KPMG appoints and promotes

ACCOUNTANCY firm KPMG has appointed eight new partners and directors to lead the firm’s Leeds office after making a series of promotions.

Mark Longworth is now a partner while and Hugh O’Reilly has been made an associate partner focusing on performance technology within the firm’s financial services practice.

A further five people have been promoted to Director: Andy Sills in audit; Nick Pheasey in private client tax; David Bunkle in pensions; Justine Andrew in business development; and Martin Kelly in restructuring.

Restructuring has also invested in the recruitment of Gareth Harris, who has joined as a director from Yorkshire Bank.

Iain Moffatt, senior partner at KPMG in Leeds, said: “Each of these individuals has demonstrated outstanding client focus alongside the level of ambition, passion and commercial acumen that our firm expects from its leaders and I am delighted to congratulate them on their achievement.”