All articles by Umesh Ellichipuram

Umesh Ellichipuram

RSM UK appoints Caroline Hooley as creative and communications director

Hooley has more than 20 years’ experience in creative and branded content roles across the UK, US, Europe and the Middle East.

Dains strengthens UK footprint with acquisition of Hurst

Hurst employs 120 staff and offers audit, tax advisory, corporate finance and digital transformation services.

GI Outsourcing opens Global Capability Centre in Hyderabad

The Hyderabad centre is expected to expand from 50 staff members to 100 within a year.

Affinia to merge with three UHY Hacker Young offices, creating £100m practice

The combined entity will be known as UHY Affinia and become part of the UHY Hacker Young Group.

RCK Partners forms advisory council to deepen R&D tax expertise

The IAC is expected to help businesses keep pace with regulatory and market changes.

Forvis Mazars appoints partner for audit quality enablement and operations

Shivani Bhattessa has more than 20 years of experience leading audit teams.

PrimeGlobal appoints new EMEA regional executive director

Oliver Grosse-Brauckmann succeeds Thierry Delvaux, who served as executive director for EMEA since 2015.

S&W appoints Marcus Peaker to lead executive compensation

Peaker has more than 20 years of executive remuneration experience, advising a wide range of FTSE-listed businesses.

Agentic AI audit platform Fieldguide raises $75m in Series C funding

The funding round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.

Grant Thornton UK expands advisory leadership with seven promotions

The move aligns with the company’s plan to add 160 partners over the next two years.