Chairman hands over the reins at regional accountancy firm Forrester Boyd

After 4 years at the helm, David Everatt is handing over the chairman reins to partner Mike Beckett.

David Everatt has served his 4 year term as Chairman of Forrester Boyd, one of the largest and progressive accountancy firms in the region. During this time, David has led the firm through some very memorable times.

Speaking of his time as Chairman, David said “We had a number of partners nearing retirement age. The careful management and transition of their departure as well as progressing 9 new partners through the ranks has been an interesting challenge and one that has not only added to the number of partners that we now have but has also brought the average age of our partners down considerably.  This reflects the firm’s philosophy for growing and nurturing our own talent.

The firm has grown year on year attracting more clients and delivering more services to existing clients. This led to the firm looking to promote some of its senior staff into partner positions to ensure it can continue to deliver its ‘partner-led’ service to clients more effectively.

David has also managed the firm through the progression and development of its Wealth Management services. The wealth management arm was integrated into the Forrester Boyd brand in 2019 and has continued to go from strength to strength, seeing it ranked 3^rd in the Financial Times Top 100 Financial Advisory firms in 2020.

2020 then saw David steer the firm through the Covid-19 pandemic. In the midst of this, he also drove the acquisition of Hull based accountancy firm Graybrowne forward.

David Everatt (L) and Mike Beckett (R)

Mike is looking forward to working closely with the partnership team and with Kevin Hopper, Managing Partner, to help shape the future direction and development of the firm.

Mike said, “We need to continue to be agile and to adapt our services to meet the changing needs of our clients. It will be very interesting to help shape the strategy of the firm to ensure we continue to be ahead of the curve and deliver exceptional services for our clients whilst continuing to mentor and develop our staff internally. The business landscape has changed in so many ways, we need to ensure that we stay at the sharp end and establish new services and solutions to continue to deliver the very best business advisory and support services to our clients.”