• Over 50-strong team People Advisory Services team across the North West

• Lateral hires from Deloitte, Bentley Motors and RBS

EY has made a raft of senior appointments to its People Advisory Services (PAS) team in Manchester, to support the continued growth of the practice.

As well as three managerial appointments and one internal appointment, two new graduates have also taken up permanent positions at the firm, taking headcount of the PAS team to over 50 people and underlining EY’s commitment to investing in growth across the North West.

Rachel Akili joins the Manchester PAS team as manager in the workforce advisory talent team, from Bentley Motors where she was a lead workforce development specialist.

Iain Chadwick also joins as a manager from Deloitte and will focus on the Manchester market, specialising in global mobility and expatriate tax.

Louise Lucas takes up a senior consultant role, also specialising in global mobility and reward. Louise previously held similar positions at RBS and the British Council and brings a wealth of experience around mobility challenges and processes.

In addition to these three new appointments, Jonathan Teoh has been seconded to the Manchester team from EY in London. He will be working as a manager in the national minimum wage team, supporting on a broad range of clients.

The PAS team also welcomes two new graduates, Josh Hunter and Robert Paunas, who will specialise in global mobility working with private mid-market clients. Josh graduated from the University of Glasgow this summer after undertaking EY’s summer internship programme at its Glasgow office in 2018. Robert joins EY after completing his degree in economics at Manchester University and an internship at BMW.

Cara Heaney, Partner in the People Advisory Team across the North, said:

“It’s fantastic to see the PAS team continue to grow here in the North, and I’m confident each of these new additions will add to the significant talent and experience already within the team.

“This is an exciting period of growth for advisory services, across the North and this latest investment will further ensure that we are able to meet our clients’ growing needs and provide them with the best possible advice.”

EY’s latest annual results showed it had increased its UK revenues by a steady 1.5% and hired over 2,600 people during it most recent financial year. By prioritising investment in the firm’s regional business and its graduate programme, graduate intake across the North West has risen by 25% in the last year and headcount a has increased to over 700.

This year EY was also ranked in the top 35 of the Best Companies to Work For in the North West 2019.

EY’s multidisciplinary People Advisory Services team looks at complex issues relating to organisation transformation, end-to-end employee lifecycles, effective talent deployment and mobility, gaining value from evolving and virtual workforces, and the changing role of HR.