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Margaret Ewing joins Deloitte as UK partner     Margaret Ewing is to rejoin Deloitte to lead services aimed at helping finance directors deal the professional challenges they face.        She will be a vice-chairman and will lead the Finance Director agenda, a broad range of financial, consulting and advisory services specifically     catering to the needs of Finance Directors of larger companies.    Ewing joins Deloitte from BAA where she was chief financial officer until October 2006.     Before that she was group finance director at Trinity Mirror. Ewing has also been a non-executive director at Whitbread plc since July 2005.        Ewing was a Deloitte corporate finance partner for many years before going into industry.

Amanda Clack leaves Hornagold and Hills for PwC     PricewaterhouseCoopers has recruited Amanda Clack as a partner. She will be leading the firm’s LLP consulting activity on transport and London-based initiatives.    Clack has 20 years’     consulting experience working with clients in the public and private sector on capital and organisational transformation projects. She specialises in managing and evaluating programmes of change     from a technical and people perspective.    She holds a number of responsibilities at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) including membership of the International Governing     Council. She was also RICS chairman of England and Wales between 2000 and 2003.    Clack joins PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from the consultancy Hornagold and Hills, where she led a business     unit specialising in business transformation.

PA Consulting recruits Martin Stapleton as new head of ventures     PA Consulting Group has appointed Martin Stapleton as its new head of its ventures programme, which to date has created award-winning and     job-creating new businesses, two of which were recently divested for a total realisation of some $260m.    PA's venture programme was     established in the late 1990s and has a track record of incubating new businesses that exploit PA's intellectual capital, technology and know-how.        Stapleton will lead and manage the venture programme as it enters this new phase of investment and growth. He has extensive experience in investment     management and deal making as well as operational experience within start-ups and roll-ups.

KPMG ranks among top 10 UK employers for gay and lesbian workers     Professional services firm KPMG has been ranked among the 10 best employers in the United Kingdom for gay and lesbian people in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index for 2007.    KPMG was placed joint     eighth in the survey, which compares employers’ policies and practices towards gay and lesbian people.    Ashley Steel, KPMG board champion for sexual orientation, commented: “I’m delighted with our     performance. Last year we failed to get a ranking in the Top 100, so this year’s result is a real testament to the firm’s commitment to creating an inclusive environment over the past 12 months. We can’t be complacent though and     I am determined to see progress continue over the coming year!”    Colin Cook, KPMG UK’s CEO commented: “This is a great result. It sends an important message to potential recruits, our people and our clients that KPMG is the best     choice for all, irrespective of sexual orientation.”    KPMG was the only one of the major accountancy firms to appear in the Top 50 of the Equality Index this year.

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