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CPD Course Speaker
Saffery
Victoria Baguley-Wood
Victoria is a Tax Director at Saffery. She is a private client tax specialist who advises HNW and UHNW individuals as well as their trustees and family offices. Having been called to the Bar in England and Wales in 2017, she worked as UK Tax Counsel for an international trust company and then a law firm, before joining Saffery and is able to draw upon these experiences when advising her clients. She studied her MSc in Taxation at the University of Oxford and is a qualified Chartered Tax Adviser. She is currently working towards her PhD in Tax Law at the University of Edinburgh.
ATT - Technical Officer
Helen Thornley
Helen is a technical officer with the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) where her role includes looking at the latest changes in tax policy and working with HMRC on developments and improvements to their systems and processes.
Helen’s background is in personal tax, and prior to joining the ATT she worked in the north of England advising family businesses and high net worth individuals. Helen writes for publications including Tax Adviser, AccountingWEB, Accountancy Age and Taxation magazine.
She has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Money Box Live and BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake up to Money in addition to many local radio stations and been quoted in the Financial Times, Times, Telegraph and Guardian. Helen is also a member of the CIOT, ICAEW and STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).
Helen’s background is in personal tax, and prior to joining the ATT she worked in the north of England advising family businesses and high net worth individuals. Helen writes for publications including Tax Adviser, AccountingWEB, Accountancy Age and Taxation magazine.
She has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Money Box Live and BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake up to Money in addition to many local radio stations and been quoted in the Financial Times, Times, Telegraph and Guardian. Helen is also a member of the CIOT, ICAEW and STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).
Ros Martin Taxation Consultant & Lecturer
Ros Martin
Ros Martin CTA is a consultant and lecturer covering all aspects of direct tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax. She was an Inland Revenue fully trained Inspector until 2000 when she left to become a consultant advising on tax planning for large and small businesses and individuals as well as dealing with full and aspect enquiry work.
Her clients are mainly small and medium sized accountants and the consultancy work gives a particular opportunity to understand the key issues of concerns for such professionals and consider the practical aspects of the application of legislation.
Her clients are mainly small and medium sized accountants and the consultancy work gives a particular opportunity to understand the key issues of concerns for such professionals and consider the practical aspects of the application of legislation.
SJCM Accountancy
Sam Mitcham
Samantha formed SJCM Accountancy in 2019 having spent over 13 years employed in practice.
As an AAT licensed accountant, she is now focusing on helping small business owners have a better understanding of their numbers, be ahead of compliance and perform at their best.
Samantha uses technology as much of that as the next ‘modern’ accountant, but also aims to bring back the personal touch to accountancy and really show her clients that she cares, not just about their finances but about them as people.
As an AAT licensed accountant, she is now focusing on helping small business owners have a better understanding of their numbers, be ahead of compliance and perform at their best.
Samantha uses technology as much of that as the next ‘modern’ accountant, but also aims to bring back the personal touch to accountancy and really show her clients that she cares, not just about their finances but about them as people.
Wilson Partners Limited
Makayla Combes
Makayla is Tax Associate Director at Wilson Partners Limited, working closely with clients on a wide range of Corporate and International tax areas, including M&A transactions, restructuring, transfer pricing, EOTs and group tax compliance.
Outside of her day-to-day role, Makayla is also Chair of the CIOT/ATT Future of Tax Professionals committee, working to support the next generation of tax advisors in the first ten years of their careers.
Outside of her day-to-day role, Makayla is also Chair of the CIOT/ATT Future of Tax Professionals committee, working to support the next generation of tax advisors in the first ten years of their careers.
Aspiring Training Limited
Alexandra Durrant
Alexandra Durrant is a chartered accountant and trainer. Until very recently she ran a practice in East Grinstead, providing audit, tax and accounting services to clients including payroll services and payroll/NIC advice. She is now focusing her time on training and consultancy through Aspiring Training Limited.
Alexandra has been involved in training since 1993 and regularly lectures to accounting practices and for training organisations. Her lectures cover payroll, national insurance and related employment issues as well as on benefits and expenses and forms P11D
Alexandra has been involved in training since 1993 and regularly lectures to accounting practices and for training organisations. Her lectures cover payroll, national insurance and related employment issues as well as on benefits and expenses and forms P11D
CPD Course Speaker
AY Business Law
Aly Young
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.
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.
Technical Executive
Lungi Sepotokele
Lungi trained with PwC in Johannesburg and specialised in external audit of mining companies. She completed part of her training as an academic at Wits University where she completed her Master of Commerce degree. Lungi has worked in external audit in Canada as an audit senior and Ireland as an audit manager.
