William Buck recruits director

Accounting and wealth advisory firm William Buck has hired Michael Rees-Evans to help drive the firm's talent development program.

Rees-Evans joins from efs where has served as a director for five years following the merger of Libertas Wealth Consulting and EFS Wealth in 2017.

Previously, he worked at Libertas for ten years as a director and at The Trust company for the three years before that as general manager of private clients.

Earlier, Rees-Evans was a practice manager and financial planner at Hillross, a financial services manager at Accenture, and a management consultant at PwC.

"We've always had a focus on developing our internal talent which culminated in our Training Academy launched three years ago," said William Buck head Scott Girdlestone.

"With his background in management consulting together with a passion for continuous improvement, Michael will bring energy and different strategic thinking to our business."

Girdleston also said the appointment represents another step in the firm's strategic goal of supporting the middle market through a complete suite of quality professional services.

"To deliver what's important to the client from a non-financial perspective, you need to employ a range of strategies such as maximising after-tax cashflow, structuring of assets to ensure efficient ownership, wealth accumulation strategies, and asset protection," he said.

Rees-Evans said the move to William Buck, which has more than $4 billion worth of investments, will allow him to focus on his passions of educating and mentoring.

"I'm excited to immerse myself in the business and work with their advisors to help these high performers reach their full potential."

As a member of Praxity Alliance, the world's largest alliance of independent accounting firms, William Buck is supported by an extensive global network, with access to more than 51,000 professionals in over 110 countries.