Lesley Averell new Director for KPMG in the Channel Islands

Lesley Averell has been promoted to Director of KPMG in the Channel Islands.

Miss Averell qualified with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland at PwC in Belfast before moving to KPMG in Jersey in 2002. She specialises in banking and various investment funds including real estate, mezzanine and debt funds and has worked on a wide range of KPMG clients throughout her career.

The wealth of experience Miss Averell has gained within these sectors will form a large part of her role as a Director in the firm's audit business, as well as having responsibility for a broader financial services portfolio. Her role will extend into helping grow the business as well as the training and development of staff, something she particularly enjoyed in her previous role as Audit Department Senior Manager.

Miss Averell, a chartered accountant whose career has involved time on secondment to the Jersey Financial Services Commission, said her new position will provide her with some interesting challenges. “I am most looking forward to the variety within my new role and the challenges this will bring. I also look forward to working with my fellow directors on driving the growth of the business and on building on the success of KPMG's Channel Island practice.”

Jason Laity, Managing Director of the Channel Islands firm said: “We welcome Lesley to our team of directors at a time when the industry she specialises in is adapting to an incredible amount of change. Lesley's experience and insights will be invaluable in helping our clients cut through the complexity of those changes.”