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Adam Cramer

Managing Director

Adam is a both a Partner and the Managing Director of Wilson Wright.

In the past decade, Wilson Wright has grown year-on year and evolved into a full service, medium sized firm with international reach.

Today our clients receive a wide range of highly technical offerings, including audit, private client and corporate tax, international and UK structuring, transactions, R&D tax credits, dispute resolution and risk services to name but a few.

As Managing Director, Adam works closely with Lee Brook, the CEO of BKL, to help oversee the direction of the Firm. Adam collaborates with our Partners, Directors, and wider leadership team to bring about and implement positive change for our people and our clients.

In addition to this, Adam sits on the Board of DFK UK&I and is an active member of DFK International, contributing to the DFK community and building our international reach.

For his entire career, Adam has been advising and supporting entrepreneurs and business owners to realise their goals and ambitions. He thrives on building lasting relationships, being pro-active, and always acting with honesty and integrity.

His professional training in audit and accounting, and his commercial insight, coupled with his years of experience enable him to offer holistic business advice.

Throughout his career Adam has worked with some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders, acting as a trusted adviser and sounding board.

Adam never loses sight of the fact that there are people behind every successful business and that the business needs to work for them, their families, personal circumstances, and their values.

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Craig Nicholson

Senior Tax Partner

Craig leads the tax practice at Wilson Wright. His knowledge covers all areas of taxation, enabling him to expertly guide clients through highly technical personal, corporate, and international matters with ease, while offering innovative and commercially-sound solutions.

His specific areas of expertise include domestic and international structuring and restructuring for both business and private clients, HMRC dispute resolution, and support to ultra-high-net worth individuals on all aspects of their taxation affairs.

He has a further specialism in mergers and acquisitions, having led the tax aspects of countless transactions at all deal price levels and supporting business owners, CFOs and legal tax partners alike.

Craig is skilled at translating extremely complicated tax legislation into easily understood language, remembers the most obscure legislation and case law, and works with an honesty that both clients and colleagues respect.

Craig is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and the Association of Tax Technicians.

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Warren Baker

Partner

Warren joined Wilson Wright in 2001 after qualifying in 1988 with Arthur Andersen in London.

In July 2024, Warren took up the role of Deputy President of DFK International, an association of independent accounting firms operating across 90 different countries.

Warren has built relationships with member firms around the world and handles the majority of our international work.

Warren has years of experience working with clients from a wide range of industries from around the world, with particular expertise in media, property, and offshore structuring.

He is an expert on the issues of inward and outward investment and has worked with many firms helping them to set up operations in the UK and abroad.

Warren works closely with entrepreneurs advising them on how to develop and grow their businesses, develop detailed business plans, growth strategies, route maps through to planning exit routes.

Warren is our Corporate Finance Partner and carries out corporate advisory work including due diligence, whitewash reports and forensic work. He advises on acquisitions and disposals for clients, ensuring the process runs smoothly. Several of these assignments have been for quoted companies.

He is a keen golfer, bridge player and oenophile.

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Jamie Grossman

Partner

Jamie joined the Wilson Wright audit team after qualifying with Ernst & Young in 2003. He has been a partner since 2008 and currently heads our business services and outsourcing department.

Jamie has a broad experience in all aspects of accounting, auditing, corporation tax and financial management. He has significant experience in property investment and development, sport, leasing, and the arts. Jamie acts for clients ranging from early stage start-ups through to established international groups.

He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and has an honours degree from the University of Birmingham in accounting and finance.

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Nikki Crane

Partner

Nikki joined Wilson Wright as a trainee and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2008, in 2012 she became a Partner.

In her role as joint head of audit she collaborates closely with the team to service the firm’s audit clients.

Nikki works with a broad spectrum of clients, she has a wealth of industry experience in media and entertainment, tech and charitable sectors.

She has a portfolio of internationally owned companies which she works closely with to provide them with the necessary support to operate in the UK with skeleton staff.

Nikki takes immense pride in building lasting relationships with her clients. She takes the time to understand their aspirations and challenges. Nikki is very much a hands-on business adviser, she offers pragmatic advice and focuses on delivery, helping clients to achieve their goals.

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Tom Tesfay

Partner

Tom joined Wilson Wright after completing his accounting and finance degree. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2011 and became a Partner in 2019.

Tom supports and advises entrepreneurs and business owners across a range of sectors, from property through to technology and energy. He thrives on building close working relationships and ensuring his clients are successful.

