South West accountancy group PKF Francis Clark has made two senior appointments as it continues to grow its Bristol office.
Audit partner Paul Putnam and corporate tax senior manager Rob Meredith have joined the office, which PKF opened last year to fill what it saw as a gap in the market.
Paul, pictured right, joins from BDO UK’s Bristol office, where he spent just over three years as director of business assurance. Prior to that he spent nearly 13 years at Grant Thornton and also worked at Big Four firm Deloitte.
Rob, pictured below, arrives at PKF from Saffery Champness, where he held the position of senior tax manager in its London office.
He worked for two Big Four firms – PwC and EY in his case – in a number of senior roles, including business development manager, corporate tax manager and manager of global compliance and reporting.
PKF Bristol managing partner Mike Lea said: “Paul is a highly skilled and respected auditor and Rob is experienced in helping businesses across a wide range of sectors to manage and structure their tax affairs efficiently.
“They both share our ethos of putting clients first and coming up with inventive solutions to problems, so we’re delighted to welcome them to the team.”
Paul Putnam said PKF Francis Clark was well known across the South West as a trusted adviser to entrepreneurial businesses. 
“I’m excited to join a team of enthusiastic and energetic people who thrive on helping clients to achieve their ambitions,” he added.
Rob Meredith said: “It’s a fantastic time to be joining PKF Francis Clark’s Bristol team and I’m really excited about leveraging the firm’s impressive reputation to grow its presence in one of the UK’s fastest-growing cities.”
PKF, which has annual revenues of £48m, employs more than 750 people and nearly 60 partners across its offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.
It opened its Bristol office a year ago with former Smith & Williamson Bristol office senior partner Mike Lea at the helm.
At the time the firm said it hoped the office would fill a growing gap in the market and by supporting mid-sized companies from family businesses through to those listed on the London Stock Exchanges Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
