BDO appoints three new partners

BDO continues its investment in its partnership with the appointment of Catherine Wilks, Adam Beasant and Ben Heaton as three new partners.  

Wilks joins BDO’s consulting, risk and outsourcing team as partner. She brings more than 15 years’ experience in data analytics and digital transformation. She will advise businesses on the use of data, analytics and AI, building an end-to-end technology advisory and implementation offering.   

She will work with businesses to create digital strategies that deliver quantifiable value, use analytics to guide business decisions and implement AI practices that optimise business operations. She joins from technology consulting company Slalom, where she was a client partner.  

Beasant joins the firm as audit partner in BDO’s Reading office. He brings a wealth of experience from working with a range of audited entities from early start-ups, through to mid-market businesses and FTSE 100 companies. He has expertise in technology, business and professional services, insurance, wealth management, software and manufacturing. He joins BDO from PwC. 

Heaton joins BDO’s tax practice as a private client services partner. He has over 15 years of experience of working across the financial services sector in the UK, US and APAC. He specialises in delivering UK and cross border personal tax advice and compliance services to ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and family offices with some form of connection to the US. He joins from PwC and will be based in BDO’s London office. 

Anna Draper, head of people, culture and purpose at BDO, said: “Catherine, Adam and Ben bring a vast array of experience and sector expertise to BDO. Attracting talented and high-performing individuals supports our commitment to offer a broad range of bespoke services to the businesses we serve and the broader mid-market.”