BURY-based DTE Risk & Financial Management, a part of the DTE Group, has appointed Peter Jones as managing director of its financial management division.

He joins the company after five years with Frizells in Manchester before joining Towry Law in 1998 and setting up the Manchester office, where he spent five years as regional manager for the north.

Managing director Mike McNulty, said: "Peter is a highly respected figure with more than ten years industry experience and is an excellent addition to our team. I am confident he will prove a powerful catalyst to our continued expansion."