Tom’s knowledge of corporation tax, specifically on matters such as R&D tax credits, capital allowances, and group reliefs ensure he is continually adding value to his clients.

He is known for providing timely advice and insightful management information to help his clients to realise their financial ambitions and business goals.

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Emma Brown

Tax Partner

Emma is a Chartered Tax Adviser specialising in advising businesses and their owners. She works for a wide range of clients, including start-ups, companies, LLPs and partnerships.

Emma Brown joined Wilson Wright in 2014 and became a Partner in April 2019.

As Co-Head of the Tax Consultancy team, her diverse background enables the delivery of advice across a breadth of tax matters that are particularly well-suited to owner-managed businesses, entrepreneurs, and transactional matters.

Emma has a gift of being able to explain complex technical matters in a straightforward way so that clients can fully understand the implications. She delivers pragmatic commercial guidance and provides overall assurance that clients’ best interests are preserved.

Emma sits on the global tax committee of DFK International, reinforcing her strong international links and deep knowledge of tax implications for cross-border transactions.

Emma was shortlisted in the 2019 Tolley’s Taxation Awards in the Rising Star category.

Her areas of expertise include research and development tax credit work, both international and domestic tax-efficient structuring, transfer pricing, and due diligence.

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Deon Van Tonder

Partner

Deon joined Wilson Wright in 2015, after spending six years at a top 20 practice in London. He comes from the “rainbow nation” of South Africa.

Deon has a wealth of experience in audit, financial reporting and corporation tax. He works closely with clients in a number of different sectors including retail, investment property, software development and manufacturing.

He has also advised and conducted financial due diligence on a number of client acquisitions.

At home, Deon enjoys the open road with a pair of running shoes or a bike. And when England’s weather gets the better of him, then like any true South African he’ll settle for watching sport.

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Karen Spencer-Smith

Tax Partner

Karen started her career with HMRC over 30 years ago, she has a breadth of experience in all areas of personal tax, advising both UK based individuals and those with an international background, providing proactive advice, to steer clients through complex tax situations.

Offering strategic and practical guidance to non-domiciled clients prior to their arrival in the UK, is a particular area of expertise, as today wealthy individuals and their families continually move between tax jurisdictions.

Karen has built long standing relationships with clients and third parties that span more than 25 years. She is passionate about impeccable client service and prides herself on providing honest and transparent advice.

Prior to joining Wilson Wright, Karen personally founded and built a successful boutique City tax firm and brings to the Partnership a blend of commercial nous and sound tax knowledge, with the ability to put clients at ease.

An avid Francophile, Karen enjoys spending any spare time with her family and friends in France. She is a keen cyclist and has completed various charity bikeathons. When time allows, she volunteers at St Francis Hospice.

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Jessica McLellan

Tax Risk & Dispute Resolution Partner

Jessica specialises in Tax Risk and Dispute Resolution, particularly for High Net Worth Individuals, Trusts and OMBs. Prior to joining Wilson Wright, she has worked as a Disputes Resolution specialist and within HMRC Central Policy. She is also a Chartered Accountant and qualified Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) mediator.

Jessica has broad experience across the tax disputes landscape, from proactive tax risk management to complex disclosures, settlement of legacy avoidance schemes and dealing with CoP9 Civil Investigation of Fraud. Her strong understanding of how HMRC works enables clients to obtain certainty and comfort in complex areas, escalation of complex disputes within HMRC and using Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve protracted cases.

Her approach offers an in-depth insight into how to navigate through HMRC’s decision-making process and governance to progress matters for clients. Jessica focuses on achieving clear practical solutions to tax disputes within the context of wider client family or commercial considerations.

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Katherine Rose

Partner

Katherine has over 18 years of experience in Audit and Accounting, including three years training at a top 10 firm and more recently four years in the role of Technical Partner.

Katherine combines her technical skills with a strong commitment to providing a high-quality client service to businesses. She specialises in working with international clients entering the UK market, offering guidance on the local regulatory landscape. She strives to become a trusted adviser to her clients, providing support on a range of audit, accounting, and corporate tax matters.

Her clients range from owner managed businesses to international groups across a variety of sectors, with a special interest in technology and property businesses.

She is a member of the ACCA as well as an affiliate of the ACA.

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Neil Lancaster

Private Client Tax Partner

Neil has spent the majority of his career working with entrepreneurs and their families both in the UK and abroad, helping them to navigate their UK and international personal tax exposures.

