Carpenter Box announces 16 new promotions

Sussex and South East accountants Carpenter Box has announced 16 new promotions to support the firm’s future growth plans.

The job elevations include two directors, one associate, five senior managers, two managers and six assistant managers across the Worthing, Crawley and Brighton offices.

Joshua Bowen has been promoted to Client Service director leading the Outsourced Finance Function (OFF) team, which provides a range of outsourced finance services to businesses.

Gill Lynes has also been promoted to director of the Later Life team at Carpenter Box Financial Advisers. Lynes has over 30 years’ experience providing financial planning support to elderly clients and their families to assist with issues such as care fees and inheritance tax.

In the firm’s tax department, Nikki Martin has become an associate, with Katie Trevallion, Dean Reynolds and Meghan Osborne moving into senior manager roles. In the audit team, Alaina Cryer and Joanne Chidwick have also been promoted to senior managers.

At the same time, Declan Bennett and Jack Butcher are now managers within the StarBox team, which provides accounting and business advice to new media entrepreneurs, social influencers and rising stars.

Finally, there are six newly promoted assistant managers. These include James Laker, an IT specialist in the Practice Support Group; Charlie Holdaway and Sharna Challenger within the Audit team; and Clare Martin, Karly Charrington and Azka Khurshid in the Tax Services Group.

Carpenter Box managing partner Alan Edwards said: “Congratulations to each of these talented individuals on their well-deserved promotions. They already make a significant contribution to the success of our firm and our clients, and I know they will continue to thrive in these new roles.”