Katherine Reid named director in Oxford office of Grant Thornton

Enterprise and monetary adviser Grant Thornton has promoted Katherine Reid to tax director at its Oxford office. She brings over 17 years of expertise to the function.

With roots again to 1904, Grant Thornton’s Oxford office is an element of the Thames Valley and Southampton workplaces. Collectively, that community employs over 280 consultants – with earlier reviews having said round 100 of these had been in Oxford. The agency provides audit, tax and advisory options to enterprise and their administration groups throughout the area.

Katherine Reid first joined Grant Thornton as a graduate in August 2008. Having spent the time since in the Thames Valley practices, she is going to proceed to work with mid-market companies throughout the south – significantly the Oxfordshire area’s science, know-how and different IP-rich industries.

“This promotion marks an essential step in my profession at Grant Thornton – from beginning out as a graduate to now getting into the function of director,” mentioned Reid. “The agency’s tradition of help and its give attention to growing folks have been central to my progress. Mid-market companies typically want recommendation that’s each sensible and forward-thinking – tailor-made to the place they’re now but in addition aligned with their future ambitions.”

Her shoppers typically embody fast-growing companies that face intricate tax conditions and require sensible, real-time help. Wanting forward, Reid mentioned that whether or not her work concerned growth planning, managing tax threat, or preparing for funding or sale, her purpose stays serving to these shoppers to “keep compliant, agile and primed for progress.”

Hazel Platt, head of tax at Grant Thornton UK, added, “Katherine’s promotion displays each her distinctive technical experience and her capacity to construct sturdy, trusted relationships with shoppers. Her sensible strategy, mixed together with her tutorial mindset, makes her uniquely positioned to help the advanced wants of rising mid-market companies. This appointment underscores our continued funding in growing senior expertise and increasing our tax advisory providers throughout the south.”