Mazars appoints 13 new partners

Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory firm, has appointed 13 new partners across the firm.

The new partners, eight of whom have been promoted from within the business, work within Audit, Advisory and Consulting and Business Services across the UK. Three of the partners have relocated from Mazars offices around the world.

The new partners include: Tom Ashmore – Actuarial, Gerhard Bonthuys – Audit, Nicolas Cerrajero – Co-Head of Quantitative Solutions UK, Sarah Cooke – Audit, Gregory Derouet, – Audit, Alan Duley – chief financial officer, Sameena Fonseca – Audit, Chris Fuggle – Global Head of Sustainability Services, Lucy Hampson – Audit, Pierre-Paul Jacquet – Transaction Services, Jon Leece – Audit Quality, Dan Mellows- Internal Audit and Christos Vernardos – Audit Quality.

CEO Phil Verity said: “Nurturing talent and developing our people is a vital part of the firm’s culture and strategy, and it is a pleasure to welcome our new partners. These appointments further strengthen the Mazars partner team and our commitment to deliver the highest quality of work to our clients.

“We’re delighted that 4 of the 13 partners are home-grown and joined the firm as graduates. We’re also very pleased to have attracted partners from other firms and organisations and greatly value the experience they bring. All of the new partners should be incredibly proud of their achievement.”