Appointments: New partners for Mazars; Hempsons & more
ACCOUNTANCY firm Mazars has made two new hires to its Manchster team, with Neil Barton joining as an audit partner and Dave Jennings as a tax investigations and employer solutions director covering the North.
Mr Barton, who has worked for KPMG in Toronto, Canada, has extensive experience in the audit and accountancy field and has worked most recently at BDO.
Dave Jennings joins Mazars from Grant Thornton and is an experienced tax and PAYE specialist having also worked as a fully trained senior inspector of taxes at HM Revenue & Customs for 19 years.
Ian Wrightson, northern region managing partner at Mazars said: “Neil and Dave have considerable experience and excellent reputations in their field of expertise and will be valuable additions to the Manchester office.
“This is an exciting time for Mazars as we are focused on expanding our offering to owner managed businesses across the region and increasing our specialist services and international connections through our global, integrated partnership. These appointments underline our commitment to achieving this and strengthen our local base further.”
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HEMPSONS, the law firm specialising in health and social care, has promoted of four staff at its Manchester office based at City Tower.
Simeon Bower, who specialises in healthcare litigation, has been promoted to partner along with John Sharples who is the first barrister to have been made a partner at the firm.
Mr Sharples said: “It’s an honour to be the first barrister in Hempsons’ history to be made a partner and I look forward to the challenges in my new role.
Promotions to associate were rewarded to Jennie Chapman who specialises in clinical negligence and Lukman Patel in the real estate team.
Janice Barber, managing partner at Hempsons, said: “Each of the individuals have been promoted as a result of hard work, and ensuring they put their clients at the forefront of everything they do, enabling us as a firm to offer our clients the highest quality of service at all times.”
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CERBERUS, Manchster-based debt recovery and asset management services provider, has appointed Robbie Bamping as receivables manager.
Mr Bamping joins from inolvency and debt advisory firm Duff & Phelps in Manchester, where he managed the receivables management division.
Christine Greenhalgh, director of Cerberus Receivables Management said: “We are delighted to expand our team with a very experienced individual who will be able to help us maintain our momentum and meet the further growth we have forecasted.”
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AA Projects, the management and property consultancy, has appointed Justin Myall as a director and head of its new commercial division.
Mr Myall, who is based in the firm’s Manchester office, will focus on building a team for private sector projects.
He said: “The opportunity to create and lead a new division with a team I have hand-picked based on their knowledge and expertise was something that I could not overlook.”
