Azets appoints experienced dealmaker as corporate finance partner
Accountancy firm Azets has appointed Gary Hyem as corporate finance partner to expand its specialist advisory services to businesses and owners across the Midlands.
Hyem has more than 30 years experience, advising owner-managed businesses, management teams, and corporates on executing their strategic plans, including acquisitions, exits, management buyouts (MBOs) and raising related equity and debt finance for development capital, acquisition funding, or working capital.
He has worked with deal sizes ranging from £1m to £150m across a broad range of sectors, including industrial manufacturing and engineering, logistics, healthcare, business services, and technology.
He has held senior positions at established corporate finance practices across the region and has also worked in private equity as an investor, where he sat on the boards of PE-backed businesses and supported their growth journeys.
This is the latest senior addition to Azets’ corporate finance team, with one further appointment and three partner promotions in October 2023, as Azets continues to deepen its specialism and offer a greater breadth and depth of advisory services to its clients across the UK.
Hyem said: “I’m delighted to join such a talented and ambitious firm, as part of a successful Corporate Finance team that has earned a wonderful reputation at regional and national level. This is an excellent opportunity to bring together my experience and expertise with Azets’ existing strength, to continue building a market leading corporate finance practice and help our clients to achieve their ambitions. We anticipate an active M&A market over the next year, and nowhere in the UK represents a better opportunity for businesses to grow and thrive than the Midlands.”
Lee Humble, UK head of corporate finance at Azets, added: “Gary brings a wealth of experience to our rapidly growing Corporate Finance team. He will provide expert advice to our clients at a time when the needs of business owners and management teams are changing following years of economic instability.”
