Appointments: PwC; Koso Kent Introl (KKI); Winterhill Largo

PwC has appointed Gary Shaw to head up its financial services practice across Yorkshire and the North East.

Shaw, who has been based in Leeds for the last eight years, will oversee the firm’s financial services practice across its four regional offices.

He said: “With one of the largest financial services sector outside of London, Yorkshire is a driving force for the industry in the English regions. Having been based in Yorkshire for the last eight years, I have seen first-hand the changes the sector has been through and so I look forward to taking up this role as sentiment continues to improve strongly, mirroring the UK economic rebound.

“The region houses some significant, dynamic financial services organisations and I am keen to play a key part in leading our team of financial services experts in Yorkshire. Many organisations are now feeling more optimistic about their business situation than at any time during the past seven years, so it is an exciting time to be working in this sector.”

Iwan Griffiths will continue to be the firm’s head of financial services for the North, overseeing the practice across its six offices.

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ENGINEERING company, Koso Kent Introl (KKI) has welcomed seven new recruits to join its teams across the company’s three sites in Brighouse .

James Palmer joins as area sales manager, John Abrahams as design engineer, Mark Jepson as CNC operator, Sara Crawshaw as receptionist/administrator, Peter Ford as fitter, Steve White as workshop supervisor and Chris Wilson is the new workshop engineer.

David Limb, KKI’s sales director, said: “We’ve started 2014 on another positive note with new faces and skills added to the KKI workforce. Maintaining a global team of experienced and skilled people is part of our ethos. We nurture, train and develop each individual and team to create the most hi-tech valves and to deliver the highest levels of service to our customers.” 

In the last two years, the engineering firm has opened an 18,000sq ft factory and a £2m machining centre in Brighouse, where it has been based since1967.

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ASSET valuation and recovery group Winterhill Largo, which has offices in Wakefield and Manchester, has expanded its Yorkshire team with the appointment of Jayne Martin as head of operations.

Based in Wakefield, Martin will have a wide ranging brief, which includes ensuring clients receive a seamless service across the businesses in the group. She joins Winterhill Largo with 15 years’ experience in the insolvency industry at Grant Thornton, RSM Tenon and more recently at Moorfields Corporate Recovery in London. 

Martin said: “As a fast growing group, providing a wide range of specialist services that includes debt verification and collection, Winterhill Largo is rapidly becoming the ‘go-to’ resource for insolvency practitioners and the wider finance industry, as well as any organisation that is owed money. My knowledge of insolvency gives me an insight into the needs of Winterhill Largo’s clients and, I hope, helps us to provide an even better service.”