New appointment

Announcement

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Managing Partner
Jonathan Leong (pictured right) has been appointed as Managing Partner at Grant Thornton effective 1 April 2008. He has taken over from Gabriel Azedo (left) who will assume a full time position on Grant Thornton International¡¦s Global Leadership Board responsible for the member firm network.

Jonathan was the Head of Audit Practice specialised in assurance and business advisory services and also played the role of Staff Partner responsible for human resources affairs before assuming his office of Managing Partner at Grant Thornton.

Prior to joining the Firm in 1993, Jonathan practised in South Africa. He is a Certified Public Accountant (Practising) in Hong Kong, with extensive experience in dealing with a wide range of Hong Kong based companies, from small local entrepreneurial organisations to large international trading and manufacturing companies, as well as companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He also provides support to companies from business planning and implementation to the raising of finance, and assists clients with corporate advisory matters such as public company flotation, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence reviews and corporate restructuring.

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Managing Partner - China Practice
Desmond Yuen has been appointed as Managing Partner of China Practice. In his position, Desmond will be in charge of the management and operation of Grant Thornton¡¦s offices in mainland China.