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Simon Davidson

Grant Thornton UK has appointed a companion to its nationwide administration consultancy follow.

Yorkshire-based Simon Davidson has been with the corporate for greater than six years and is taking part in a key position in serving to its purchasers within the area reply to the challenges of the pandemic by making a digital FD community that can present a discussion board for finance professionals to Change of concepts gives and greatest train.

Throughout his 20-year accounting profession, Davidson has suggested finance groups, CFOs and finance administrators on strategic monetary plans throughout a variety of sectors, with explicit specializations in actual property and development. Purchasers embrace non-public equity-backed, publicly traded, privately held and not-for-profit firms.

As a Accomplice, he’ll lead a staff of 12 serving to purchasers throughout Yorkshire and the UK to ‘future proof’ their companies with monetary plans and options to assist their development, acquisition or itemizing wants.

Simon Davidson mentioned: “I’m extremely proud to develop into a companion at Grant Thornton and to steer the monetary advisory facet of the agency. I actually take pleasure in serving to finance groups and FDs make clear their imaginative and prescient after which implement the bespoke plans wanted to get them the place they must be – be it to make them extra scalable, put together them for IPO or to work extra cost-effectively.

“Changing into a companion is simply a part of the plans we’ve to do an increasing number of for our present and potential purchasers – and it is a super vitality for me and the entire staff. I’m actually grateful to be working with a bunch of remarkable professionals right here at Grant Thornton, all with a wealth of expertise and dedication to offering our purchasers with wonderful service and outcomes. We will not wait to ship extra outcomes for our current and potential purchasers.”

Andy Wooden, Managing Accomplice of Yorkshire added: “We’re delighted for Simon to develop into a companion with Grant Thornton right here in Yorkshire. Simon is a real chief for the long run. He’s personable, effectively linked and has a really pragmatic method to enterprise consulting, that means he delivers sensible, real looking plans slightly than theoretical concerns, in the end resulting in distinctive outcomes for purchasers.

“Working with varied finance groups and FDs throughout the pandemic has made him an extremely valued member of the regional group. The Digital FD Community grew to become a extremely necessary safe discussion board for purchasers and non-customers alike throughout the first lockdown when companies had been pressured to transition their operations nearly in a single day.”