Kroll appoints six managing directors in London and Manchester

Global consulting group Kroll has appointed six new Managing Director in the UK across its offices in London and Manchester.

With nearly 5,000 professionals in 30 countries, Kroll is one of the globe’s larger consulting firms. The firm support clients across the areas of corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, investigations, restructuring, cyber security, legal and business solutions, data analytics and regulatory compliance.

In the United Kingdom, the following senior professionals have been appointed a Managing Director: 

Eddie Bines is part of the Global Restructuring Advisory practice. He has more than 25 years of corporate restructuring and advisory experience and specialises in delivering global and UK-centric legal entity rationalisation, managing the wind down of businesses and implementing solvent reorganisation projects.

Martin Gray is part of the Global Restructuring Advisory practice. He has over 11 years of financial and business advisory experience and specialises in providing restructuring and turnaround advice to corporates, creditors, sponsors and other key stakeholders. 

James Saunders is part of the Global Restructuring Advisory practice and is a licensed insolvency practitioner with 20 years of experience working with banks, asset-based lenders, private equity funds and corporates. He specialises in advising businesses that are facing financial challenges and has led high profile engagements across a number of sectors, including automotive, manufacturing and retail.

Michael Lennon has over 13 years of experience in the Global Restructuring Advisory practice. His role spans both the advisory and the formal restructuring sides of the business, working with a variety of stakeholders to advise upon and execute solvent and formal restructuring alternatives.

Oliver Stern is part of the Business Intelligence and Investigations practice and head of the London Business Intelligence team, leading a variety of investigations for corporations and financial institutions and their advisers. A specialist in sub-Saharan Africa, his work focuses on detailed pre-transactional due diligence, market entry strategy, competitor intelligence, dispute advisory and internal corruption and bribery investigations.

Thomas Hollobone is part of the Compliance Risk and Diligence practice and specialises in advising on and executing pre-transactional due diligence on targets in various sectors and industries, with a special focus on the renewable energy industry and ethical investing. He has extensive experience implementing third-party screening programs and assisting large multinational companies in setting up and maintaining robust anti-bribery procedures.

Kroll is the parent company of Duff & Phelps, a global consultancy focusing on governance, risk, and transparency.