Director promotion at Garbutt + Elliott

Yorkshire accounting, consulting and auditing firm Garbutt + Elliott has promoted a new technical and innovation director.
Alex Hird has worked for Garbutt + Elliott for over 12 years and has technical accounting experience with a wide variety of companies under IFRS and UK GAAP including acquisition and fair value accounting, GAAP conversions , systems automation and data analytics, as well as the firm’s legal industry leader.
The tech and innovation team has grown over the past 18 months to include ten specialists who have participated in a number of large-scale Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) across the country, as well as development projects. accounting valuation and data analysis.
Russell Turner, Managing Partner at Garbutt + Elliott, said: âAlex’s appointment is well deserved. He works hard, is forward thinking and genuinely cares about his customers. These attributes are the foundation of our success at Garbutt + Elliott and help us make a real difference to our customers.
“By investing in our people and developing future talent, we are ensuring the future success of the company while improving our customer offering.”
Alex Hird, CTO and Innovation at Garbutt + Elliott, added: âThis is a natural step forward for me and I will use my technical accounting and consulting experience to help companies implement simple financial solutions. and accessible and sound financial reports.
âThe team and I are passionate about the quality of financial reporting and work hard to gain a thorough understanding of each client’s business. As a result, we are often seen as an âextra memberâ of an internal finance team. “
Garbutt + Elliott has offices in Leeds and York, employing 205 people, including 15 partners.