Appointments: Baker Tilly; Sentio Partners; NatWest; ITM Power
PAUL Johnson has been announced as Baker Tilly’s head of corporate finance for the Yorkshire and North East region.
Johnson joined Baker Tilly in 2002 and specialises in financial due diligence for private equity investors, banks and corporates. He has had significant experience of cross border transactions, and is also a Fellow of the ICAEW and a member of the Securities Institute.
The move comes as part of a restructure of Baker Tilly’s corporate finance service line, which sees Rob Donaldson appointed as Baker Tilly’s head of corporate finance, and new regional heads of corporate finance appointed across six regions – Scotland, North-West, Yorkshire & North East, Midlands, London and the South.
The team will continue to focus on providing a full spectrum of corporate finance advice to middle market businesses – including M&A, private equity, capital markets and due diligence, both on a national level and in the regions.
Johnson said: “Now that we’re beginning to come out of the economic downturn, we are seeing businesses in the region placing increasing focus on growth. It’s therefore important that Baker Tilly further expands its corporate finance service to support new and existing clients within the region, helping them to achieve their objectives in 2014.”
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SENTIO Partners has boosted its team by recruiting Bridie Robinson as a director.
Robinson has ten years’ experience in the M&A market and has joined from the corporate finance team at Grant Thornton.
Her recent deal credits include the ISIS backed buyout of Onyx, the acquisition of Country Chef and Denby Dale Pie Company by Abbeydale Food Group and the management buy-out of CMD.
Will Arnold, partner at Sentio, said: “We are delighted to welcome Bridie into the Sentio team. Bridie brings with her a wealth of experience and strong relationships in the professional and corporate communities, along with a superb track record of delivering M&A transactions. The appointment of a proven M&A professional of Bridie’s calibre is great news for the business as we continue to extend the depth and quality of our lead advisory practice, which focuses on providing senior level experience to clients.”
Leeds-based Sentio Partners was established in January 2012 by former members of BTG McInnes Corporate Finance.
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NATWEST has appointed Pete Gray as director of commercial banking in Sheffield and Sam Perry as director of commercial banking in Leeds.
Gray, who has been with NatWest and RBS Group for 26 years, has worked throughout Yorkshire in commercial banking including previous positions in Sheffield. He most recently worked as director of commercial banking in Leeds.
Perry has worked for NatWest and RBS Group for more than 10 years in the bank’s retail, corporate and commercial banking businesses in Yorkshire. He most recently served as senior relationship manager in the leisure sector in Yorkshire and as lending director in commercial banking across Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.
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ENERGY storage and clean fuel company ITM Power has appointed Brian Jackson as chief financial officer and company secretary.
He succeeds Barry Cunliffe who is leaving to take up an appointment as group finance director with a private engineering group of companies.
Jackson, who will be based at the company’s site in Sheffield, is a chartered accountant and was most recently international finance director of A4e, a welfare and training services provider.
Dr Graham Cooley, CEO of ITM Power, said:”I’d like to thank Barry for his hard work and contribution to the company over the last four years. We have all enjoyed working with him and wish him well in his next appointment. I am very pleased that we have been able to recruit Brian, whose experience and skill set are a very good match for our business. On behalf of the team, I welcome him to ITM Power.”
