This week's London appointments

David Hudson and Simon Longfield, FRP

Specialist business advisory firm FRP has announced the appointment of two new partners to its London office.

David Hudson and Simon Longfield both join FRP’s restructuring advisory practice and collectively bring more than 50 years’ experience to the firm.

David, who also joins the firm as the location director for London, has expertise across restructuring and financial markets having been an equity partner and London head of insolvency at Baker Tilly until 2012.

Since then, he has held a number of senior roles in industry and most recently has worked as an independent consultant, assisting on the London Capital & Finance PLC fraud case.

David said: “Over the last six years I’ve spent a significant amount of time working with stakeholders to bring people together and drive growth, and that’s something I’m really looking forward to bringing to FRP.

“The team in London is dynamic and the type of appointments the restructuring team is getting mandates for is a clear indication of the firm’s direction of travel.

“Not only is FRP a great business, it has a strong, connected team and a brilliant culture.

“I can’t wait to get started so together we can drive the business forward in a manner that exceeds the expectation of all stakeholders, across all service lines.”

Simon is a turnaround specialist and for the last four years has acted as an independent consultant to support businesses facing financial difficulties and advise on strategic transformation projects.

Prior to this, he spent 22 years working on consensual restructuring and turnaround assignments, which included a number of complex engagements throughout the UK and internationally for secured lender groups and other financial stakeholders.

Simon commented: “FRP has a fantastic reputation in the market and to be joining such a highly-regarded, experienced team is a great opportunity.

“Several former colleagues now work at FRP so in many ways it won’t be like starting a new role, and I’m looking forward to working together again so we can better support clients across the UK and continue to drive forward the growth of the business.”

Britt Endemann, Forensic Risk Alliance

Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA), has announced the appointment of Britt Endemann as chief technology officer.

Britt will be responsible for ensuring technology is fully integrated and aligned with the business strategy, and that FRA remains nimble and highly secure when quickly and efficiently delivering data-driven solutions for clients’ governance needs.

She will retain her current position as co-head of the data governance, technology solutions and forensics practice group.

Britt said: “I’m excited about this opportunity to work with senior technology and business leaders across FRA to accelerate the design, development and adoption of the latest technologies to provide a highly sophisticated offering for our clients.

“FRA Pulse, our new technology think-tank for up-and-coming tech entrepreneurs, is just one example of FRA’s dedication to advancing and accelerating the adoption of emerging technologies in order to solve the real-world business and operational challenges our clients face.”

Richard Tucker, Trident Worldwide

Trident Worldwide, the warehousing and logistics platform, has announced the appointment of Richard Tucker as vice president of sales.

Richard joins the business to continue to deliver new business channels, growing revenue from an existing customer base and developing prodigious partnership channels.

Due to rapid business growth he will also be managing and developing the new sales and account management team.

He commented: “Trident was founded on the basis of being the cutting-edge warehousing and logistics platform that’s transforming the way thousands of businesses send, store and sell, I am really looking forward to taking the business into 2021 and beyond.”

Gavin Quinn, Prologis

Prologis, a developer of industrial logistics parks, has announced the appointment of Gavin Quinn.

Gavin, a partner with Levy Real Estate in London, will join Prologis on 30 November and will help the property company continue to grow its presence in the London and South East markets.

He will work in the company’s Mayfair office.

Robin Woodbridge, head of capital deployment for Prologis in the UK, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Gavin to the team; his significant experience in different asset classes in London and the South East will further strengthen our core offering in this area, particularly through the acquisition of new opportunities.”

Sue Sharland, Gemserv

Gemserv has appointed Dr Sue Sharland as non-executive director to its board after a competitive process.

Sue’s previous experience includes senior independent NED at Connected Places Catapult and non-executive chair at HR Wallingford Group.

She commented:“I am delighted to be joining such a purpose-driven company which is helping to address today’s social and environmental challenges.

“Gemserv is working on some of the most exciting and innovative projects around, and I look forward to helping the business continue to grow and diversify.”

Meriel Lenfestey, chair of Gemserv, added: “Sue brings a wealth of senior corporate governance experience having served across public, private and not-for-profit organisations.

“She will play a key role in steering Gemserv to fulfil its purpose of making things that matter work better for everyone.”

James Sullivan, Ziglu

Ziglu, the challenger and fully FCA authorised Electronic Money Institution, has announced the appointment of James Sullivan as its chief legal officer.

James joins Ziglu from Monzo where he was head of legal and acting company secretary.

At Ziglu, his key responsibilities will include growing the team, supporting and protecting the business as it continues on its trajectory of product growth and international expansion.

James commented: “It was always going to take an exceptionally exciting opportunity to move on from Monzo.

“In the last few months Ziglu has launched its exchange and payments app, been licensed by the FCA and is knocking it out of the park with its first crowdfunding on Seedrs.

“It’s been an impressive journey in just a few months. I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Ziglu team as the business enters its high growth phase and starts to target international expansion.”

Mark Hipperson, CEO at Ziglu, said: “I am delighted to welcome James Sullivan to the Ziglu leadership team.

“He brings a wealth of experience in transformational fintech and will be integral to our international growth.

“James will be a great addition at Ziglu and we welcome him to the incredibly talented team.”

Scott Brown, FinancialForce

FinancialForce has announced the appointment of veteran sales and customer success leader Scott Brown as president and CEO.

Scott joins FinancialForce after serving as chief revenue officer for publicly-traded cloud data analytics leader Teradata.

Previously, he held global sales and customer success roles at Cisco for 22 years, and also spent 10 years running sales for ERP vendors System Software Associates and Effective Management Systems.

Scott commented: “My priorities are growth and customer success, based on my experience serving thousands of organisations of all types.

“As a customer, I saw the power of the platform and I am excited to take FinancialForce forward on its growth journey.”

Kevin Costello, chairman of the board, added: “Scott has the right experience running and scaling organisations, increasing customer success, and growing revenue, to lead FinancialForce on a decisive path forward.

“I have had the privilege of working with the strong and talented executive team and can attest that Scott is an excellent cultural fit with a focus on servant leadership and a bias for stability.”

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