Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Dains has announced the appointment of Lee Brocklehurst as Business Recovery Director, based in Dains’ Birmingham office. Brocklehurst brings more than 25 years of experience in business recovery, restructuring and insolvency and joins Dains from Quantuma, where he was an appointment-taking Insolvency Practitioner. In his new role, he will lead the development of Dains’ Midlands…
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Opus Business Advisory Group has announced that it has further strengthened its advisory and turnaround capabilities with the appointment of Heather Bamforth as Director. Bamford brings more than 20 years of experience supporting businesses through periods of challenge, transition, and growth. She joins Opus following a senior advisory role at KPMG, where she played a…
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Debt advisory specialist, Azets, has announced it has appointed Vicky Fisher as Assistant Manager. Fisher has previously worked for Lloyds Bank for 22 years and will continue to sit on the board at Business in Focus, a social enterprise which helps Welsh start-ups, in a volunteer role as a non-executive director. Fisher will be working…
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Business advisory firm Quantuma has announced it has promoted restructuring specialist Alyson Richards to Director. Richards, a licensed insolvency practitioner based in the firm’s Southampton office, is a member of Quantuma’s Restructuring and Insolvency team. She has more than 20 years’ experience in corporate restructuring and personal insolvency, Richards has advised on a wide range…
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Leonard Curtis has appointed Gavin Snell as its first Non-Executive Chairman. Snell is an experienced leader with a proven record in growing and transforming professional services, SaaS and information services organisations. He has recently led two successful PE exits having overseen significant organic growth and effective delivery of multiple acquisitions. He will join an experienced…
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The Insolvency Service has announced that it has appointed Duncan Beach as its new Chief Executive. Beach who was previously Managing Director, Global Head of Risk & Compliance Transformation at HSBC, will move to the Insolvency Service on 5th January 2026. He will replace the service’s current interim Chief Executive, Alex Pybus, who took on the role…
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Kingsley Napley has announced that it has appointed Tristan Cox-Chung as a Partner in its restructuring & insolvency team. Cox-Chung joins from Clyde & Co where he spent the last 8 years, latterly as a Legal Director. Previously he has worked for Penningtons Manches Cooper and DMH Stallard. Cox-Chung specialises in both contentious and non-contentious…
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Opus Restructuring and Insolvency has expanded its national footprint with the launch of a new Southampton office, headed by experienced Insolvency Practitioner Mike Field, who joins the firm as a Partner. With a career spanning nearly 40 years, Field brings extensive experience in business recovery, turnaround, and corporate finance. He has worked with owner-managed businesses…
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PKF Smith Cooper has announced that it has appointed Lucinda Matkin as its new Business Recovery and Restructuring Director. Matkin joins the firm with over 25 years of experience in the industry, including time at a Big Four firm, and is the founder and owner of Midlands-based LM Insolvency. Since establishing in 2012, Lucinda has…
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Begbies Traynor has announced it has added to its team in Glasgow with the appointment of George Lafferty as Director. Lafferty joins the leading professional services firm from another Glasgow insolvency firm, where he was insolvency director. He has previously held senior positions with other well-known insolvency firms in the city. During his extensive career,…
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Financial advisory firm, Begbies Traynor, has announced that it has appointed Thomas McKay as Managing Partner in Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its new board structure to enable further UK expansion. The updated structure also sees Mark Fry named Begbies Traynor Group CEO. In his new role Fry will drive the day-to-day leadership…
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PKF Littlejohn has announced it has appointed Mike Lee as a Director in its Advisory & Restructuring team. With more than 30 years’ experience as a corporate advisory and turnaround specialist in the North West, Lee will be responsible for providing strategic advice to clients facing creditor issues with practical measures such as cashflow analysis,…
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Leonard Curtis has announced the appointment of Paul Haworth as Head of Group Compliance. Haworth joins Leonard Curtis with a 20-year track record in the restructuring and turnaround sector at a key time of growth for the firm and his brief is to ensure robust compliance advisory across the Group to meet the company’s ambitious…
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