Smith & Williamson appoints EY's Cooney as partner

Re-joins company

Smith & Williamson has appointed John Cooney, formerly at EY, as a partner in the firm.

Cooney (pictured) re-joins the company after ten years as a partner at EY, where he specialised in advising entrepeneurs, entertainers, media clients, and sports people in all aspects of their private tax and business affairs. He said: "I am thrilled to re-join the talented group of individuals at Smith & Williamson, where the focus on servicing the entirety of an entrepreneurial clients' needs is the cornerstone of the culture. Ashburton poaches S&W's Kemp to head up UK wholesale "The breadth of tax knowledge in the team is second to none and the firm's ability to bring investment...