KEVIN Mawer has joined BTG Global Risk Partners, part of specialist professional services group Begbies Traynor Group, as partner and head of its forensic insolvency investigations division in West Yorkshire.

Mr Mawer, a qualified insolvency practitioner, was previously a director with KPMG in Leeds office, where he set up and led its forensic recovery team. He also spent nine years as a partner with Grant Thornton and 14 years with Arthur Andersen.