Neil has over 19 years’ experience of working with high net worth individuals, private clients, and entrepreneurs. Prior to joining Wilson Wright, Neil worked for a mid-size firm, and he also spent 12 years of his career working for ‘Big 4’ firms.

Tax is complex and volatile, and Neil works with his clients to find the right tax and commercial solutions to complex business and personal issues.

Neil builds deep working relationships with his clients that enable him to maintain, grow and structure their wealth, tax efficiently whilst also acting as a commercial sounding board for their businesses, their personal and family wealth.

Outside of work Neil has a young daughter and loves to travel.

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Daniel Shear

Corporate Finance Partner

Wilson Wright joined forces with BKL in 2024. Daniel heads up BKL’s Corporate Finance team.

The team arranges acquisitions, mergers, disposals, management buy-outs and management buy-ins of private companies in the £1 million to £50 million range.

Daniel is an Oxford graduate with international experience. After studying Maths at Oxford University, he qualified as chartered accountant with first time passes. He was also one of the early recipients of the Corporate Financier (CF) qualification.

He trained with PwC, leaving as a manager in the assurance and business advisory services division after nine years. Although Daniel worked mainly in London, he spent two years in their Sydney office and some time in their Jakarta office.

From 1999 until 2002, he worked at Triangle Technologies in Tel Aviv and Tokyo as a project manager. He raised private equity investment for Israeli high-tech businesses, whilst also searching for investment and strategic opportunities.

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Geraint Jones

Partner, Private Client Tax

Wilson Wright and BKL came together in 2024.

Geraint advises high net worth individuals from the UK and overseas. He delivers bespoke solutions to improve tax-efficiency for people with multiple assets and sources of income, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Geraint’s approach is to understand the full picture of his clients’ finances before dealing with any specific tax issues. He has particular expertise in offshore trusts and probate but also provides wealth planning services, including retirement planning and inheritance tax structuring.

Geraint provides tax planning and compliance advice to:

• High net worth individuals
• Non-resident individuals
• Non-domiciled individuals
• Individuals coming to work or live in the UK from overseas, including from Hong Kong (using a BNO visa)
• Property investors
• Cryptocurrency investors

Geraint has been on the Citywealth Leaders List since 2009 and in the Spear’s 500 Recommended Adviser directory since 2018. He is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Since 2017/18, Geraint has written annually for Tolley’s Property Taxation on the topic of overseas property investors.

Under Geraint’s leadership of private client tax at BKL, we won Best Employer in Tax at the Taxation Awards 2023.

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Jason Samuels

Partner, Business Services

With a life in business that began in his teens, Jason has considerable first-hand experience, commercial acumen, and technical expertise to share with clients.

Jason started his first business at 16, selling wheel hubs to black cab drivers on the rank at Heathrow Airport. After a brief spell in the gaming industry; he qualified as an accountant in 2010 and became a partner in 2017.

An adept problem solver, he understands the importance of guiding businesses, and their owners, through complex challenges by offering practical, commercial solutions, explained in plain English.

With a background across sectors and services he regularly advises clients on:

– Business growth planning
– Risk mitigation and reduction
– Accounting compliance and tax planning
– Transaction support
– Commercial negotiation support

What Jason’s clients say

– “The accountancy equivalent of a Michelin Star restaurant” – HNW Individual
– “Personable, innovative, and hard-working. Jason quickly became one of my main “go-to” people and an intrinsic part of my business success” – Business founder
– “In the 9 years that we have been working with Jason has made himself an integral part of our business. Commercial and intuitive, Jason’s has been one of our most trusted advisors as we have navigated numerous opportunities and challenges” – Corporate client

When not at work, Jason splits his time between his young family, gaming and, to help him find the time, his passion for collecting vintage watches.

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Michael Biggs

Consultant

Michael thrives on the challenge of working with our clients to fully understand their businesses, their needs and their aspirations. He constantly ensures we work effectively to build long-term relationships and provide a personal service of the highest quality.

With over 20 years’ experience in audit and accounts, Michael specialises in working with growing owner managed businesses and entrepreneurial clients in both the UK and internationally.

He works with businesses across a range of sectors, including property trading/investment, technology/innovation, hotel/leisure, recruitment, professional services and limited company subsidiaries of overseas groups.

