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Accordion deepens its European presence with the appointments of Paul Reading, Andy Burgess, and Steve Jones—strengthening its CFO-focused, AI-driven value creation support for private equity-backed companies. Their hires reinforce Accordion’s position as the partner of choice for CFOs across Europe, helping sponsors and portfolio companies unlock value and navigate a complex market.
PE consulting firm Accordion has hired three new operational leads in Europe — Paul Reading (head of European solutions), Steve Jones (managing director of data and analytics) and Andy Burgess (London office lead).
Prior to joining Accordion, Reading was partner and chief strategy officer at Mayfair Equity Partners for six years, leading portfolio-wide finance transformation, exit readiness, integrations and carve-outs.
Jones steps into the role of managing director to lead data and analytics. He specifically works on enhancing performance and operations with AI and analytics improvement, KPI visibility and value creation. At Accordion, the data and analytics team provides services for CFOs and portfolio companies.
Burgess, meanwhile, joins as London office lead. Specialising in sponsors, Burgess served in the deals team at KPMG for seven years, supporting CFOs.
“Europe’s private equity landscape is revolving rapidly and CFOs are being asked to deliver more than ever,” commented Atul Aggarwal, Europe president at Accordion. “Paul, Andy and Steve bring deep operator experience, technical expertise and a proven ability to implement solutions that deliver measurable impact. Their appointments, along with the formalization of an operating leadership layer, not only reinforce our position as the partner of choice for CFOs in Europe but also complement the strength of our established senior team in the United States.”
Headquartered in New York, Accordion provides financial consulting to CFOs and sponsors for value creation, accounting and financial planning. It launched its European operations with an office in London in early 2025. Previously, in 2024, it acquired Merilytics, a company providing analytics, data management and business intelligence reporting.