People: Deloitte announce trio of senior appointments; Family law firm welcomes experienced solicitor; Barclays appoint director; and more

Business advisory firm Deloitte has announced a trio of significant senior appointments.

Jodie Barwick-Bell joins as tax director and head of private client Leeds with a focus on the family office services in the region. She is joined by Michael Stacey as associate director and consultant Andy Gilderdale.

Barwick-Bell brings with her 21 years advising in practice, including working at KPMG and six years in family offices. She has recently been awarded the STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Private Wealth Advising.

Her experience of working in, and with, family offices creates an unrivalled understanding of the intricacies of these unique organisations. Family businesses are also an area in which Barwick-Bell has experience, enhanced by her own family having run a large family business.

She is joined by Michael Stacey as associate director, previously with Grant Thornton. He has worked in the professional practices sector for 12 years, providing tax support at both entity and partner level.

His professional services experience covers the legal (including patent attorneys), property (chartered surveyors, quantity surveyors and architects), business consultants, actuarial and investment management firms.

Former HMRC tax specialist Andy Gilderdale completes the trio of hires, joining as a consultant. Gilderdale has spent the last 14 years working in tax, having worked for several years in HMRC’s Complex Personal Tax Team. He brings with him a wealth of experience dealing with the tax affairs of high net worth individuals, including a number of successful entrepreneurs.

Andy Coticelli, tax partner for Yorkshire and the North East, said: “This region has a thriving private client sector which is the powerhouse of the regional economy and will continue to be one of the most dynamic sectors driving wealth creation in Yorkshire and the North East.

“We’ve worked closely with this market for many years and we know that family businesses want joined up advice across all aspects of tax, including personal and business, aligning the needs of the family, family wealth and the family business.

“The breadth and depth of the services we offer to private businesses, with the addition of Jodie, Michael and Andy on board, provides a compelling proposition and gives us a clear edge in how we can help clients.”

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Jones Myers, the Leeds and Harrogate-based family law firm, has appointed family law solicitor Rachel Baul to its team.

Baul’s specialisms include high net worth financial cases involving business and trust assets in the UK and overseas.

Regularly representing sports professionals and members of the medical profession,Baul’s expertise includes pension assets and drafting cohabitation and pre-nuptial/post-nuptial agreements involving significant assets.

A former president of Harrogate & District Law Society, Baul is based at the firm’s Harrogate office at Windsor House.

Richard Peaker, Jones Myers director,, said: “Rachel is a well-respected family lawyer whose depth and breadth of experience across more than two decades spans sectors including farming, agricultural and sport. We warmly welcome her and wish her continued success.”

Baul added: “Jones Myers has an outstanding reputation for excellence and it’s   tremendous to be working with a team which includes a Deputy District Judge, a Family Law Arbitrator, a chair of Resolution’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme and two collaborative solicitors.”

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Barclays has announced the appointment of Alexandra Fogal to the Yorkshire Larger Corporate team.

Fogal joins the team as a Business Development Director and will be responsible for looking after the needs of larger businesses with a turnover of £6.5m upwards across Yorkshire.

Fogal, who has over 16 years’ experience in business and relationship management for Barclays, started her career as a graduate in the Corporate banking scheme and more recently has been supporting Larger Corporate clients with their future planning and funding needs.

Fogal said: “I’m delighted to be part of the Larger Corporate expansion plans and hope to play a big part in our ambitious growth plans for Yorkshire.

“With the ever strengthening team we will be well placed to take advantage of the opportunities within Yorkshire supporting our larger Corporates with their more complex needs.”

Debbie Mullen, head of larger corporate for Barclays in Yorkshire, added: “Recruiting talent from both within Barclays and externally is key to our expansion plans for Yorkshire and Alex’s previous experience and her extensive network of contacts mean she is perfect for this newly created role.”

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Haddleton Legal, the Harrogate-based law firm, has recruited data specialist Katie Parratt to support the growth of its life sciences and technology division and the development of its online legal and compliance training portal, Haddleton Academy.

Parratt specialises in medical informatics and will also be tasked with designing new systems and processes to support the law firm’s expansion and improve client and team experience.

James Haddleton of Haddleton Legal said: “This is a strategic appointment that will see Katie working as part of the Haddleton Legal back office team and as an integral part of our growing life sciences division.

“Her experience in medical informatics will add huge value to our work with fast growth life science companies and her skills will also be deployed within our own business to enhance our internal operations.

“Katie has already been instrumental in ensuring the successful launch of our e-learning portal Haddleton Academy and part of her role will be to continue developing this platform for use by businesses in all sectors.”