French Duncan appoints senior manager to business recovery department

Scots accountancy firm French Duncan has appointed Judith Howson, former assistant director at Deloitte, as a senior manager in its Business Recovery and Insolvency Services department.

Joint Insolvency Examination Board (JIEB) qualified Howson, who will be based at French Duncan’s Hamilton office, said: “I’m delighted to join French Duncan’s Business Recovery team and look forward to working alongside my colleagues to advise our burgeoning client base of small, medium and large businesses facing financial or strategic challenges at various stages of their business lifecycle.”

Eileen Blackburn, partner and head of Business Recovery and Insolvency, said: “I’m very pleased to welcome Judith to our Business Recovery group. She brings unrivalled enthusiasm and is a very experienced insolvency manager, so we feel very fortunate to have secured her for French Duncan.

“Judith’s appointment underlines the importance placed by the firm on the provision of an exceptional business recovery and insolvency service to our clients and her experience adds to the existing strengths of our business recovery team.”