Team Members
Chris Williams
Chris graduated from UCW Aberystwyth with a degree in International Politics and History before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant and later gaining membership of the Institute of Taxation. Chris worked with major international accountancy practices before joining LMcT in 1995. After previously being a Partner he became a Director when the business was incorporated on 1 October 2008. He adds value to clients by ensuring they know what choices are available to them and making sure they pay the tax they need to pay (or choose to pay) and no more.
chris.williams@lmct.co.uk
David Wright
David was appointed as a Partner in March 2000 becoming a director following the incorporation of the business.. David qualified as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1994 and obtained membership of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 2010. David is a Registered Auditor and works extensively with owners of small and medium sized companies. He enjoys helping clients to set up reporting systems that enable clients to control their companies, measure the development of them and protect the financial wealth that is created.
david.wright@lmct.co.uk
Client Services Manager
Emma Connolly
Emma joined the practice in 2001 having previously worked in a Worcestershire based independent practice. She qualified as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 2006 and was appointed as a Client Relationship Manager in 2008. Working with small and medium sized companies, Emma specialises in Statutory and management accounting and is an expert on Sage, QuickBooks and Microsoft applications. As well as spending time on historical accounting Emma enjoys forecasting and cashflow modelling to help clients plan their future strategies and obtain business finance.
The Corporate tax department
Ross Williams
Ross joined the firm in 2007 having graduated from UCW Aberystwyth with a degree in Business Management. He qualified as a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians in 2009. His primary role is to keep Corporate Tax compliance up to date for our clients. He also advises on remuneration planning, and helps out with VAT Returns, Payroll, Trust Returns and Enquiry work as well as dealing with many general tax queries from clients.. He is our expert on all aspects of online filing of documents with HMRC.
The Accounts and Audit team
Sharan Wright
Originally joined the practice in 1994 and qualified as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1997. From 1998 she had a spell away from the business working for a top ten Accounting practice specialising in audit work for medium and large UK and International companies. Sharan rejoined Lowe McTernan in 2004 and continues to specialise in Audit and managing the more complex accounts preparation assignments for the practice.
Jess Smith
Jess joined the practice in 2005 having completed her A Levels. Jess has had a spectacular run of success in her accounting studies and completed the examinations of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 2009 having achieved first time passes at every level. Now that her exams are completed Jess is looking forward to helping clients meet their statutory audit, accounting and management accounting requirements.
Sharan and Jess are supported by fellow colleagues in the accounts and audit department who have varying levels of skill and experience across many business sectors. All of the team members are given the opportunity of first class professional training to enable them to qualify with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the Association of Accounting Technicians.
Personal tax department
Deborah Morris, Michelle Henfield and Tracey Hall are responsible for all of the personal tax compliance issues for our directors, sole traders, partners and personal tax clients as well as dealing with all P11d and other personal tax compliance matters. They have a wealth of experience gained over many years with the practice and have built up excellent relationships with their clients and contacts.
Payroll and Company secretarial services
June Hassan and Debbie Bennett are our payroll team. A significant proportion of our clients find that outsourcing their payroll function proves to be a cost effective and efficient way of dealing with this ever more complex activity. The skills the team bring to the table are valued extremely highly by the clients that benefit from the service that is provided.
Jeanette Brookes deals with all company secretarial issues which include company formations, name changes, the appointment and resignation of directors and the completion of Annual returns and other company registration issues.