Away from the office, he is a busy dad and husband. He enjoys the weekends spending as much time as possible with his wife, family and friends, while also trying to improve his golf handicap.

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Katy Cobbold

People & Culture Director

Katy has several years’ experience providing a variety of HR services to a broad spectrum of companies, from The Walt Disney Company to Betfair.

With a master’s degree in human resource management from the University of West London and an industry recognised MCIPD, Katy has the expertise to provide informed, practical HR advice.

She helps to drive staff development at Wilson Wright through training and support. She also takes an active part in attracting and recruiting talented new members to the practice.

Most recently, Katy has launched Wilson Wright’s HR service for clients. For more information on how our HR team can assist your business, visit HR.

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Shani Kamalia

Director of Operations

Shani joined the firm in February 2018 and brings over 15 years’ experience in leading finance and operation functions. Working within Professional Services sector for most of his career, Shani has worked with mid-tier and Big 4 firms including PWC, BDO & EY.

He has a proven track record in financial management and managing operations teams within client driven environments.

Being commercially minded, he drives, influences and challenges the business to achieve its financial and operational goals.

He provides commercially focused solutions and insight to support the firm’s Financial & Operational strategy.

At Wilson Wright, Shani is central to the development and implementation of our firm-wide strategy.

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Danielle Dark

Private Client Tax Director

Danielle joined the firm in 2023 having previously worked for a Central London accountancy firm for over 9 years within the Private Client Tax team. She is a member of both the Association of Taxation Technicians and the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Danielle has a wide range of private client experience, including but not limited to non-resident and/or non-domiciled individuals, buy-to-let landlords, business owners and high net worth families. She is passionate about providing good client service and developing longstanding relationships with clients.

Outside of work, Danielle’s main passion is travel (particularly to off-the-beaten-track destinations), and she spent a year travelling the world before joining Wilson Wright.

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Byron Heard

Private Client Tax Director

Byron joined Wilson Wright from C. Hoare & Co. bank. He is passionate about delivering a high-level of customer service to all his clients.

Byron has spent over 30 years dealing with a variety of tax and wealth issues both at the bank and with HMRC, relishing the range of tax scenarios he experienced. As a result, he is driven to be in tune with his clients’ financial and family circumstances so that he can provide simple and sensible wealth structuring. Byron has dealings with a wide range of clients but has concentrated mostly on independent wealth and the entertainment, literary, public relations and property sectors.

He believes that if customer service levels are at the heart of the work, the rest will follow. This will inevitably mean bringing in other experts in various scenarios. He has the skill of being able to see the bigger picture.

Outside work Byron loves to spend time with his large family and small dog, in between volunteering at the Science Museum and being awful at golf.

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Sharlene Rowley

Private Client Tax Director

Sharlene joined Wilson Wright in 2024, having spent over a decade advising private clients at Big Four and Top 10 accountancy firms.

She specialises in advising High Net Worth individuals and families on all aspects of their tax affairs, with a particular focus on complex international matters such as residence, domicile, and offshore wealth structuring.

Sharlene prides herself on forging strong relationships with clients, navigating complex technical matters and finding practical solutions for her clients.

She is a member of both the Association of Taxation Technicians and the Chartered Institute of Taxation, and she currently volunteers for both as a member of their joint New Tax Professionals Committee.

Outside of work, Sharlene enjoys DIY, city breaks and spending time with her young family.

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Lindsay House

Director of Trusts

Wilson Wright joined forces with BKL in 2024.

Lindsay House is a trust and estate practitioner with over 25 years’ experience of working in the specialist field of trusts, landed estates, probate and charities.

Lindsay advises trustees on all aspects of accounting, tax compliance and administration. Her focus on building strong working relationships with the trustees, beneficiaries and their advisers often means she is seen as an extension to the family office.

Lindsay also deals with all aspects of probate compliance and accounting and is used to liaising with and reporting directly to the executors and family members.

Lindsay House has worked on several high profile cases, including preparing forensic accounts and reports directly for the Law Society for use in court cases involving trustee fraud. She has also acted for several well-known high profile families, advising on their trust structures and landed estate interests. Attention to detail is a key component of Lindsay’s work ethic.

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Ryan Bevan

Trust Director

Wilson Wright merged with BKL in 2024.

