“Back then most of our work was focused on helping companies that were under-capitalised. It was a completely different environment, but we were always growth oriented, right from the start.”
“At the time that network saw us as an ‘offshore’ firm for the UK but the experience introduced us to a wider audience for the first time and our global mindset developed during that period,” says Glennon. Today a large proportion of its client base are technology companies, typically US headquartered, with EMEA operations here.“Up until the recession we were a firm of accountants. We’d go into a client and say, ‘Here’s what you need to do financially’, and walk away. But people drive corporate performance, so we built up the human resources and people side of our business too. Today, as well as training accountants, we take in economists, lawyers, HR people, arts and sciences graduates,” he says.
“It was a big decision for us but, of all my strategic career decisions, joining RSM was the best I’ve ever made,” says Glennon. Since the pandemic the firm has adopted a remote-first policy, with staff typically coming in just one day a week. “There is no compulsion to go to the office and in line with that we have reduced our office in Ranelagh and turned what’s left into a more social space,” he explains.