Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has promoted 169 people across its Midlands offices, including two promotions to partner.
BDO has promoted 136 people in its Birmingham office, with a further 33 promotions in Nottingham. Nationwide, the firm has promoted over 2,400 of its people, including 36 new partners.
As part of the audit leadership team in the Midlands, new audit partner Cindy Hrkalovic has extensive experience in delivering high-quality audits and business assurance services to large private, private equity owned, and listed audited entities across a range of industries.
She has more than 20 years’ experience and is also Head of Food and Drink at BDO, leading the firm’s strategic development in the sector.
Meanwhile, new business restructuring partner Ben Peterson is a licensed insolvency practitioner with 25 years’ experience across a broad range of restructuring and insolvency work.
He specialises in both contentious insolvency and assignments within the manufacturing sector, leading the Business Restructuring stream’s food and drink manufacturing team. He has dealt with a number of complex and high-profile insolvencies in recent years.
Kyla Bellingall, Regional Managing Partner at BDO in the Midlands, said: “Cindy and Ben have both demonstrated exceptional skills and dedication in their fields, and their promotions reflect both their achievements and our confidence in their leadership to drive growth for the Midlands region.
“This latest round of promotions reinforces our commitment to investing in our people, whose expertise and dedication are key to our long-term success. Congratulations to all 169 of our new promotees, who have each shown talent and hard work and richly deserve this recognition.”