People: Gateley; FRP
Legal and professional services group Gateley has announced two senior appointments in its Birmingham office.
Victoria Garrad has been appointed chief operating officer for the Group and Rebecca Sherwin, partner and head of Real Estate has become head of the Birmingham office, Gateley’s largest office and where the Group is headquartered.
Both individuals started at Gateley back in the mid 1990s. Victoria joined as a trainee solicitor and Rebecca as a newly qualified solicitor and both have developed their careers at Gateley through to partnership.
Victoria said: “This is an exciting time to be taking on the role of COO, Gateley is an incredibly dynamic business particularly since our listing on the Alternative Investment Market back in 2015.
“We are a growing legal and professional services group. Our differentiated business model as a listed company supports our growth aspirations and enables us to offer a broader range of legal and consultancy services to our clients, but also allows us to provide opportunities for all of our colleagues to build a shareholding in the business through participation in our share options schemes.”
Rebecca said: “Like many companies emerging from the challenges of the pandemic years, we are embracing our newly established agile working patterns and are focusing on growing our business. At the same time we are highly committed to supporting our local communities through our responsible business ethos”.
Rod Waldie, Gateley CEO, said: “I am delighted that Victoria and Rebecca are taking up their respective new roles within Gateley and I wish them every success. They are great examples of our Gateley ‘home grown’ talent and a true demonstration of how we are committed to supporting our female talent through to very senior positions within the business. I am looking forward to working with both of them.”
Specialist business advisory firm FRP’s Birmingham office is celebrating the promotion of two colleagues to its national partnership.
CITYPRESS Gemma Jones. FRP Advisory, Birmingham, September 9 2020
Gemma Jones and Ben Jones have been promoted to partner in FRP’s financial advisory and restructuring advisory teams, respectively.
Working across manufacturing, hospitality, education and business services sectors, Gemma provides advisory services to distressed businesses, and covenant advisory services to companies with defined benefit pension obligations.
CITYPRESS Ben Jones. FRP Advisory, Birmingham, September 9 2020
Ben has worked in the restructuring profession since 2008 and his sector experience spans manufacturing and construction through to not-for-profit organisations.
Further promotions in FRP Birmingham’s restructuring advisory team include David Jones to senior manager, Aaron Stafford to assistant manager and Akshay Sharma to senior insolvency administrator.
The new partner announcements come as a total 73 promotions have been made across FRP’s corporate finance, restructuring advisory, financial advisory, forensic services and business development teams, as well as support functions including IT and HR.
Jeremy French, COO at FRP, said: “This latest round of promotions speaks to the breadth and depth of talent in our Birmingham office and right across our organisation, whilst highlighting the opportunity for colleagues to progress and build successful careers here.
“During the remainder of 2023, we will continue to recruit and invest in our people to support our growth, which is built on close collaboration between our five service pillars to deliver the best possible outcomes for our clients as the UK economy continues to evolve.
“These promotions recognise the valuable contributions that our colleagues have made to FRP’s ongoing success and it’s incredibly satisfying to see them continue to fulfil their potential.”
