David Byrne joins Alvarez and Marsal

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David Byrne joins Alvarez and Marsal

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Alvarez & Marsal Taxand (A&M Taxand) has appointed David Byrne as senior director to lead the firm’s new UK research & development (R&D) credits service offering.

Byrne has joined from Deloitte, where he was a director and led the UK R&D tax studies across multiple industry sectors.

He has a wealth of R&D expertise, with a focus on financial services and technology-oriented clients. Byrne also has more than two decades of experience as a computer scientist, leading global infrastructural and application development programs.

A&M Taxand’s new service line supplements the R&D expertise offer in the US.

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