New partners at Deloitte

SIX members of staff have been made partners at Deloitte.
Neil Hargreaves, Dan Butters, Dave Johnson, Tom Rowbotham, Simon Prinn, and Adam Waller will all be based at the firm’s City Square office in Leeds.
Stuart Cottee will head up the north-east corporate tax group, spending three days a week in Leeds.
Mr Waller joined the firm as a member of the employer and personal tax team, and will advise business leaders and entrepreneurs on their personal, family, and business tax affairs.
Mr Prinn joins the Leeds office to head their indirect tax department team and has been in professional practice in the north of England for more than 13 years.
Mr Rowbotham, who joined the firm in 1996 after more than 20 years with HMRC, has been appointed as the national line leader of the tax risk and resolution department.
Mr Johnson, who joined the office from university in 1996, has been made a partner in the audit division, specialising in public companies and private equity.
Mr Hargreaves joined the Leeds office in 2006 and heads the forensic and dispute services department, working with companies and lawyers who require detailed investigations to be undertaken or disputes to be resolved.
Mr Butters, 34, joined the firm in 1996. He is admitted as a partner within reorganisation services, advising clients facing commercial disputes and fraud and regulatory investigations.
Geoff Taylor, north east practice senior partner, said: “Having taken up my new role of practice senior partner in May I’m absolutely delighted with these appointments. Together we’ll continue to build a reputation as the pre-eminent professional services firm in the region.”