New head of tax charged with doubling revenue to £1 billion

New Azets tax leader Amy Buckley is taking charge of a 120-strong tax team including Gloucester and Evesham with a mission to double total revenue to create a £1 billion firm by 2027.

In her new role, Amy will lead the tax service line across Azets’ central and west region, which covers 16 offices including Birmingham, Blandford Forum, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Evesham, Gloucester, Launceston, Nottingham, Plymouth, South Molton, Tamworth, Truro, Stourbridge, Swansea, and Wolverhampton.

Having been with Azets since 2022, Amy has over 20 years’ of experience working with clients in inheritance tax, trusts and succession, compliance, profit extraction, property portfolios, capital gains tax and residence and domiciled issues.

Previously private client tax partner at the firm, Amy is based across Azets’ South Wales offices.

On her appointment, Amy said: 'I’m delighted to be taking on the role of head of tax for central and west and to lead our 120-strong tax team in the region.

'With specialists across all areas of tax and a commitment to continuing to provide the very best client service, I'm excited about the future of tax in our region.'

Regional managing director of Azets Central and West, Richard Goddard, added: 'Despite the challenging economic background, as a region, we continue to go from strength to strength thanks to a collaborative approach from our teams and clients.

'The appointment of Amy reflects our commitment to support our ongoing growth, so we can continue to meet the needs of our expanding business. I look forward to working with Amy closely, alongside our team of talented partners and directors, to continue to grow our service offering to the benefit of our clients and teams.'

Azets is an international outsourcing, compliance, and advisory group that covers accounting, tax, audit, advisory, people, and technology. Azets Group has 88 offices in the UK and 189 across Europe. Its entire team of 8,200 support more than 100,000 clients.

In the UK, Azets is a top 10 accountancy firm and employs more than 3,800 people, with 90 offices nationwide.