Round of promotions across PM+M

By Dan Clough

20 Oct 2026

Pmm Promotions October 26

Chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning group PM+M, based in Blackburn, has announced a series of promotions.

The audit, accounting and advisory team has seen the largest number of promotions. Lyndsey Higham, Dylan Howorth, Afeefah Panchbhaya, Benedict Smith and Thomas Swain have all been promoted to senior adviser with Zain Akhtar and Zain Shahzad progressing to adviser and Jack Groundwater becoming supervisor.

Chelsea Harrison has been promoted to assistant manager while Humaira Munshi, Dawn Wood and Becky Nuttall have progressed to manager. Beth Lord has been promoted to senior manager, reflecting her success in managing and developing her client portfolio.

Anya Holden, who works within PM+M’s cloud accounting team, has also been promoted to assistant manager.

In the tax team, Mark Richmond has been promoted to senior manager recognising his success in developing the firm’s corporate tax compliance service, while Maddie Bolton has progressed to supervisor.

Helen Clayton, managing partner, said: “These promotions reflect not only the value they bring to PM+M and our clients, but also the progress they have made in developing their own careers.

"Supporting our people to grow and take on new opportunities is really important to us, so it is great to see people at different stages of their careers taking that next step. Congratulations to everyone promoted.”

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