As one of BKL’s senior trust and estate practitioners, Ryan combines complex advisory work on UK and offshore trusts with broad tax advisory experience. Ryan’s expertise covers all areas of trusts, with specialisms in offshore trusts, non-UK trustees, landed estates, employment related trusts and the HMRC Trust Registration Service. He has experience of complex structuring involving trusts, foundations, corporate groups and other hybrid and offshore entities.

In guiding private clients through succession planning, Ryan balances the sensitive, competing family needs that are often involved, while applying his high-level technical expertise to set out a bespoke tax-efficient plan for holding family wealth for the future.

Joining BKL’s trusts team in February 2024, Ryan brings over a decade of experience in the fields of tax and trust advice. This includes a senior position at Deloitte.

Ryan’s experience in audit and banking, gained in the UK and New Zealand, enables him to share commercial and strategic perspectives with business clients. Ryan is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), ICAEW and CIOT.

Away from work, Ryan enjoys watching rugby, looking after his vegetable patch and exploring the Welsh countryside with his family.

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Chris Smith

Director of Personal Tax Compliance

Wilson Wright and BKL joined forces in 2024.

Chris leads BKL’s personal tax compliance team, ensuring they provide depth of support to a broad range of clients, from sportspeople to cryptocurrency holders.

With over 20 years of experience in tax, Chris is familiar with the changing nature of the tax landscape and the importance of guiding people through its complexities. As part of the personal tax team, Chris also works closely with our tax specialists, including trusts & estates, tax risk & dispute resolution and business tax. This helps us to give expert tax advice suited to each client’s circumstances and goals.

Chris advises clients on the tax implications of divorce (marriage and civil partnership breakups) and permanent separation, giving clear guidance at an often complicated time. This includes income tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and the effect on tax reliefs.

He advises sportspeople on the personal tax implications of their plans, including moving to and from the UK. Chris also has a depth of experience in cryptocurrency, and the tax implications of holding, trading and converting crypto to fiat currency.

Outside of work, Chris enjoys cycling and playing hockey.

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James Doe

Private Client Tax Senior Manager

James joined Wilson Wright in 2021 and brings 15 years of personal and corporate tax experience from working in mid-tier practices.

He is a Fellow of the Association of Tax Technicians and draws on his broad understanding of tax to deliver high level advice to his clients. His specialisms include advising non-domiciled individuals, dealing with residency issues, employee relocations and property businesses.

He helps ensure clients are fully compliant with Self Assessment Tax Returns as well as identifying and implementing tax saving strategies.

Outside of work James enjoys spending time with his family and visiting places of historical interest.

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Hatice Huseyin

Private Client Tax Senior Manager

Hatice joined Wilson Wright in 2022, having previously worked for C. Hoare & Co. bank and a big four accountancy firm.

She is a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians and has over 30 years’ worth of personal tax experience.

Her areas of expertise include dealing with ultra high net worth individuals, landlords, the self-employed, and non-domiciled individuals. She assists them in navigating through the complex self-assessment regime.

Hatice works diligently to ensure that her clients are kept informed of any changes in the tax legislation which will directly affect them.

Her interests include travel, cooking and watching films.

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Alison Jaggers

Private Client Tax Senior Manager

Alison joined the Wilson Wright tax team in 2008 having qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 2002 and after working for ten years in personal tax at a local firm after leaving University.

Alison has considerable experience in dealing with all aspects of the Self Assessment system and compliance issues affecting clients. She acts for a wide variety of clients ranging from self-employed persons to high net worth individuals, non-domiciles and trusts.

Alison is also experience in providing advice regarding ATED issues and organises ATED compliance at Wilson Wright.

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Greig Jardine

Private Client Tax Senior Manager

Greig joined Wilson Wright from C. Hoare & Co. bank in the summer of 2022.

With over 20 years of tax experience at both private banks and accountancy practices, he has a great understanding of the tax needs of his customers. Greig appreciates the importance of building strong relationships with his clients so he can provide the relevant advice to ensure their tax affairs are structured correctly.

Whilst Greig’s expertise is with personal taxation, he has also had experience dealing with corporate tax, payrolls and inheritance tax.

After more than 12 years working within the tax departments of private banks, Greig understands the importance of providing exceptional customer service and building strong relationships between adviser and client.

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Fay Carter

Private Client Tax Senior Manager

Before joining Wilson Wright in 2022, Fay worked for C. Hoare & Co. bank for 14 years.

Fay is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the Association of Taxation Technicians and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Her specialisms include high net worth individuals, trusts and estates. Fay enjoys looking after large family groupings of individuals and trusts, and ensures an holistic approach is taken when dealing with her clients’ tax affairs.

