Big Four firm makes 11 Leeds promotions

KPMG HAS announced 11 new partner and director promotions at its Leeds office.

A quartet of partners have been named including Annette Barker, Steve Blacker, Clare Partridge and Fran Simpson. A further seven have been promoted to director across its audit, tax and advisory practices.

Ms Barker has been in the forensic practice since 1997, specialising in fraud, bribery, corruption and financial crime, and now leads the firm’s 25-strong team across the North of England.

Mr Blacker co-leads KPMG’s Innovation Reliefs and Incentives practice in the UK, whilst Clare Partridge will lead KPMG’s public sector offering in Yorkshire following her promotion.

Fran Simpson has also been promoted to partner in the firm’s audit practice having relocated across the Pennines to KPMG’s Leeds office. She works with PLCs and large privately-owned businesses and leads the firm’s wellbeing team in the region.

KPMG’s seven new directors are David Allen and Matt Wilcox in audit, Chris Lloyd in debt advisory, Deborah Goldberg in internal risk, Andrew Akal in national markets consulting, Bradley Keast in M&A tax and Chris Cheng in investment advisory. These follow the promotions of Chris Butt, Sharon Clements, Thomas Collins, Saghir Hussain, Hugh Jackson and John Midgley to Director earlier in the year.

Chris Hearld, Northern chairman and office senior partner at KPMG in Leeds, said: “The talent within this group of senior appointments exemplifies the breadth and depth of skills and experience we offer to organisations across Yorkshire.

“Investing in and developing our people to ensure we offer the best when it comes to technical expertise and industry knowledge is a vital element of our support for clients who will be navigating their way through uncharted territory during the forthcoming period of significant change.”

Another promotion has been made, that of Alex Hartley to partner level. He now takes on a national role leading KPMG Corporate Finance’s mid-market private equity focus across the whole of the UK, building on his recent work in the North of England.

KPMG employs more than 900 people in Yorkshire, including 33 partners.

 

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