The Bristol office of management and professional services group Tilney Smith & Williamson has appointed Amanda Smith as a director in its fast-growing risk advisory practice.
Amanda, pictured, has nearly 20 years’ professional experience leading on risk, assurance, and controls transformation and has worked across a range of clients and sectors. 
Although based in Tilney Smith & Williamson’s Bristol office, she will hold a national role advising clients across the UK and overseas.
Amanda trained and qualified in accountancy group Deloitte’s risk advisory practice in Bristol before joining the National for National Statistics.
She has returned to professional services to help organisations understand the way that they leverage their people, third-party relationships, technology, data, business processes and controls to manage their corporate and strategic risks and elevate business performance.
With extensive experience of internal audit, risk, assurance and governance, Amanda has practiced delivering on all of these elements within both professional services and industry across a variety of risk advisory and head of internal audit roles.
Tilney Smith & Williamson head of risk advisory Andrew Manning said: “Amanda’s appointment is a strategic move to further enhance Tilney Smith & Williamson’s risk advisory practice.
“Her addition deepens our capabilities at a time of unprecedented challenge, while her experience and profile is a perfect match for our firm and our clients.
“Amanda’s national focus on internal audit, risk management and integrated assurance strengthens our fast-growing team and supports our ambitions to be more innovative and forward thinking for our clients.”
Amanda added: “I am really excited to be joining Tilney Smith & Williamson. Having worked in senior roles in industry for the past 10 years, I am enthusiastic about re-joining professional services with a firm which is both radical and ambitious in their insight and approach.
“I was particularly drawn to their shared values approach and focus on people, where Tilney Smith & Williamson aims to deliver a friendly, inclusive and personalised service to its clients, and seeks to build long-term sustainable relationships, something I am particularly passionate about.
“I am really looking forward to working with both existing and new clients to drive real value from their business processes, help them manage organisational risk and show senior leaders and boards how they can get insightful assurance.”
Tilney Smith & Williamson was created by the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson in September last year. It has £56bn of assets under management, making it the third largest UK wealth manager measured by revenues and the eighth largest professional services firm ranked by fee income.
It operates through three principal brands – Tilney, Smith & Williamson and online investment service Bestinvest. Its Bristol office is one of 33 across the UK, Republic of Ireland and Channel Islands.
