Accounting and business advisory firm HURST has strengthened its corporate finance and business services teams with two appointments.
Abigail Kelly has joined HURST Corporate Finance as a manager and Liam Victoros has joined the business services team as an associate manager. Both have moved from roles in London.
Previously, Abigail was an associate director in the corporate finance team at investment bank and advisory firm Cavendish.
She has extensive experience in regulatory advisory and transactional work, including public-to-private takeovers, IPOs, acquisitions, fundraises and complex corporate structures.
Abigail joined Cavendish in 2021 from BDO, where she trained and qualified as a chartered accountant and became a senior auditor focused on banking, alternative finance and financial services.
Liam has moved from Saffery, which he joined in 2023 as a fully-qualified senior auditor and was promoted to assistant manager last April, with a specialist focus on the audits of film, TV and video game companies.
HURST Corporate Finance’s team of M&A experts, supported by the wider firm’s business services, tax and digital teams, focuses on advising owner-managed companies and entrepreneurs on acquisitions, sales, debt funding and private equity investments with transaction values of between £5m and £30m.
The business services team, which carries out audit, compliance, strategic advisory, outsourcing and business planning work for a growing national client base, is the largest at HURST with over 70 staff.
HURST specialises in advising three core client segments – owner-managed businesses, private equity-backed enterprises and UK subsidiaries of overseas parent companies.
Clients include S.J.M Concerts, Kinaxia Logistics, M&I Materials, Beechfield Brands, Duerr’s, Oliver Valves, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Krones UK, Creamline Dairies, Scapa Group and Hyde Group.
Significant recent client wins include Metalor Technologies, beauty brand REFY, the Rugby Football League and Green Part Specialists.
HURST partner and director of practice development Simon Brownbill said: “Abigail and Liam bring valuable experience from larger firms and the London market, and their arrival further strengthen two key teams within the firm.
“Their appointments are great examples of the calibre of people we continue to attract as we grow.”
HURST has been recognised by Great Place to Work as one of the UK’s best workplaces in consulting and professional services.
The Stockport-headquartered practice recently became part of the Dains Group, a national accountancy and business advisory firm which operates from 30 locations across the UK and Ireland, further strengthening the resources and expertise available to support clients across the UK and internationally.