Outside of the office Fay enjoys spending time with her family, singing in a choir, and pilates.

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Bhavi Daudia

Private Client Tax Manager

Bhavi joined Wilson Wright in 2021 and is a member of the Association of Taxation Technician. She brings 13 years’ experience of managing the tax affairs of high net worth individuals. She has considerable experience in dealing with all aspects of tax compliance including Self Assessment Tax Returns, tax advisory in addition to HMRC disclosures and enquiries.

Bhavi also manages the P11D compliance at Wilson Wright.

Away from the office she enjoys spending time with her family and traveling.

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Jemma Outram

Private Client Tax Manager

Jemma joined the Wilson Wright tax team in 2018 and is a member of both the Association of Taxation Technicians and Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Jemma has considerable experience in dealing with all aspects of Personal Tax and compliance issues affecting clients. She acts for a wide variety of clients, specialising in barristers, paired with high net worth individuals, landlords and Partnerships.

Jemma is also experienced in providing advice relating to ATED Returns and corresponding issues, in addition to overseeing P11D submissions for the Private Client Team.

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Melanie Glaves

Private Client Tax Manager

Melanie joined Wilson Wright in 2015, having previously worked at a niche practice in St James’s. She has more than 20 years’ experience in personal tax compliance and is a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians.

Melanie has considerable experience in dealing with all aspects of the Self Assessment tax system. She acts for a wide variety of clients, ranging from self-employed to high net worth individuals, landlords, partnerships and LLPs.

Away from the office she is a lifelong fan of Sheffield United. Her interests include watching all sports, cinema, cooking and travel.

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Emma Bird

Tax Transactions Director

Emma is both an ACA qualified accountant and qualified chartered tax adviser, enabling her to take a holistic and commercial view of tax planning opportunities by understanding the impact planning will have on a company’s accounts.

In addition, her background in working with entrepreneurial and owner managed businesses has provided her with significant experience in dealing with both personal and corporate tax matters.

Her areas of specialism include advising on the Enterprise Investment Scheme, schemes of reconstruction, employee incentive schemes (including the Enterprise Management Incentive scheme), the residence position of both individuals and companies, and VAT.

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Anne Eager

Tax Transactions Director

Anne joined Wilson Wright in 2023 as a Tax Director having previously worked in practice for over 20 years advising owner managed businesses.

She is both a Chartered Accountant (CA) and Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) which helps her to provide an experienced, well-rounded view of the problems that business owners may face.

Anne’s areas of specialism include corporate and employment taxes, business tax reliefs and share schemes.

Anne enjoys the variety that working across all different taxes brings and looks to ensure that the advice provided to her clients is practical, commercial and clear.

Her knowledge across the entire range of taxes ensures that the tax affairs for both the business and the business owners alike are structured as efficiently as possible.

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Michelle Bryan

Tax Transactions Senior Manager

Michelle joined the Wilson Wright team in 2022, having previously spent over a decade advising clients at Top 20 and Top 40 UK based accountancy firms.

She has extensive experience in providing advice on a wide range of personal and corporate tax issues.

Her areas of expertise include domestic and international structuring and restructuring, for both corporate and private clients, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital reliefs and employee share incentive schemes.

Michelle’s experience has seen her work with fast-growing bioscience and technology businesses, where she has forged a close relationship with these companies at both a corporate and shareholder level.

Her technical skills, coupled with her commercial and pragmatic approach, enable her to navigate complex commercial matters, from business planning to exit strategies, with ease. Michelle’s strong commitment to providing a high-quality service to clients ensures that the clients’ best interests are at the forefront of every conversation.

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George Bharat

Tax Transactions Senior Manager

George joined Wilson Wright in 2023, having previously qualified in both audit and private client tax advisory at Deloitte.

George has experience advising both domestic and international private clients on a wide variety of technical issues, ranging from holding and de-enveloping of real estate assets, to tax-efficient succession planning and complex, high-value cross-border transactions. His key area of value-add is in the non-resident and/or non-domiciled space, including pre-immigration tax planning and international asset holding structures and trusts.

George delivers pragmatic, commercial advice.

In his free time, George enjoys DIY and travelling to warmer climates.

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Kate Gott

Corporate Tax Director

Kate joined Wilson Wright in 2016, having predominantly worked within the UK’s top 10 accounting firms over the previous decade.

