Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has appointed Eoin Gribben as a Business Transformation Director in Manchester, as part of the firm’s growing national consulting team.

Eoin’s strategic hire brings over 13 years of experience, having spent the last 10 years in deal advisory working with large corporates and private equity companies across a range of industries.

He joins RSM UK from KPMG where he had spent his career to date.

Eoin specialises in technology due diligence and complex divestment programmes, helping businesses leverage technology to enhance their business value and manage risk during all stages of a deal.

 At RSM UK, one of Eoin’s key leadership areas will be to lead the Business Transformation team’s technology deal services area, which includes due diligence, integration and separation support, strategy and value creation, and risk and cost reduction solutions.

 Eoin Gribben, Director at RSM UK, said: “It’s brilliant to have joined RSM UK at such an exciting time.

“There is so much opportunity to help businesses better articulate and realise the value of their technology.

“I’m looking forward to taking our technology due diligence and advisory services to the next level, bringing the best of our experienced and authentic advice to our clients, and establishing RSM UK as the leading technology adviser in the middle market.”

Joel Segal, partner and head of Business Transformation at RSM UK, said: “Eoin brings a wealth of experience to our business transformation offering and he will play a key role leading our technology due diligence and advisory services.

“This is necessary for many of our clients looking to evolve their digital, data and risk capabilities, especially in the deal context, and I’m excited to see Eoin and the team help our clients assess and implement new technologies to support their strategic business needs.”

RSM UK is an audit, tax and consulting firm to the middle market with 5,420 partners and staff operating from 31 locations throughout the UK, including one in Preston.