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Having worked for a number of years in practice, and with one of the profession’s regulatory and support institutes, Des co-founded OmniPro to develop tools, techniques, products and services that make accountancy more profitable and rewarding.

Des is passionate about bringing innovation to the accountancy profession and enabling accountants to achieve what they want from their careers and business. His core belief is that when empowered to achieve their best, accountants can deliver transformative results for clients.

He holds qualifications from the ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, CPA Institute of Certified Public Accountants and ACIS Association of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Bev is a multi award winning accountant that has been in the accounting profession for 28 years. She founded and grew a 100% cloud accounting practice and successfully sold in the summer of 2022. She is very passionate about the accounting industry and now is a consultant to other accountants and bookkeepers to help them realise the potential in their practice ready for exit. Whether their exit be in the next 12 months, in the next 10 years or even 30 years! But every single practice owner will exit at some point and Bev believes that a business should be running right now with the exit in mind, so it’s always at it’s highest profitability and saleable asset value. She is also an elected council member, director and trustee of the AAT.

Nick Elston is one of the highest-profile and leading Inspirational Speakers on the Lived Experience of Mental Health.

In life, we can either let our adversities, our challenges, define us negatively for the rest of our lives…or…we can choose for it to forge something beautiful, something powerful – something that never would have existed without you going through your ‘stuff’ in the first place.

Described as a ‘BIG man, BIG heart, BIG story & BRUTAL honesty!’, ‘Utterly inspirational, absolutely engaging!’ and ’10/10 – a Speaking Masterclass!’ – Nick shares his experiences of Mental Illness, Mental Ill-Health & Breakdown worldwide – through his powerful, inspiring, engaging & emotional talks.

Most importantly, Nick shares his ‘Lived Experience’ through insights, tools, tips and techniques on how to manage Anxiety in Life, in Business – to implement immediately.

Richard is an experienced mentor, coach, facilitator and speaker, specialising in owner managed professional accounting firms. An expert in reinvigorating firms and their leaders, developing positive environments and instigating change.

Kanayo an experienced Product Manager with over 20 years of experience in the Accounting and Financial Services industry. Throughout my career, I have helped companies save time and money by adopting innovative automation technologies, including AI and Robotic Process Automation.