People: Partner recruited to strengthen due diligence offering; Promotions at property consultancy; and more

From left, Joint Managing Partner Hamish Morrison and BHP’s new Partner Martin Athey

Leeds and Sheffield-based BHP Corporate Finance has taken on a new partner to help further develop the firm’s due diligence provision.

Experienced corporate financier Martin Athey, who has worked in the Yorkshire accountancy market for more than 20 years, will be the fifth partner to join the 20-strong Corporate Finance team.

Athey, who most recently led the regional Financial Due Diligence team for RSM, will be leading the development and expansion of the specialist due diligence service line at BHP. Further additions to the team are anticipated in due course.

Athey said: “I’m delighted to be joining BHP – a firm which stood out to me for a variety of reasons but particularly the quality of its people and its great culture, as evidenced by it being recognised by the Sunday Times in their 100 Best Companies to Work For list.

“BHP’s strategy is to develop a specialist Financial Due Diligence service line, which will have all of the benefits of being part of a large accountancy firm environment, but also be able to operate with the flexibility and agility of a boutique offering.

“The opportunity for me to develop the Due Diligence team is a fantastic one. This is an exciting time for me as I’m convinced that we’re ideally placed to provide high-quality and value for money advice to our clients and contacts across the region and beyond.”

With more than 350 staff, including 33 partners, over the last 10 years BHP has increased turnover from £8m to over £22m.

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Employees based in Leeds, Harrogate and York are among the staff promoted at national property consultancy Carter Jonas.

The company has promoted 73 employees from across its Commercial, Planning & Development, Residential and Rural divisions and its Business Services team, including 12 who were promoted to Associate Partner.

The appointments include Charles Metcalfe, in Leeds, who has become a Senior Surveyor in the Commercial division and Alison Cheetham, also in Leeds, who has become a Senior Planner & Energy Specialist in the Planning & Development division.

In the Rural division Joe Robinson, based in Harrogate, is now an Associate Partner, Charles Jolleys, in Harrogate, has been made an Associate, Alexander Morrison, in Harrogate, has become a Senior Surveyor, as has York-based Gillian Wilsher.

Mark Granger, Chief Executive at Carter Jonas, said: “This has been an extremely positive year for Carter Jonas and much of our success is attributable to those promoted.

“We place a great deal of importance on nurturing, encouraging and rewarding talent, while building a versatile team of specialists across a wide range of services. The calibre of our people and the extent of our expertise is visible in these promotions and I offer my thanks and congratulations to all those who have been recognised.”

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Leeds-based Bank North has announced that Ron Emerson has joined the business as Chairman.

Emerson was the founding Chairman of the British Business Bank, the UK Government’s economic development bank aimed at improving access to finance for the small and mid-sized business sector.

During his three years at the helm of this bank, it was able to mobilise around £7bn for the sector, funded more than 40,000 start-ups, worked with more than 80 new partners to provide finance from debt to equity and delivered the Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine funds totalling more than £600m.

He was awarded a CBE in 2017 for services to International Banking and the financing of small and mid-sized businesses.

Emerson’s long career in banking has included a period as a Senior Bank Advisor at The Bank of England, including the UK regulator, which was combined with a number of diverse Non Executive Director roles, as well as 20 years as a member of the Faculty of Management Studies at Oxford University.

 

 

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