Mature Accountants Credentials

2. Meet the team Chris Allan FCA North West Chris is a Chartered Accountant who qualified in 1974. He has operated at Board level in the profession as a partner with Grant Thornton in Liverpool. CEO of a private Estate Company and industrial experience as a Chief Accountant and Personal Assistant to a Group Finance Director. [email_address] Geoff Cordwell ACA Scotland Geoff qualified in 1984 being employed by BDO Stoy Hayward during his articles. Geoff then joined Kaplan (formally FTC) as a tutor and rose via centre head in Liverpool to National manager of the CIMA product. He then became the ACCA examiner for the performance management paper (F5) for a four year term. The F5 paper was based on a syllabus written by Geoff. Geoff is now a business consultant and senior freelance lecturer both in the UK and Dubai. [email_address] Ray Lewin FCA South West and Wales A Chartered Accountant, Tax Consultant and Business Adviser. After qualifying he became a junior partner in a London practice, before setting up R J Lewin & Co in Chepstow in 1988 and grew ten-fold before selling in 2006. Ray is a now advising on a wide range of business matters, and offers a specialism in entrepreneurial tax planning. Ray acts as a mentor and adviser to entrepreneurs and their businesses, covering a wide range of projects including Business acquisition, growth, valuations, due diligence, forecasting, exit route planning and tax matters. [email_address]

3. Martin Lloyd-Penny FCA Head Office Martin is an FCA who qualified with Binder Hamlyn in 1978 and went on to become a Partner with BDO Stoy Hayward in Manchester until he left in 1989. Having decided that management by committee was not for him he spent the next 15 years working at FD level in a number of sectors before setting up his own management consultancy company where he managed process and cost reduction projects for major Financial Services companies. He has worked in VC backed businesses and set up Mature Accountants in 2005 when he discovered that having a good CV but being just over 50 was a bit of a handicap! [email_address] Mark Scott FCA North East & London Mark qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1974 and was a partner in a 5 partner practice in the North East of England for over 20 years. Mark left the practice in 1999 to set up a financial planning business and later worked for Towry Law as a wealth manager. In 2008 Mark joined a fund distribution business and in January 2009 was seconded to one of their investments as an interim manager, Africa Invest Ltd, a farming company based in Malawi. Mark returned to the UK following the successful sale of Africa Invest and has continued his involvement with international development. [email_address] Barbara Spurrier FCCA South East and London Barbara is an experienced CFO with over 25 years experience in industry. She founded Cambridge Financial Partners LLP in 1994 and has undertaken a wide range of corporate finance projects, including interim and part time CFO, interim CEO, Non Executive Director and Company Secretary. She has been involved in M & A activities and funding from institutional investors, private equity and Business Angels. She has recently set up a new venture providing off-shore processing services in India. [email_address] Neil Wheatley ACA West Midlands and Thames Valley A Chartered Accountant who trained with a 20 partner firm in the City of London and qualified in 1984. Neil has extensive UK and international experience in construction, civil engineering, facilities management and residential development specifically with Taylor Woodrow. He is very experienced in introducing change to business activities following reorganisation, change in strategy, mergers and acquisitions. Working in senior finance and commercial roles Neil has worked in numerous locations across 5 continents [email_address]