Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has strengthened its Midlands team with a trio of appointments across key areas of the business.
Martin Hodgkins and Adam Gaunt join the Digital & Risk Advisory Service (DRAS) team as Managers, with particular focus on the growing area of supply chain and logistics. They will work alongside Fraser Paget, who was appointed as Head of Supply Chain & Logistics in July 2022.
Adam, who has recently relocated from the UAE, joins from MMI, part of The Emirates Group, where he has spent the last eight years managing complex supply chains responsible for import/export logistics.
Martin brings 20 years’ experience within supply chain, procurement and logistics business functions. He also has extensive project management experience within retail and manufacturing supply chains and is a warehousing and e-commerce fulfilment specialist. He joins from Molson Coors Beverage Company.
Paget commented: “Strengthening our management team with the appointment of two highly experienced industry specialists, in Martin and Adam, will ensure we have the very best talent and experience to build our advisory service proposition over the long-term.
“Their appointments, alongside that of Andrew Horan, who joined at the end of last year as Senior Manager, form part of our continuing investment in talent in areas that allow us to best support our clients, maximise our value and protect the future sustainability of the business. Martin and Adam will play an important role in supporting how we deliver an innovative service proposition to clients in the fast-paced world of supply chain operations.”
The duo are joined by Paul Hope, who has been appointed as a Director in the Forensic and Valuations Services (FAVS) team. Paul specialises in insurance matters, disputes and deals, with a focus on increasing, protecting and recovering value for clients, as well as developing and advising them on the strategies needed to achieve such aims. He joins BDO following a 10-month career break.
Paul’s arrival follows the appointment of John Rouse as Partner in the FAVs team and the promotion of Sannan Khan to the same role at the end of 2022.
Kyla Bellingall, Regional Managing Partner at BDO in the Midlands, commented: “We’re delighted to welcome Paul, Martin and Adam to the Midlands team. They bolster areas of client businesses that are rapidly expanding and showing significant growth potential, both regionally and nationally.
“It’s essential that we have the right people in place to help drive our ambitions, and their appointments once again reiterate our commitment to investing in the best regional talent at every level of our business – both internally and externally.”