Outside of her accounting qualifications Lungi is a hobby baker who volunteers by baking for the homeless in Dublin City
Outside of her accounting qualifications Lungi is a hobby baker who volunteers by baking for the homeless in Dublin City
Calathea Solutions Ltd
Lucy Brown
After initially working in a range of bookkeeping and accounting roles, Lucy took up a role in a team administering the £17 billion pension fund of one of the Top 3 UK banks. Later moving on to a project working with an international partner to scope a new pensions administration system. This work drew on expertise in:
• Workflow Management
• Process mapping
• Systems design
• Test design and implementation
• Interpretation of scheme rules and legislation
After a career break, Lucy went into practice as a bookkeeper, growing and developing a successful bookkeeping practice that she then sold. Whilst in practice as a bookkeeper, Lucy developed and implemented policy and processes to ensure that the business was compliant with all legislative requirements, including Anti Money Laundering legislation.
Having successfully sold the business, Lucy worked for one of the supervisory bodies supporting members to meet their legislative obligations and satisfy professional standards. In this role Lucy provided training, worked to raise awareness, and provided advice to a wide variety of members – alongside overseeing the mandatory penalty regime and developing an independent appeals process.
• Workflow Management
• Process mapping
• Systems design
• Test design and implementation
• Interpretation of scheme rules and legislation
After a career break, Lucy went into practice as a bookkeeper, growing and developing a successful bookkeeping practice that she then sold. Whilst in practice as a bookkeeper, Lucy developed and implemented policy and processes to ensure that the business was compliant with all legislative requirements, including Anti Money Laundering legislation.
Having successfully sold the business, Lucy worked for one of the supervisory bodies supporting members to meet their legislative obligations and satisfy professional standards. In this role Lucy provided training, worked to raise awareness, and provided advice to a wide variety of members – alongside overseeing the mandatory penalty regime and developing an independent appeals process.
Practice Support Executive, OmniPro
Colm Owens
As a member of our Practice Support team, Colm’s focus is on helping practices achieve on-going best practice compliance, prepare for monitoring visits and assist with post-monitoring visits follow-ups.
Having spent the 6 years prior to joining OmniPro as a quality reviewer with Chartered Accountants Ireland Colm has a unique insight into how firms operate, the challenges facing firms and how firms are responding to current issues facing them and the profession.
Having spent the 6 years prior to joining OmniPro as a quality reviewer with Chartered Accountants Ireland Colm has a unique insight into how firms operate, the challenges facing firms and how firms are responding to current issues facing them and the profession.
Trinity Business School – Trinity College
Constantin Gurdgiev
Constantin Gurdgiev is the Associate Professor of Finance with University of Northern Colorado (USA) and an Adjunct Professor of Finance with Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland, since 2000). His expertise and research are concentrated in the fields of investment markets, and geopolitical and macroeconomic risk, uncertainty and complexity analysis. Professor Gurdgiev advises a range of institutional and professional clients in the areas of macro and political risks and uncertainty analysis through his consulting practice, www.macroview.eu.
Professor Gurdgiev is a co-Founder and the Board Member of two charities working with the issues of financial empowerment in Europe and a Chairman of the Board of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (https://www.mortgageholders.ie/).
In the past, Professor Gurdgiev served as Associate Professor of Finance with Middlebury College (MIIS, California, USA), the Head of Research and Partner with St Columbanus AG (Switzerland), the Head of Macroeconomics with the Institute for Business Value, IBM (U.S.), and the Director of Research with NCB Stockbrokers, Ltd (Ireland).
Professor Gurdgiev regularly contributes to a range of international financial publications, including the The Currency, International Banker, Euromoney, and other.
Professor Gurdgiev received his PhD in macroeconomics and finance from Trinity College Dublin. He and his family are currently residing in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA and Dublin, Ireland.
Professor Gurdgiev is a co-Founder and the Board Member of two charities working with the issues of financial empowerment in Europe and a Chairman of the Board of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (https://www.mortgageholders.ie/).
In the past, Professor Gurdgiev served as Associate Professor of Finance with Middlebury College (MIIS, California, USA), the Head of Research and Partner with St Columbanus AG (Switzerland), the Head of Macroeconomics with the Institute for Business Value, IBM (U.S.), and the Director of Research with NCB Stockbrokers, Ltd (Ireland).
Professor Gurdgiev regularly contributes to a range of international financial publications, including the The Currency, International Banker, Euromoney, and other.
Professor Gurdgiev received his PhD in macroeconomics and finance from Trinity College Dublin. He and his family are currently residing in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA and Dublin, Ireland.
