Grant Thornton UK Picks Chief Operating Officer Gomersall as CEO

Grant Thornton said Monday that it had appointed chief operating officer Malcolm Gomersall as its UK CEO, following the surprise departure of David Dunckley earlier this month.

Partners elected Gomersall to head the country’s sixth-largest accounting firm for an initial three-year term subject to regulatory approval. He had been running the firm on a day-to-day basis after the resignation of Dunckley, who became CEO in 2018 but left the role close to three years before his second term in office was due to end in 2026.

Dunckley had grown the UK firm’s revenues but had made controversial comments about the ...