Mr Harrison, who brings over 22 years of experience, will work across the company’s 14 UK offices. He will be a key member of the audit team and collaborate closely with firm’s consulting specialists as the firm broadens its risk advisory and assurance services

Mr Harrison began his career at a Big Four firm before moving into banking where he was a technology leader responsible for group-wide controls assurance and regulatory compliance. He returned to accountancy to become a Big Four regional head of information risk management, leading a large UK-wide team of IT risk and audit specialists, before joining Johnston Carmichael.

His new role will involve assisting clients in addressing their technology risk, improving internal controls, and covering areas such as SOC reporting, third-party risk management, control remediation, operational resilience, and technology process improvement. His expertise in technology risk management is expected to enhance Johnston Carmichael’s audit practice and support the firm’s growth in risk and resilience services throughout the UK and beyond.

Mr Harrison said: “I’m incredibly excited to join Johnston Carmichael’s leadership team during a period of continued growth and success. Technology risk is a relatively new but very important area for the firm, and I relish the opportunity to shape the team and develop our offering in the marketplace.

“I look forward to supporting our clients with their technology needs, providing additional capabilities to our existing work and increasing the breadth of Johnston Carmichael’s service offerings across the technology risk and assurance landscape.”

Ewen Fleming, partner and head of consulting & financial services at Johnston Carmichael, said: “Stephen brings a wealth of experience in identifying and managing technology risk.

“His skills will be a significant boost to the strength and depth of our audit practice as well as key to our continued growth of our risk and resilience services across the firm’s network around the UK and beyond.

“We see this as a huge step in the right direction as we continue on our journey to help our clients strengthen their businesses and become more resilient.”