Appointments: National pensions role for KPMG’s Cawley; New boss for city casino & more

MANCHESTER-based KPMG partner Andrew Cawley has been named as UK head of pensions at the firm.

Mr Andrew Cawley has been head of KPMG’s northern pensions practice for 15 years. He succeeds Alastair McLeish, who was recently named as KPMG’s new head of tax and pensions across the UK.

He said: “I am delighted to have this opportunity to lead our business nationally and I am looking forward immensely to this new challenge. Our pensions business is in great shape after experiencing 10% year-on-year growth for the last five years, and I very much hope to build on this success to date.

“Our collective goal is to grow the business to revenues of £100m over the next few years, which would make us indisputably the leading pensions advisor in the UK market.”

Richard Hennessy will replace Andrew Cawley as head of KPMG’s pensions team in the North West.

Mr Hennessy said: “Taking the best ideas to our clients, together with a smart execution strategy, has contributed to the Northern pensions team’s success in winning a number of appointments to advise some of the region’s largest businesses in the marketplace.”

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A NEW management team has been appointed at Manchester 235 casino.

Austin Graham has succeeded Andy Orr at the helm of the Great Northern Warehouse-based casino, and Rachel Potter has joined as marketing manager.

Mr Graham said: “Having worked within the gaming industry for over 20 years – the last 10 running various clubs in the North West of England – I am looking forward to the challenge of putting Manchester235 firmly on the map.”

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INSOLVENCY firm MCR has appointed its first chief executive Officer in a move to drive forward its strategic development, as it approaches its 10th birthday next year.

Gordon Titley, the former European President of GMAC Commercial Finance has been appointed to the role, which formally starts next month.

Andrew Stoneman, senior partner at MCR, which has a major Manchester office, stated: ‘This is the first time we have had a CEO at MCR and whilst it is a new role for us, it is commonplace within larger professional firms.

“The basic plan is for us to continue to improve on the execution and delivery of our strategic development.”