Appointments: Duxbury is new chair of IoD in Cheshire; Grant Thornton beefs up tax team
ANDY Duxbury, chief executive of Chester and Manchester-based commercial law firm Aaron and Partners, has been appointed as the new chair of the Cheshire branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD).
Mr Duxbury takes over the role from Nick Robinson who has moved to a position on the IoD’s national council.
With a background in marketing he has worked in a range of industry sectors for companies such as Boots, British Car Rental, Coalite Smokeless Fuels and RAC Motoring Services. In 2003 he moved to law firm Cobbetts as business development director.
He said: “I want to use this opportunity to engage with the IoD members in the region and ensure that as an organisation we are serving businesses in Cheshire to the best of our abilities. It is now more important than ever for our members to make their opinions heard, and for many, lobbying the local branch is the most direct route to influencing wider IoD policies.”
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THE North West office of Grant Thornton has strengthened its tax team with the appointment of two senior executives, both of whom join from previous roles with big four accountancy firms.
Former KPMG man Graham Odlin and Paul Scully, who was previously at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), will supplement the work of the existing partners within the tax team.
Odlin joins as tax partner and will focus on advising a range of clients including SMEs on corporate and personal tax planning.
Paul Scully joins as tax director and will lead Grant Thornton’s large corporate and international tax services. He was at PwC for 11 years, with the last two years at the company’s international tax group in Manchester.
David Grundy, North West managing partner at Grant Thornton, said: “These appointments add weight to our already strong tax department. Our overall recent investments in partner and director appointments over the past few months reflects our strong performance throughout the year and our commitment to delivering the best service levels to our clients in Manchester and across the North West region.”
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FORMER Co-operative Group marketing supremo Patrick Allen, who left the Manchester giant in the summer after six years, has joined Leeds-based LNT Group.
In his new role with the privately-owned group, Mr Allen will promoting the five LNT companies, including winter protection specialist Basic Solutions, LNT Construction and CoolBlue Software, the software specialist. LNT is owned by entrepreneur Laurence Tomlinson.