She is a chartered tax adviser specialising in advising businesses and their owners. She works for a wide range of clients, including companies, LLPs and partnerships.

Her areas of expertise include research and development tax credit work, both international and domestic tax efficient structuring, transfer pricing, and due diligence. Kate also has significant experience of working with private equity structures and professional service firms.

She works closely with her clients to ensure they keep up to date with their tax compliance obligations and are aware of tax planning opportunities and changes to the tax legislation that may affect them.

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Jennifer Jones

Tax Risk & Dispute Resolution Director

Jennifer is a Director in our Tax Risk and Dispute Resolution team, having specialised in this area since 2006.

Jennifer has a wealth of experience in handling a range of complex tax investigations and enquiries for both personal and corporate clients such as, investigations under Code of Practice 8 (tax avoidance) and Code of Practice 9 (suspected serious fraud), tax return enquiries and compliance checks. She also advises clients who want to voluntarily disclose tax irregularities to HMRC.

In addition to this, Jennifer advises clients on issues relating to tax debt. This includes negotiating Time to Pay Arrangements with HMRC and their use of enforcement powers.

Jennifer is CTA qualified and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

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Richard Collier

VAT Director

Richard joined Wilson Wright in 2023 and heads up the Firm’s VAT offering. He qualified with Arthur Andersen in 1998 and has almost 30 years of experience advising on VAT with the likes of PwC and KPMG, as well as mid-tier firms.

He has a wealth of experience advising on a broad range of sectors and clients, ranging from multi-nationals and owner-managed businesses, to individuals.

His particular focus is on land and property, the digital economy, corporate transactions, cross-border trade, dispute resolution and complex VAT legal matters.

Richard believes in creating positive, pragmatic solutions to VAT issues faced by clients and that correctly managed VAT processes can become an asset of most businesses, rather than a burden.

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Maria Pozo-Riqueni

VAT Manager

Maria joined Wilson Wright in May 2024 as a VAT Manager, and has over 10 years’ experience working on UK and EU VAT.

Maria is a qualified Spanish lawyer and ATT qualified.

She has extensive experience advising clients on UK VAT, both for established and non-established taxable traders.

Although she is a generalist advisor, she has broader experience in cross-border VAT.

Maria is originally from Spain, where she has significantly expanded her international network, making tax interactions between both jurisdictions much easier.

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Muriel Pousse

Head of Statutory

Muriel joined Wilson Wright in 2015 and leads our statutory department. She deals with all aspects of company formations and statutory work.

Muriel graduated from the Aix-en-Provence Faculty of Law in France and, after spending a number of years in Russia, moved to the UK in 2001.

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Aron Kleiman

Head of Audit and Accounts

Aron joined the firm in October 2021 to head up the Audit and Accounts department having previously worked at Deloitte for 10 years where he trained and qualified as a chartered accountant.

Aron has a broad range of experience in audit, working in the UK and internationally with companies, charities, and public sector bodies. He has also been closely involved with designing and delivering training, professional development of staff and driving improvements in audit quality.

Aron has previous experience as a school teacher and a Master’s degree in Education Studies.

Aron’s four children keep him busy outside of work and the family enjoy Star Wars, Beatles records and football.

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Jeremy Asher

Audit & Accounts Director

Jeremy trained and qualified with KPMG and has also worked at firms including EY and BDO.

He joined Wilson Wright as an Associate in the audit and accounts department in 2021.

He was previously a Partner in a boutique practice in North London, which he helped to grow and so understands the challenges and opportunities of business owners.

He strongly believes in keeping in regular communication with his clients so he can identify issues before they arise.

Jeremy has extensive knowledge and experience of working with small and medium sized businesses across an array of sectors including recruitment, sport, IT, retail and property.

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Nadeem Kassim

Audit & Accounts Director

Nadeem joined Wilson Wright in 2019. He previously worked for a mid-tier firm based in the city for over five years.

Nadeem is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Nadeem has experience working with an extensive range of corporate and non-corporate clients from self-employed individuals and business start-ups to large multi-million-pound corporate international groups.

He has worked with clients across an array of sectors including manufacturing, retail, property and professional services. He also has vast experience dealing with SRA reporting requirements.

Nadeem believes that the best results come from a close partnership with his clients, where open communication and mutual respect leads to creative and effective solutions.

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Alex Lipman

Audit & Accounts Director

Alex joined Wilson Wright in 2014 having obtained his Economics degree from the University of Birmingham, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 2017.

