Bishop Fleming appoints Giles Derry as inaugural non-executive chair – Skilled Insights & Tendencies

Bishop Fleming has appointed Giles Derry as its first non-executive chair. Because the consultancy seems to develop following an injection of funds from personal fairness agency Synova, this newly created position will help the agency’s management and companion group, as Bishop Fleming seems to develop by means of M&A exercise.

Andrew Sandiford, CEO and managing companion, stated, “We’re delighted to welcome Giles as our first Non‑Govt Chair. His monitor file of scaling people-focussed, skilled providers companies, and dealing with personal‑fairness‑backed organisations, brings beneficial breadth of expertise to our Board. As we execute our progress plans, Giles’s perspective will assist guarantee we proceed to ship the trusted, private service our shoppers anticipate, whereas scaling our enterprise for the long run.”

Bishop Fleming is a UK-based audit, tax, accountancy and advisory agency. In 2025, it introduced it had taken a minority personal fairness funding from Synova that backing has uniquely enabled the agency to stay partner-owned and led, however with the extra firepower, assets and company strategy, to pursue its formidable progress plans. It now has plans to broaden quickly on the nationwide stage by means of a mix of natural progress and strategic M&A exercise.

Because the agency’s first ever non-executive chair, Derry will help the agency’s management and companion group as Bishop Fleming accelerates its ‘Higher Progress’ enterprise technique, together with M&A exercise.

A chartered accountant himself, Derry brings intensive management and funding expertise having held senior govt roles at Kroll, the worldwide monetary and danger advisory agency, most not too long ago serving on the worldwide govt workforce as President of the Danger Advisory enterprise. This adopted Kroll’s acquisition of Blackrock Professional Providers Group, the place he was CEO. Throughout his 4 years of management on the agency, the corporate additionally used personal fairness help to expertise important progress, tripling in measurement by means of a mix of natural progress and strategic acquisitions. 

Earlier in his profession, Derry additionally spent over 15 years as a personal fairness investor. This included time as a companion at Dunedin, with a give attention to scaling know-how‑enabled and enterprise providers corporations.

Derry added, “I’m delighted to be becoming a member of Bishop Fleming at this pivotal juncture of their progress. Bishop Fleming is a agency with sturdy values, spectacular momentum and clear ambition. I’m excited to help Andrew and the management workforce because the enterprise grows, deepens its capabilities and extends its attain. I stay up for working with the Companions and colleagues throughout the agency to assist form the subsequent chapter within the agency’s formidable journey.”