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David has had over 30 years’ experience in accountancy with a wide variety of firms and their clients ranging from the smallest to major multi-nationals. He is author of numerous articles and two books, 'Money Laundering for Lawyers: the new requirements and their practical implications' (with Janet Bazley KC) and 'A Practical Guide to Confiscation and Restraint' (with Narita Bahra KC and John Carl Townsend). David is also a forensic accountant, an experienced expert witness and a speaker at conferences and training events as a nationally recognised authority on money laundering, proceeds of crime and confiscation.

Professor Kathy Daniels runs her own consultancy, advising, writing and speaking about employment law. She regularly presents for a number of organisations including the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Kathy started her career working in HR, and became Head of HR in a large manufacturing company in the West Midlands. She worked at Aston University in Birmingham for several years, latterly being both Professor and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Engagement), and since retiring from the University has been made an Honorary Professor. She has written a number of books about Human Resources and Higher Education, and has written an employment law textbook which is in its seventh edition. She is a Lay Member of the Employment Tribunal, sitting in Birmingham and an Independent Panel Member of the West Midlands Police Misconduct Board.

Mark has worked as a Data Analyst and in Data Protection Law for more than 15 years. Mark established Hope & May as one of the first consultancies in the UK to offer GDPR advice and guidance and has helped 2000 + organisations of all types and size to improve their compliance. In 2017 he became a Certified GDPR Data Protection Practitioner. He has worked with organisations in Switzerland, Turkey, many of the EU countries, India, Pakistan and the DRC. Mark is a recognised for his pragmatic approach to the subject.

Aly Young is a solicitor with 30 years’ experience of advising companies on legal issues.

She has previously worked as a GC in Plc’s and traditional law firms, also as a consultant. Since 2022 she has run her own law firm specializing in helping business owners prepare for and complete an exit strategy. Particularly focusing on exit through sale. She regularly delivers training sessions to business owners, finance, procurement and sales teams and fellow legal and other professionals, covering a wide range of business law issues.

Recognised for her ability to find simple solutions to apparently complex problems and is known for her no-nonsense approach.

As a head of Strategic Solutions at OmniPro, Lindsay’s focus is on helping practices achieve on-going best practice compliance, providing in-house training and technical assistance in audit and financial reporting.

Lindsay is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Accountants Ireland. She trained with KPMG in Johannesburg and specialised in external audit of financial services companies. She then spent six years lecturing audit and financial reporting to under-grad and post-grad students at Rhodes University in South Africa before moving to Ireland and returning to practice in a small, and then a medium sized firm where she was an audit manager. She is passionate about combining her academic and practice backgrounds to provide technical information in a useful and practical way.

Outside of her accounting qualifications Lindsay holds a PGDiploma in Higher Education from Rhodes University, an MBA from Trinity College Dublin and a Diploma in Forensic Accounting from Chartered Accountants Ireland.