EY has appointed Ed Bujok-Stone as Head of Financial Services Advisory and Raj Saundh as Head of Actuarial, as the firm continues to expand its Financial Services (FS) business in Bristol and across the South West and Wales region.

Ed will lead EY’s FS Advisory practice across the South West and Wales – a team that has grown from five to 30 people in three years, with plans to grow to 100 by 2020. Ed specialises in helping clients with risk management, modelling and pricing processes. Ed also holds the role of Chief Innovation Officer for EY in the South West and Wales, leading the research and development of new technology, and helping insurance companies and banks use technology to embrace an ever evolving business environment.

Raj will lead EY’s FS Actuarial practice across the South West and Wales – a team that has grown to 20 people in three years, with plans to grow by half again by 2020. Raj specialises in advising clients on capital management and optimisation, adherence to financial and regulatory standards and business transformation.

These two appointments are in addition to Robin Enstone, who was appointed to Associate Partner within the South West and Wales’ rapidly expanding assurance FS practice earlier in the year.

Andy Blackmore, Managing Partner of EY’s Financial Services practice for the South West and Wales comments

: “Congratulations to Ed, Raj and Robin on their recent promotions - it is great to be able to promote home grown talent. We have ambitious plans to grow our Financial Services team in Bristol, demonstrating our commitment to supporting the thriving financial services sector across the South West and Wales region. They will have important roles to play in leading our teams and assisting our clients and I look forward to continuing to work with them in the future as we look to double our team by 2020.”

EY employs 350 people across the South West and Wales, based in the firm’s Bristol office at The Paragon, Counterslip.