Grant Thornton promotes Cairns-based auditor into partnership Jun 28, 2021 – 2.32pm Share New Grant Thornton partners: Bhavesh Narsey, Hugh Perks and Helen Wilkes. Grant Thornton will promote three of its professionals into the partnership as of July 1. The new promotions, along with the already announced hiring of a former senior EY leader, mean the total number of partners at the accounting firm will remain steady at 158, following the departure of four others. Helen Wilkes, 62, will become an audit and assurance partner at Grant Thornton in the new financial year. Ms Wilkes has worked at the firm for more than seven years. Before this, she worked at