Promotions and those on the move in corporate finance advisory.
FRP Corporate Finance has promoted Amy Murphy (1) and Matthew Nolan (2) to associate director, and Twm Westcott (3) to senior associate. Based in Manchester, Murphy joined FRP Corporate Finance in 2020 as assistant manager from BDO, where she trained as an ACA. Nolan is based in London and joined the firm in 2024 as senior manager from Ardent Advisors, where he was an investment banking associate director. He trained as an ACA with PwC, and worked on venture networks with Kinetic Investments. Cardiff-based Westcott joined FRP in 2024 when it acquired Lexington Corporate Finance, which he had joined the year before.
Cortus Advisory has recruited Jack Arnold as a transaction services associate director in its growing London office, which now has five staff. He has joined from HMT, where he spent four years. He started his career at Mazars, where he trained as an accountant.
The firm has also teamed up with Mortier & Associés in France and Auricon in Germany, to launch The Incoex Alliance – an international transaction advisory services partnership. Mortier has offices in Paris, Marseille and Nantes; Auricon in Düsseldorf and Dortmund. The plan is for further new transactions advisory firms to join the network.
Neil Shaw has joined PKF Littlejohn as partner in Leeds from Deloitte, where he spent 13 years. He previously worked as a consultant for Arup in Sheffield for five years.
Translink Corporate Finance has promoted Aaron Lowery (1) to M&A director in its Leeds office; Charles Evers (2) to transaction services director in Sheffield; and Joshua McCorrie (3) to transaction services manager in Leeds.
Lowery joined three years ago from YFM Equity Partners in Leeds, where he had spent three years as an investment manager. Before that, he spent eight years with EY, training as a chartered accountant in audit before moving into transaction support.
Evers joined BHP’s audit team in 2012 and trained as an ACA before moving into corporate finance. BHP Corporate Finance rebranded as Translink Corporate Finance in 2023.
McCorrie joined the firm in 2022 from Murray Harcourt, where he trained as an ACA in audit.
David Ellis has joined Menzies in London as a corporate finance partner from Azets, where he spent nine years, based in Maidstone, and had been promoted to partner at the start of 2024. He previously spent 11 years with Crowe Clark Whitehill, training as an ACA in its audit team, before moving into corporate finance.
Sabial Hanif has been promoted to partner in the West Midlands at S&W, after two years working with the firm. He previously worked for Houlihan Lokey. Before that, he was at Deloitte and Cooper Parry Corporate Finance, having started his career with PwC, where he trained as an ACA.
Azets has made its annual round of promotions in its corporate finance team across the UK. Gordon Burns (1) and Mike Williams (2) have been promoted to partner, in Glasgow and Yarm respectively; Ashtee Archer (3) to director; and Thomas Keys (4) to associate director.
Burns joined Azets as a senior manager in 2022 from French Duncan in Glasgow, where he spent 10 years, initially training as a chartered accountant with the firm, before moving into corporate finance. He was promoted to director in 2023. Williams joined Azets as a manager in 2021 from Modus, where he was a financial analyst. He previously spent two
years in Grant Thornton’s transaction services team, and before that spent five years with Mazars, where he trained as an ACA. Azets promoted him to director in 2023.
The firm’s promotions to corporate finance manager are Adam Dix, Michael Goldthorpe and Jamie Hepworth. Dix joined the firm’s Cardiff office in 2022 from KPMG, where he trained as an ACA. Goldthorpe joined the firm’s London office, initially training as an ACA in audit, before moving into the corporate finance team. Hepworth is based in Newcastle, and joined the firm four years ago from BDO, where he trained as an ACA.
And the promotions to assistant manager in Azets corporate finance team are: Will Eardley in Leeds; Ayo Ishola in Romford; Ryan Maxwell in Edinburgh; Anna Sharp in Glasgow; Robert Wood in Southampton; and Joe Zair in London.
The firm has also recruited Iffy Hussein in Leeds and Joe Stroud in Manchester as corporate finance partners, from PwC and Aliter Capital respectively. Hussein spent 10 years at PwC and before that three years at EY, where he trained as a chartered accountant. Stroud previously spent nine years at DC Advisory in Manchester and before that five at N+1 Singer in Leeds.
Interpath has recruited Rob Connold (1) and Neil McBride (2) as managing directors in Guildford and London respectively. Connold has joined the debt and capital advisory team from Deloitte, where he spent 18 years and was a partner in the firm’s debt and capital advisory team. Prior to that he spent four years with PwC, where he trained as an ACA. McBride has joined from PwC in London, where he was a partner and spent 12 years. He also previously worked for Iglo Group, AlixPartners and Motorola.
The UK team has also promoted both Rob Allard (3) in value creation and Tom Rawlinson (4) in transaction services to managing director. Allard joined from YMU in 2022, having previously spent 10 years with KPMG. Rawlinson joined the firm in 2023 from FTI Consulting, where he spent seven years. Prior to that he trained as an ACA with Deloitte.
Interpath has also recruited Adam Thorpe (5), from deal strategy consultancy Stax, to head up its deal strategy service line. Prior to Stax, he founded and led KPMG’s French strategy practice for 15 years, before moving to the UK to head up the healthcare sector deal strategy team.
In Dublin, John Doddy (6) has joined as head of advisory in Ireland; and Kirstie O’Flanagan (7) has joined as managing director and head of transaction services. Both were previously at Deloitte. Doddy was head of debt and capital advisory for Deloitte in Ireland. O’Flanagan spent 11 years at Deloitte, and prior to that four at RSM, where she trained as a chartered accountant.
Vania Mermoud (8) has been recruited as a managing director in transaction services in Paris, from Deloitte, where he spent 18 years. He previously worked for EY and PwC.
And Tobias Huesmann (9) has joined Interpath’s Munich office from PwC. He previously spent 12 years at BASF.
Connections: December 2025
Who's on the move in the world of corporate finance and private equity.