Accounting and advisory agency William Buck has appointed Adam Kirkwood-Scott as its new managing accomplice for Victoria – persevering with a big nation-wide management transition.
Kirkwood-Scott joined William Buck as a accomplice in 2011, and now boasts greater than three a long time {of professional} expertise. He replaces Lindsay Holloway, who turns into govt chair after 18 years within the managing accomplice function.
For the reason that center of final 12 months, William Buck’s branches in New South Wales, Western Australia, and South Australia have all carried out handovers on the prime, the predecessors’ tenures all starting from between near twenty years to greater than three.
“Adam has persistently demonstrated his alignment with our William Buck values and dedication to our shoppers and our agency. His excellent management expertise and demonstrated expertise in driving enterprise progress make Adam the correct individual to steer William Buck Victoria into the longer term,” said Holloway, who added that the pair would now work carefully collectively to make sure a clean transition.
Holloway transitions into the newly-created govt chair function after main William Buck as managing director in Melbourne since 2006, together with in the course of the reestablishment of the native department after earlier defections. His affiliation with the agency goes again additional nonetheless, as a director of native merger accomplice Webb Group and predecessor Callaway & Hecht for over a decade and a half.
“I want to thank Lindsay for his exceptional contribution to main the workforce during the last 18 years and sit up for our persevering with relationship,” Kirkwood-Scott stated upon his appointment. “I’d additionally prefer to share my deep appreciation for the belief the companions have positioned in me, and am assured that we’ll proceed to construct upon the robust basis which has been laid.”
Since becoming a member of William Buck, Kirkwood-Scott has targeted on offering specialist tax advisory to SME shoppers. Along with his skilled expertise, he additionally serves as a board member of the Victorian Jockeys’ Affiliation and was former vp of the Victorian Newbie Soccer Affiliation (VAFA), the latter which has a long-running partnership with William Buck.
In a string of regional management transitions, Kirkwood-Scott follows Greg Travers (NSW), Conley Manifis (WA), and Adrian Chugg (SA), who’ve all taken over from firm stalwarts since final July, whereas NZ managing director Darren Wright additionally stepped up firstly of final 12 months. Of the remaining previous guard, Queensland boss Junaide Latif has solely been within the function since 2017.