One of the country’s largest accountancy firms had a problem – it believed too many of its partners were too old. This was impacting growth at the firm and preventing the elevation of ambitious young men and women to partner level. Some of the partners had simply “grown old early”. Many were not up to date technically; others were sending out junior staff to important meetings. They were, according to legal filings, a danger to the practice. Given the size and scale of the firm, this was a major problem – there were 60 partners in the firm, and it…

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