FD Forum: New Labour Government’s first budget: Immediate expert insights on the recruitment sector

Jamie Cassell

Head of the Recruitment Sector Group, Saffery Champness

Jamie joined Saffery Champness’ Business Advisory Group in 2014, after spending the majority of his career at a top six accountancy firm. Throughout his career, he has worked with highly skilled entrepreneurs of owner-managed businesses, as well as venture capital and private equity backed companies, international groups and AIM listed companies.

Jamie’s priority is to provide exceptional client service and ensure that he and his team deliver on this all year round. He builds close relationships with his clients and meets with them regularly to discuss commercial and strategic developments, as well as identifying and addressing key issues that will help the companies continue to grow and develop.

He has experience of dealing with a wide range of UK GAAP/US GAAP and IFRS technical issues, as well as assisting on acquisitions and disposals of businesses through transactional support services.

Jamie’s clients have come from a wide range of sectors that include technology, media and telecoms, manufacturing, retail and recruitment. A number of his audit clients have been in the technology sector, where he has helped companies grow from start-ups to strong established businesses.

Through leading the audit of a number of international groups, he has gained experience of dealing with international offices and overseas matters in countries such as USA, Germany and Czech Republic.

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William Hobbs

Head of Multi-Asset Wealth, Barclays UK Wealth Management

William Hobbs joined Barclays in October 2005, and is the Head of UK Multi-Asset Wealth Team for Barclays Private Bank & Wealth Management. William leads the team focussed on the core aspects of the Investment offering, setting the BUK Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA), Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA), Investment Philosophy and delivering Investment content. The CIO Team is the home of investment decisions which form and deliver our best thinking portfolios.

Prior to becoming The Head of UK Multi-Asset, William held the position of Chief Investment Officer for Barclays UK Wealth Management, a position he held from December 2018.

William is a fellow of the Securities Institute and has close to 20 years of experience in the financial sector. He has Masters degrees in International Business and Economic Development from Birkbeck, University of London and Economic History from LSE. He is also a Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst. William is a frequent contributor of economic and capital market’s insight to Bloomberg, CNBC and various other media outlets.

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