Accountants, business advisers and financial planners Lovewell Blake have appointed Matt Sturman a manager in the firm’s Corporate Finance department, which is responsible for handling mergers and acquisitions, company disposals, business valuations, financial modelling and due diligence. Mr Sturman joined Lovewell Blake in 2006 as an 18-year-old AAT trainee working in the firm’s Corporate Services department. He joined the Corporate Finance team in 2015. Matt Crawley, Corporate Finance partner at the firm, said, “This appointment is indicative of the growing Corporate Finance activity we are undertaking at Lovewell Blake. I am delighted that Matt has been promoted to manager, another example of one of our former trainees developing his career within the firm.”