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ALL CHANGE AT KPMG’S GATWICK OFFICE

KPMG UK has announced the appointment of a new office senior partner for its Gatwick office, with new office premises in the heart of Crawley, as the firm adopts more flexible working patterns.

Senda Kavindele (above) has been appointed office senior partner for the firm’s South-East operations headquartered in Crawley and took the post in March. She is the first woman to be appointed to office senior partner in the region which covers the Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and is the longest serving professional services practice in the region, having opened its first office in Brighton over three decades ago.

She will join the current senior management team of Tim Rush, Julie Wheeldon, Oliver Gale, Kathryn Mallett and Mark Cowland. On the back of the firm’s double-digit growth for the second consecutive year and continued client excellence, both Mark and Kathryn have been promoted to partners.

Mark, who has been with the local practice since 2003 will head up the tax department for the office and continue working with privately owned, listed, overseas parented and private equity-backed businesses in the region, and Kathryn leads the firm’s practice in relation to social housing where she is a tax specialist.