Bank, said: “I am very pleased to welcome Simon back to Al Rayan Bank at such an important point in its history. His comprehensive understanding of both the Islamic finance market and the UK retail banking market will prove invaluable as we expand our retail banking operations throughout the UK. I look forward to working closely with him.”

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