Evelyn Partners announces three senior tax appointments

Evelyn Partners has announced the appointments of Alistair Nichol, Jayne Harrold and Laura Hayward as senior tax partners.

Harrold joins as a partner focusing on environment tax, Nichol joins as a partner specialising in technical tax and transactions, and Hayward as a private client tax partner. Hayward’s appointment is subject to regulatory approval.

Nichol has 18 years of experience advising on tax in the financial services sector and his practice spans tax advisory and transactions, both UK-focused and international. Previously he was an associate partner at EY for over 17 years. He most recently worked in the tax team at Lloyd’s of London.

Harrold joins Evelyn Partners from PwC where she spent 11 years and had a national role leading the firm’s UK environmental tax team.

Hayward has extensive experience of providing tax planning services to private individuals and has worked in this area for over 16 years. She joins from BDO, and focuses on advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, their families, businesses and trust structures.

Sian Steele, head of tax, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Alistair, Jayne and Laura to the group. We’ve been investing in growing our tax team over the past year and these latest senior appointments form part of our ambitious strategy to build on the extensive range of services we already provide to our clients under one roof.

“The three new roles mean we can offer our clients more specialist support to help them effectively manage their personal and business tax affairs.”