Menzies LLP has announced six partner appointments including the internal promotion for Amy Fry to private client tax partner, Miriam Hanley and Zoe Fitchett to audit partner, and Richard Singleton to finance partner. They have all built their career at Menzies or joined through the firm’s merger with Beever and Struthers, reflecting sustained investment in developing talent from within. In addition, it has made two external hires with Martin Baird as technology risk partner and Rob Holmes as deal advisory partner, both joining from Azets where they were also partners.

S&W has strengthened its business tax practice with the appointment of two partners, Karim Budabuss in the R&D tax incentives team, and Philippe Gamito in the indirect tax team, strengthening VAT advisory capabilities. Budabuss brings over 14 years of experience in engineering, innovation incentives, and location strategy consulting, with expertise in grants, innovation funding and location strategy. He joins from ForrestBrown where he was a director. Gamito has more than 15 years of experience advising financial services businesses across Europe, and specialises in VAT relating to financial services, insurance and crypto, supporting clients on cross-border operations, restructuring projects and complex international transactions. Previously he was a senior adviser indirect tax at Baker McKenzie. Pictured (l-r): Philippe Gamito and Karim Budabuss

RSM has appointed Chris Mayo as a partner to lead the financial services internal audit business in London and the southeast. He brings over 20 years’ experience across the financial services sector including banks, fintechs, wealth and asset managers, specialising in governance, assurance and risk management. His previous industry roles include head of audit quality at Lloyds Banking Group, and group chief internal auditor at Shawbrook Bank, as well as five years in practice at Deloitte and EY as a director, financial services internal audit. He originally trained at PwC.

Dains has appointed David MacCallum as audit partner and responsible individual in the Scottish audit team based in Glasgow. MacCallum brings over 20 years of experience working with owner-managed and private equity-backed businesses across a range of sectors, including engineering, hospitality, technology, haulage and distribution. Previously he was a director at Azets.

BKL has appointed Ben Arram as head of regulatory advisory, expanding the firm’s offering to businesses in fintech, payment devices and other financial services sectors. Arram brings over 20 years of experience advising payment service providers, capital markets, banking and financial market infrastructures on managing risk and compliance. He joins from boutique regulatory consulting firm Bovill, which was subsequently acquired by global asset servicer Ocorian, where he was payments practice lead. While he was at Ocorian, this included working with BKL to support FCA compliance and client money audits.

PKF Littlejohn has hired Marc Ireland as financial services partner to lead the firm’s new regulatory consulting service for the financial services sector. Ireland brings more than 25 years of experience in financial services regulation and compliance, and in his new role will provide specialist risk, regulatory and compliance advisory services including compliance reviews, regulatory gap assessments, remediation and transformation programmes, and ongoing regulatory advisory support. Previously he was an associate partner at EY, and senior executive at regulatory consultants, Avyse Partners.

HaysMac has appointed Matthew Clarke as chief people officer as the firm continues an ambitious period of growth and investment in its people. In a profession where attracting and retaining exceptional talent has never been more important, Clarke joins from Deloitte and will support over 650 colleagues across London and Cape Town offices. He lead on people strategy and play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of the business focusing on culture, leadership and employee experience. Previously he was HR director for audit & assurance at Deloitte.

Azets has appointed Sam Marshall as director of accounts and business advisory services (ABAS), based in the Burnley office. Chartered accountant Marshall brings 15 years of experience and will work closely with owner-managed businesses, providing practical accounting, compliance and commercially focused business advice. He joins from Anthony Marshall where he was an accountant.

Fellwood Advisory, part of Cooper Parry, has hired Saran Lall as director in the Midlands, while Molly Pearson joins as associate director in London, strengthening the team with the appointment of the two senior debt advisory specialists from KPMG. They will provide support for corporate and private equity-backed clients across the UK. The appointments come just over a year after Fellwood Advisory became part of Cooper Parry.

Intuit has appointed Glen Foster as director, mid-market & channel sales – UK. He brings brings nearly 20 years of experience working with accountants and businesses, including 12 years at Xero, where he joined as its sixth UK employee and went on to lead EMEA go-to-market, and was most recently an advisor at business consultancy ScaleUpz.