Deloitte has made 18 senior promotions across its North West offices, comprising four new Partners and fourteen Directors.

The newly appointed Partners are Helen Cutting in Risk Advisory and Stephane Laffly, Dean Lonsdale and Alan Simpson who all work within the Consulting arm of the firm. All four Partners will be based in Deloitte’s Manchester office.

Having spent almost 17 years’ at Deloitte, Helen will now lead the firm’s Risk Advisory practice in the region. She has extensive experience in technology risk and internal controls, advising both corporate and public sector organisations to tackle the ever-increasing risks around technology and data.

The other Partner promotions are the latest step in Deloitte’s plans to grow its Consulting business across the North as it looks to create a further 200 jobs in the region in this area over the next three to four years. The expansion is being led by Richard Bray, a Partner who relocated from London last year.

Having joined the Deloitte Consulting team in 2008, Stephane is an expert in public sector procurement and supply chain. Meanwhile, Dean has been with the firm for four years, after spending over 15 years working at technology giants Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM. Alan joined Deloitte in 2016, having previously spent 18 years in the technology consulting team at Accenture.

Across the practice, the highest number of new Directors is within Tax, with Hannah Townsend, Mo Undre, Kym Handbridge, Chris Brady, Alex Hall and Eleanor Caine all being promoted. There are two promotions in both Audit and Financial Advisory, with Natalie Maguire and Larry Rhodes in the former and Nick Sands and Dan Murphy in the latter. The remaining Director promotions all come from within Consulting and comprise Matthew Clark, Michelle Jermy, Richard Cole and Rob Machin.

Andy Westbrook, Practice Senior Partner for Deloitte in the North West, said:

“We are absolutely delighted to announce these senior promotions. Each one is richly deserved and marks a tremendous milestone in the career of the individuals involved.

The investment we continue to make in the region is significant, as evidenced not only by these promotions but also by those that have happened over the past couple of years. The talent within our North West team is exceptional, and these promotions further bolster the strength and depth of our expertise in the region. Huge congratulations to all those who have been promoted.”