Credit, collections & insolvency news
Leonard Curtis has unveiled new roles for two key members of its leadership team. David Brown, who joined the business in July 2023 as Chief Operations and Financial Officer, becomes Chief Operating Officer (COO), while Paul Birks, who has been Group Financial Director since September 2022, will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Brown…
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PKF Littlejohn Advisory has announced it has appointed Paul Williams as a new Partner to further strengthen the firm’s UK-wide restructuring and insolvency capabilities. Williams has more than 30 years experience across corporate restructuring, recovery and advisory and has built a reputation as a trusted advisor to a wide range of senior lenders. High-profile assignments…
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Aaccountancy and advisory firm Azets has signalled service-line growth with the promotion of Mark Barrie to Head of Debt Advisory. Barrie, previously Funding & Strategic Partnership Director, will be assisting business owners and managers with new funding lines, working with intermediaries and mainstream and independent lenders. Barrie is a Chartered Banker, leads a national team…
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Professional services firm Begbies Traynor has appointed insolvency specialist Kevin Mapstone as a Director based at its Edinburgh office. With over 25 years’ experience in financial services, Mapstone joins from an insolvency firm in Paisley where he spent almost four years as an Insolvency Practitioner, having previously worked for a number of other firms, including…
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London law firm, Howard Kennedy has announced the appointment of Crispin Daly as Insolvency Partner. Daly focuses on complex domestic and cross-border insolvency and litigation mandates. He represents insolvency office holders, debtors, creditors and creditors’ committees, shareholders, and directors in a variety of contentious and non-contentious situations. Daly joins Howard Kennedy from Paul Hastings LLP…
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Business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor Group has announced that it has expanded its senior team with the appointment of Carl Lever as a Director, working across the firm’s Leeds and Manchester offices. Lever joins the firm from Leonard Curtis where he gained 13 years’ experience and has built a specialism in advising Financial…
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London and Leeds-based insolvency and restructuring firm, PKF Littlejohn Advisory, has appointed Robert Barker as Insolvency Manager to support and further bolster the firm’s restructuring and insolvency capabilities. Barker joins the company with over 15 years’ experience in the sector, working predominantly within boutique insolvency practices, helping to facilitate the restructuring, sale or liquidation of…
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London and Leeds-based insolvency and restructuring firm, PKF Littlejohn Advisory, has announced it has appointed Jonathan Burke as a Senior Insolvency Administrator. Burke joins the team with four years of experience in corporate insolvencies and restructuring, He will support the PKF Littlejohn Advisory team in the restructuring, sale or liquidation of businesses in need of…
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UHY Hacker Young has announced that it has promoted Skevi Iacovou to Director in the turnaround and recovery department at national accounting group. Iacovou first joined UHY Hacker Young in 2010 as a graduate and has been working in the Turnaround & Recovery team for over ten years. She specialises in corporate insolvencies of owner…
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The Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) have announced that Paul Smith, their Chief Executive Officer will stand down from his role later this year. Smith joined the IPA in 2021 after a distinguished career in financial services. The IPA says Smith has made significant contributions over the past three years. Under his leadership, the IPA responded…
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Leonard Curtis has announced that it has appointed Peter Vinden as Director. Vinden will bring 30 years of construction dispute resolution expertise to the firm’s restructuring and turnaround division. Vinden, who recently became a non-exec director at Decipher a DeSimone company, the Manchester-based claims consultant, has now formalised a long-standing working relationship with Leonard Curtis…
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The ICAEW has appointed Malcolm Bacchus as its new President for 2024/25. Bacchus succeeds Mark Rhys as ICAEW President and will serve a one-year term until June 2025. As President, Bacchus will support the implementation of ICAEW’s 10-year strategy as well as the Institute’s commitment to serve the public interest as defined in its Royal Charter.…
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The Insolvency Service board has announced it has appointed Lorcan O’Connor, founder and former leader of the Insolvency Service of Ireland as a non-executive member. O’Connor, who founded the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) in 2012, joined the UK’s Insolvency Service Board in April. The Board is the agency’s main decision-making body and is responsible…
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