He joins from Sutton Coldfield-based Henwood Court Financial Planning where he was a Chartered Financial Planner.

He focuses on working with senior executives, business owners and professionals, and is a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society.

Mr Kirby is a keen sportsman, playing football, tennis and golf as well as enjoying sailing and skiing. Some of his achievements include representing the Edgbaston Priory Tennis Club Men’s 3rd Team, completing a half marathon and being the University of Birmingham’s 1st Team Football Captain.

He will be based at Evelyn Partners’ Birmingham office at 103 Colmore Row.

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Niraj Vyas, managing partner at Evelyn Partners said: “I am looking forward to working with Declan as we continue our expansion across the region to make the most of the many opportunities we have. I have no doubt Declan will play a critical and pivotal part in this.”

Declan Kirby said: “I look forward to providing service and advice to clients with the support of an established, progressive, and highly-reputable organisation.”

Evelyn Partners was created following the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson in 2020. It has £59.1billion of assets under management (as at 31 December 2023) and is the seventh largest UK accountancy firm ranked by fee income (source: Accountancy Age 50+50 rankings, 2023).

It has a network of offices across 30 towns and cities in the UK, as well as the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands.

Gross inflows to the firm climbed 50% to £2.1bn in Q4 2023, according to a trading update published last week.

Full year operating income rose 14.6% to £183.2 million (2022: £159.8 million).

During 2023 the firm acquired four accountancy and tax advisory firms including in Q4 the acquisitions of Creaseys in Tunbridge Wells and Harwood Hutton in Beaconsfield.