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PKF Smith Cooper in the Midlands has announced promotions across all departments, following a year of “significant” expansion, which also saw 50 new starters join the company in Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham and Ashbourne.
The promotions, which took effect from 1 January, will bolster the teams behind PKF Smith Cooper’s advisory and compliance services, including accounts, audit, tax, business recovery and insolvency, corporate finance and transaction services.
Notable promotions include Julie Stringer, who has been promoted to audit director after 11 years at the company for her fundamental role in driving the audit service offering forward.
Josh Gurton has been promoted twice in six months, first to assistant manager and then to manager, after proving himself a key player in the corporate finance team, which was named the sixth most active dealmakers in the UK by Experian.
Deniss Sipovics has been promoted to transaction services manager, as the firm continues to expand and invest in its business advisory services.
Meanwhile, the firm’s internal team has also been strengthened by promotions, with Caitlin Monteath promoted to assistant HR manager and Lucy Campion to assistant marketing manager.
The news comes as the marketing and HR team celebrated award success in December, winning ‘Young Professional Team of the Year’ at the first Insider Midlands Young Professionals Awards.
The company received further public recognition in 2023 when the tax division was shortlisted for ‘Best Tax Practice in a Regional Firm’ at Tolley’s prestigious Taxation Awards. The corporate finance team was also shortlisted for three awards at Insider Midlands Dealmakers Awards.
James Bagley, managing partner at PKF Smith Cooper, said: “Congratulations to our promoted team members and our wider team for a successful year. These promotion numbers reflect the high levels of skill and expertise we have across the company.
“We are dedicated to investing in our homegrown talent and giving high-achieving team members opportunities to develop and progress is a big part of this, as is rewarding excellence through our biannual promotion process.”
He added: “Alongside this and with our ambitious growth plans in mind, our search for new recruits is also ongoing and we are currently hiring for a variety of roles, from entry level and graduate right through to director.”
