Accountancy firm announce series of promotions across South West

Advisory outsourcing and compliance group Azets has announced 213 promotions across its UK business, including 19 in the South West.

Vanessa Clark (tax, Gloucester) has been appointed as partner, whilst Ben Griffin (tax, Gloucester), Peter Reed (accounts and business advisory services, Gloucester), Richard Watkins (audit and assurance, Gloucester) and Steve Burke (audit and assurance, Gloucester) are named directors.

At a wider senior leadership level within the Azets Group, Damien Russell has been appointed as UK chief people officer, replacing Helen Hall who has taken a new strategic role as head of DE&I and ESG in a planned move, and Mark Barrie has been promoted to UK head of debt advisory.

Richard Goddard, regional managing director at Azets in the South West, said: “I’m delighted to welcome a talented group of new partners and directors as part of our regional promotions.

“We are continually investing in people and advisory-rich services, and these appointments strengthen our breadth and depth of experience and expertise to help our clients achieve their ambitions.

“These promotions recognise an immense amount of hard work by my colleagues, and I want to extend my gratitude to them, for their continued commitment and excellence, as we continue to go from strength to strength.”