Detective Chief Inspector
Richard Morrison-Butcher
Richard brings more than 18 years of experience in UK policing, specialising in cybercrime investigation, fraud, digital forensics, and complex case management.
He has held national coordination roles and is a recent graduate of both the College of Policing’s Fast-Track Leadership Programme and an Information Security postgraduate.
Alongside his policing expertise, Richard brings private sector experience from running his own SME, giving him a unique understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing London’s business community.
Companies House
Sarah Whitehead
Sarah joined the Civil Service as a patent examiner at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in 2009. Since then, she has held a variety of policy and operational roles at the IPO, before joining Companies House as Director of Strategy, Policy and External Communications in July 2023.
Sarah has experience of domestic legislation, international, trade and innovation policy. In 2019 she was chair of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents. Prior to her current role at Companies House, Sarah was Acting Director of Business and International Policy at the IPO and Deputy Director for Customer Experience within the IPO’s Business Operations Division.
Sarah holds a Masters in Biochemistry from the University of Bath and a PhD from the University of Manchester.
Sarah has experience of domestic legislation, international, trade and innovation policy. In 2019 she was chair of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents. Prior to her current role at Companies House, Sarah was Acting Director of Business and International Policy at the IPO and Deputy Director for Customer Experience within the IPO’s Business Operations Division.
Sarah holds a Masters in Biochemistry from the University of Bath and a PhD from the University of Manchester.
CPD Course Speaker
Briefcase
Reuben Steenkamp
striveX
Rachel Harris
Rachel Harris is disrupting what it means to be an accountant, a business owner and an employer in 2024. She is a TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, content creator, author, business owner and most importantly... an accountant! As the official accounting personality of the year 2023 & breakout star of the year 2023, Rachel adds value to her audience of 90,000 by creating completely free long and short form content delivering financial education! She is passionate about free financial education for everyone, she is the founder of @accountant_she, her £1m firm striveX accountants, striveX audit, striveX consulting and striveX mortgages.
Founder & CEO - Your Crypto Coach
Alan Sellers
Alan Sellers has been an accredited Executive Coach for 26 years, helping practices in the financial and legal sectors succeed. He is an established blockchain and digital asset influencer. Alan is the official blockchain and crypto specialist for the London Chamber of Commerce, and the only cryptocurrency and blockchain expert on the Institute of Directors Fintech and Finance Group.
His TikTok account provides educational content about cryptocurrency and has over 3.7m views.
As Founder of Your Crypto Coach Limited Alan’s vision is to educate as many people as possible about the exciting world of blockchain and crypto in a ‘sound, practical and safe’ way.
“Blockchain is how the internet was 30 years ago. I’m not sure people realise what an enormous impact this amazing technology will have on all aspects of their lives. I’ve made it my mission to educate them in a safe and secure way”
The Police Burnout Coach
Jonny Bevan
I help high-achieving, self-critical perfectionists in demanding, high-pressure roles reduce stress, eliminate overwhelm, and regain control—so they can make confident decisions, perform under pressure, and feel truly fulfilled without sacrificing their health or family life.
Element Law
Kate Lawson
Kate is an experienced employment solicitor, having qualified in 2001. She has been assisting employers and employees with a wide range of employment law and HR issues since qualification.
Kate completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in South Africa, at the University of Natal, before obtaining her post-graduate legal qualifications in England at Guildhall University (Post Graduate Diploma in Law with Commendation) and BPP Law School (Diploma in Legal Practice with Distinction). She was admitted as a solicitor in October 2001 following a training contract at Clarkson Wright & Jakes.
Kate worked at Cripps in Tunbridge Wells where she served as an Associate Solicitor. She lectured and tutored on the Legal Practice Diploma at BPP Law School on Business Law and Practice and Employment Law, before moving to ThomasMansfield boutique employment firm as Head of their London office, where she was promoted to Partner.
Kate has been a Director of Element Law since 2012.
Kate focuses solely on employment and HR law and related issues, acting for both businesses and employees, and contentious and non-contentious work. This gives her a useful and balanced insight into the key priorities and objectives from each perspective.
The focus of her work is as trusted adviser to SMEs, including a number of professional partnerships and not for profit organisations. Her clients include patent attorneys and national charities. She supports her clients on a day-to-day providing practical, commercial advice on a range of areas from grievance and disciplinary matters to family friendly leave arrangements to business mergers and acquisitions and redundancy consultations to employment tribunal claims.
Kate also provides regular practical HR and management training for her clients on a range of topics from 2 to 3 hours introductory level to full day analysis of more complex processes. Kate speaks at events and on podcasts for organisations including at the House of Commons on Menopause and the workplace, and for the Society of Occupational Medicine on Reasonable adjustments and Neurodiversity.