Moves and Promotions — Week of 6 October, 2025

Promotions

• Thomas McKay has been promoted to Managing Partner at Begbies Traynor Group in Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its new board structure to enable further UK expansion. Read more.

• Tracy Palmer-Baker has been promoted to Associate Director at Grant Thornton.

• Katie Kent and Joshua Varughese have been promoted to Restructuring Advisory Managers at RSM.

• Joshua Lewis has been promoted to Restructuring Advisory Associate at RSM.

• Emmanuel Barkat, Oliver Butterworth, Joe Chapman, Sophie Clarkson, and Matthew Young have been promoted to Restructuring Advisory Executives at RSM.

• Anna Butler and Louis Taylor have been promoted to Restructuring Executives at Bishop Fleming Chartered Accountants.

• Ajay Bhatti has been promoted to Restructuring & Insolvency Senior at Azets.

• Hannah Bassom has been promoted to Insolvency Administrator at Crowe.

Moves

• Tom Partridge has joined S&W as a Partner in the Restructuring team. Tom was previously with Teneo.

• Rodolphe Roch has joined Teneo in London as a Senior Managing Director. Rodolphe most recently served as European Head of Strategic Debt Solutions at Jefferies. Read more.

• Katrina Nolan has joined Skipton Business Finance as Head of Restructuring and Recoveries ABL. Katrina was previously with Close Brothers.

• Elyse Diamond has joined FTI Consulting in London as a Senior Consultant in the Corporate Finance & Restructuring team. Elyse was previously with KordaMentha.

• Melissa Smithers has joined KBL Advisory in Leeds as a Corporate Insolvency Assistant Manager. Melissa was previously with Leonard Curtis.

• Olivia Oates has joined Lewis Business Recovery & Insolvency in Leeds as an Assistant Manager. Olivia was previously with Begbies Traynor Group.

• Henry Hunter has joined EY-Parthenon in London as an Executive - Working Capital Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy. Henry was previously with EY in Edinburgh.

• Nathan Sheppard has joined Specialist Risk Insurance Solutions as a Client Executive - Insolvency. Nathan was previously with Towergate Insurance Brokers.

• Jenny Warren has joined Begbies Traynor Group in Glasgow as a Senior Insolvency Administrator. Jenny was previously with McLaren Insolvency Practitioners.

• Archie Knight has joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as an Associate (Financial Restructuring). Archie was previously with Milbank.

• Owen Emanuel has joined BDO in Liverpool as a Business Restructuring Assistant.