Crowe has appointed Mustafa Iqbal as partner in the firm’s risk and assurance team. He has more than 20 years of experience after beginning his career at Accenture and joins Crowe from PwC where he was a director in financial services, risk, delivering complex assurance and advisory projects focused on technology risk. As part of his role, Iqbal will support the development of the firm’s technology risk assurance and consulting strategy nationwide. He will be working with the team on third party risk and the wider offering to the financial services sector.

Lubbock Fine has appointed Jamie Johnson as partner to lead its corporate finance team. He has over 20 years’ experience specialising in M&A and fundraising advice specifically for owner managers, entrepreneurs and family businesses. In his new role, Johnson will be responsible for providing tailored support for clients covering all aspects of transactions, from conception to completion. He joins from BKL where he was a corporate finance consultant.