Regional Accountancy firm promotes more homebred talent

Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants is delighted to announce the promotion of four of its home-grown accountants. Alex Shreeve and Katie Reeson celebrate being promoted to manager positions, whilst Amelia Jacklin and James Sykes celebrate becoming assistant managers.

Carrie Jensen, partner and HR lead for the firm said, “We are delighted to be able to promote four of our accountants into management roles. They all started their careers with Forrester Boyd on our training programme. These promotions reflect the success of our training and how we help our staff to continually develop in their career paths.”

Alex Shreeve joined the firm in 2009 and became an assistant manager in 2018. This promotion to manager sees him take the next step in his career, sharing his time between the firms’ Grimsby and Scunthorpe offices. When not at work, you can normally find Alex getting involved in some kind of sporting activity, whether football, golf, cricket or anything else he can find time to get involved in.

Katie Reeson has also been promoted to manager. Katie works in the firms’ Louth office having joined in 2015. She has built in-depth knowledge and expertise in the Academies and Charities sectors. Katie manages a wide portfolio of clients working particularly closely with Chief Financial Officers and School Business Managers. Another keen fitness fanatic, when not at work or in the gym, Katie enjoys travelling and visiting new places on holiday.

Celebrating promotion to Assistant Manager is James Sykes. Based in the Scunthorpe office James joined as a trainee accountant in 2017 going on to qualify in 2021. James has a particular interest in personal tax planning and VAT. James is another keen sportsman in his spare time.  Rounding up the promotions is Amelia Jacklin. Amelia who is based in the firms’ Louth office has been promoted to assistant manager. She joined in 2016 originally working in the Grimsby office. Amelia later moved to the Louth office, qualifying in 2021. She works with a wide portfolio of clients from individuals through to partnerships and companies. Outside of work Amelia loves to explore new cities and going on road cycling trips, as well as spending time with family and friends.

Carrie continued, “These achievements are just another example of the success in our strategy in recruiting and developing local and home grown talent.  I myself, like most of the partners in the firm, started on Forrester Boyd’s trainee accountancy programme so it is great to see even more of our talent progressing internally with their careers.”

Forrester Boyd is one of the leading independent chartered accountancy practices in Lincolnshire and the Humber region, with 16 partners and over 150 staff based at offices at Grimsby, Louth, Scunthorpe, Skegness, Beverley and Hull.