Law firm Ashfords’ private wealth offering in Bristol has been boosted with the arrival of Mike Westbrook as a partner in its trusts and estates team. Mike, pictured, is SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) regulated, having qualified in 2008. Not only is he a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500...
Henry Jones has been appointed as a corporate finance executive at ICON Corporate Finance, the Bristol-headquartered tech-focused investment bank. Henry, pictured with ICON partner Simon Moynagh, has several years’ corporate finance experience in firms across Scotland, England and Wales. He has worked on deals with exciting tech companies spanning cybertech, FinTech...
The financial planning team in wealth management and professional services group Evelyn Partners’ Bristol office has been bolstered with three new appointments. Bronwen Lancaster joins as a partner, Joy Wisniewski as an associate director of financial planning and Chris Iles as a financial planner. Bronwen, a Chartered and Certified...
Bristol-based law firm Barcan+Kirby has continued to strengthen its corporate and commercial team with the appointment of a new senior associate. Elsie Lyford, pictured, will work from the firm’s Bristol city centre office alongside partners Georgina Bryant and Robert Davenport. She joins from Wiltshire firm Goughs Solicitors, where she...
Financial dealmaking business GS Verde Group has appointed Lauren Couch as a corporate finance director in its growing Bristol team. The office, which opened last year, services the South West and has developed a growing pipeline of transactions, which makes the appointment timely. Cardiff-headquartered group, which includes law firm...
Specialist investor BBRC (Bristol & Bath Regional Capital) has introduced two new senior roles to its team – with a further two to follow within months – as part of its ambitious five-year growth strategy. Paul Dennis-Jones has been appointed as chief investment officer at BBRC, which launched in...
New leadership appointments have been made in the UK Business Transactions Practice Group (BTG) based in international law firm Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office. With 60 partners and more than 140 fee-earners, the group also works from the firm’s London and Reading offices and accounts for around a third of its...
Regional accountancy, tax and advisory firm Bishop Fleming has increased its number of partners to 43 with the promotion of corporate finance director David Lock. David, pictured, left, with Bishop Fleming managing partner Andrew Sandiford, has extensive experience in corporate finance with a lead advisory, banking, debt and equity background. His...
Bristol leadership coach Joe Constant has set up his own consultancy after developing a business model based around understanding the impact of a leader’s life experiences on a company’s culture. The son of a 1950s Windrush migrant from Dominica, Joe, pictured, has spent more than 20 years working with...
A new general manager has been appointed to one of the region’s leading four-star hotels. Gareth Ireland, pictured, has joined DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House, in Congresbury, taking on the day-to-day running of the hotel, house and Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill. Gareth previously spent just over...
A housebuilding expert with nearly 20 years’ industry experience has joined Bristol-based Barratt David Wilson Homes South West as its new head of construction. Mark Hughes, pictured, started his career as a trainee with Linden Homes (now Vistry) and honed his skills at some of the most respected names in the...
UWE Bristol has appointed Professor Andrew Simpson as dean and head of Bristol Business School. Andrew, pictured, has spent the past 10 years at Sheffield University Management School, where he was chair of management. His research interests are wide-ranging and include forecasting techniques in military supply chains, data-led decision-making...
Shaw & Co, the Bristol-based corporate finance advisory firm, has appointed Peter Doe as senior manager to support its mergers and acquisitions and business funding divisions. The firm described Peter, pictured, as an entrepreneurial business leader who combines commercial insightfulness with extensive experience. He also has a “demonstrable history...
