People: Growth continues for RSM’s corporate finance team; Naylor Wintersgill welcomes two recruits; and more
RSM’s corporate finance team in Yorkshire has continued to grow over the last six months with new hires and promotions.
Martin Athey has been promoted to director and head of the financial due diligence team across Yorkshire and the North East; and James Atkinson and Umito Choji have been promoted to manager in the advisory team.
The team has also appointed three new colleagues. Mark Leyland joins the due diligence team bringing with him a range of transactional expertise from his time in practice and working in-house. In addition to Leyland, Matt Reed has joined the team from the audit practice whilst Mikey Goodwin and Rich Winter join as trainees to support the growing team.
The corporate finance team has advised on a range of high-profile regional deals in the last 12 months, including the sale of Sec-1, an established provider of cybersecurity services, to Claranet; and the disposal of Sirdar, a UK market leader in hand knitting yarns, to London based mid-market private equity manager BlueGem Capital Partners.
Steve Hubbard, corporate finance partner at RSM, said: “Expanding and investing in the team has been a key priority to support increased activity levels, and through a combination of internal progression and new appointments we’ve managed to achieve an excellent balance.
‘The Yorkshire market is performing well as businesses continue to progress opportunities despite uncertainty. Our deal pipeline is strong, which is testimony to the team we have in place and suggests the high levels of transactional activity looks set to continue into 2018.”
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Bradford Chartered Accountants Naylor Wintersgill has welcomed two new accountancy trainees on board.
Stephen Haigh and Morgan Wood have joined the city centre firm and will be studying for their Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualifications.
Victoria Wainwright, managing partner at Naylor Wintersgill, said: “We are pleased to welcome Stephen and Morgan to the team. Naylor Wintersgill has a great track record in training young people and are proud to have been offering a modern apprenticeship programme for over 25 years. We look forward to guiding them through these early stages of their accountancy careers.”
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West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce has welcomed Gerald Jennings, who has succeeded Stephen Wright as the group’s chairman, with Andy Caton coming in as vice-president.
Jennings said: “Whatever roles I take on, I try to make a real difference; and that applies in this instance, just like any other. We are changing the dynamics and therefore the perceptions of Chambers of Commerce, for example with younger people and more women involved in senior positions, and so are reaching out more. While this is more of a governance role than that of, for example, a Chamber president, I will still be heading up a team of vastly experienced people to help ensure our region’s businesses get the best possible support. I’m looking forward to the tasks ahead.”
Jennings will chair the Chamber’s board meetings and generally help steer the organisation forward. Outside of the chamber, he is involved with numerous other businesses and organisations including Henry Boot, Social Communications, The Tetley and Ahead Partnership. He is also a governor at Leeds City College.
