People: Senior hire for Jerroms; SuperTech appoints Deloitte director; and more

Solihull-based Jerroms Mortgage & Finance is expanding with the addition of Paul O’Reilly in a new role as commercial finance director.

Working alongside the existing team, his focus will be on helping to grow the business, providing all types of funding solutions to suit business requirements.

During his 23 years at Allied Irish Bank, O’Reilly has covered the entire Midlands region, working with a variety of clients across a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, hotel and leisure and property investment and development.

Directors Richard Rigg and Mark Flower head up the commercial finance department at Jerroms Mortgage & Finance.

Rigg said: “Over the years Paul has been involved in various types of transactions including MBOs, private equity-led debt funding, acquisition & debt funding and asset-based lending.

“With this background and his vast experience in commercial finance, Paul’s move here seemed like a natural fit. He will be a significant asset to our team, bringing extensive knowledge and expertise for our clients’ benefit and we are delighted to welcome him on board.”

O’Reilly said: “Knowing the client-first culture that Jerroms have, it was an easy decision to make and I look forward to continuing to support clients and grow the business going forward.”
Jerroms Mortgage & Finance is part of the wider Jerroms Group, headquartered on Blythe Valley Business Park. Offering a full suite of services for businesses and individuals, Jerroms specialises in the key areas of tax planning, corporate finance, accountancy, wealth management and obtaining finance for strategic business growth.

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SuperTech, the UK’s only professional and business services technology partnership, has  appointed Suzi Evans to support the region’s burgeoning ProfTech and FinTech sector.

Evans has held senior roles in three of the top four accountancy firms, during which she has specialised in the development of new business practices and offerings.

Through her roles at Deloitte and PWC she successfully launched and managed emerging business practices, embracing technology to progress traditional consultancy into highly desirable SAAS (software as a service) offerings.

Evans’ role will run alongside her existing position as a director in investment management at Deloitte.

Evans said: “I’m a born and bred Brummie with a keen interest in the region’s FinTech and wider ProfTech sector. During my 20-year career in real estate and financial services I’ve seen technology move from being a nice to have, only available to the business elite, to being embraced by businesses of all sizes in their standard operating model. We still have a huge way to go in the Midlands and SuperTech will be instrumental in progressing these sectors for the global market.

“A lot of the businesses and start-ups being profiled that are joining the SuperTech initiative are transforming the industries they operate in, embracing technology and ensuring businesses of all kinds can operate more effectively and profitably, creating new jobs and opportunities along the way.

“My aim in supporting the professional technology eco-system through SuperTech is to help ensure that my daughter grows up in a West Midlands that is a forward-thinking, tech enabled region providing world-class services to companies globally. We’re already seeing this with established businesses like Geospatial Ltd. and Nimbus Maps, and the start-ups SuperTech is launching like Ethical Equity and the soon to be unveiled TalentX. SuperTech is designed to help supercharge this and we’re incredibly fortunate to have the world’s only business and technology super cluster here in the Midlands.”

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Browne Jacobson has broadened its national construction and engineering offering with the appointment of construction partner Zoe Stollard into its Birmingham office.

Stollard has particular expertise in the nuclear and renewable energy space and brings with her almost 20 years of experience in advising on non-contentious UK and overseas construction & infrastructure, property, and commercial related projects. She is highly experienced in creating legal frameworks for complex deals and developments, including construction interfaces with funding, property / leasing issues, corporate restructures, and agreements with interested third parties / stakeholders.

Stollard, who previously headed up law firm Clarke Willmott’s nuclear sector, has worked with clients from across a diverse range of sectors including, energy & infrastructure, real estate development, banking & finance, retail & leisure and social housing. She is ranked as a ‘leading individual’ in legal directory, Legal 500.

Tim Claremont, partner in Browne Jacobson’s construction and engineering team, said: “I am delighted to welcome Zoe to the firm. She is a highly respected construction lawyer who has some fantastic experience in the nuclear and renewable energy sector and has led on some high profile, large scale national and international construction projects.

“She will be a great fit with our existing and prospective clients as there is a real synergy between her credentials and expertise and our offering and ambitions, particularly around ensuring the drive for carbon neutrality remains high on the agenda.”

Stollard added: “I am thrilled to be joining such an ambitious and well-respected law firm. Browne Jacobson’s dynamic construction team have an excellent reputation for providing good quality commercial legal advice to a premium client portfolio whilst the firm is very focused on its responsibility to make a positive impact across business and society and this is what really stood out for me.”