During his time at the firm, Alex has developed and maintained numerous client relationships whilst providing services to corporate entities including statutory audits and accounts preparation, corporation tax and advising on R&D tax relief.

He has gained particular experience in consumer electronics, children’s toys, sports & entertainment, music publishing and property development.

Outside of work, Alex is an avid cinema-goer and football fan, visiting the Emirates Stadium as often as possible.

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Nicola Masters

Audit & Accounts Director

Nicola joined the firm in May 2020, having previously worked for another accountancy firm in Central London for 8 years, and has a degree in Accounting and Finance.

Nicola has a wide range of experience in audit, financial reporting and corporation tax for different sectors including manufacturing, retail, hospitality, private equity, charities and investment property.

As well as working in practice, Nicola also spent 2 years of her career working in industry. This has provided her with valuable experience, gaining an insight into the workings of a business, which has enabled her to better understand the needs of her clients.

Nicola is focussed on client satisfaction, delivering a quality and personal-led service. She believes that providing clients with the support they need, will enable them to focus their time on growing their business.

When time and weather permits, Nicola enjoys walking, kayaking, spending time with family and friends and eating out.

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Laura McCall

Audit & Accounts Director

Laura studied economics at the University of Nottingham. She joined Wilson Wright as an audit and accounts manager in 2019, having qualified as a chartered accountant at her previous firm in 2014.

Laura has audit experience in several industries, including sport, film, theatre, manufacturing, legal and financial services.

For fun, Laura enjoys eating out, travelling to new countries and is a keen supporter of Tranmere Rovers, attending matches whenever they play teams in the south.

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Richard Pugh

Audit & Accounts Director

Richard has recently returned to Wilson Wright after an 18-month period living in Australia and working at Deloitte.

He originally joined Wilson Wright in 2014, having trained and qualified as a member of the ICAEW at a smaller firm in Guildford, and has an honours degree in Accounting and Finance.

Richard has extensive experience across audit, accounts preparation and corporation tax, both in the UK and internationally, and has also carried out due diligence for several client acquisitions.

He proactively forms a close working relationship with clients to understand their needs and be best placed to offer advice and support.

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James Dillard

Audit & Accounts Senior Manager

James joined Wilson Wright in 2022 and is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

James has a wealth of experience spanning diverse sectors such as Retail, Construction & Property, and Technology. James excels in navigating the complexities of businesses operating in the innovative realm of Web3.

Renowned for fostering strong and lasting connections with clients, James goes beyond the traditional role of an accountant. He assumes the role of a trusted advisor, offering comprehensive guidance that extends beyond the numbers.

Outside of work James enjoys playing golf, learning languages, and watching live music.

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Matt English

Audit & Accounts Senior Manager

Matt qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2018 and joined Wilson Wright in 2019 having previously worked for a firm based in Newcastle.

Matt has a range of experience across different industries, including renewable energy, royalties, property, and investments. Matt works on both large and small businesses and is very used to working with some of the larger clients in the firm.

Matt has a degree in economics from the University of Birmingham and outside work, he enjoys snowboarding, playing hockey and watching American football.

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Gina Neal

Audit & Accounts Senior Manager

Gina joined Wilson Wright in 2021 as Audit Manager having worked at a previous London firm for over 8 years.

She has a wealth of experience in Audit and Reporting under UK GAAP and IFRS. Gina has worked with clients in a variety of sectors from small owner managed businesses to large multinational groups. She has wide experience, including reporting to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, financial due diligence and conversion from US GAAP to IFRS. Gina is dedicated to maintaining effective communication and providing an efficient service to her clients.

Gina has a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford and enjoys food, travel and learning Spanish in her spare time.

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Emma Bennallick

Audit & Accounts Manager

Emma joined Wilson Wright in 2019, having previously achieved her ACA qualification at Grant Thornton LLP London.

Emma has experience in both audit and financial reporting across UK GAAP and IFRS, working with clients spanning a variety of sectors, from small owner managed businesses to large multinational groups.

She takes pride in being approachable and delivering the best professional experience for her clients, be it managing and navigating the audit process or delivering quality technical advice and support.

Emma obtained a 1^st class degree in Mathematics from the University of Leeds.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with friends and visiting family in Cornwall.

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Gary Green

Audit & Accounts Manager

Gary Green joined Wilson Wright in 2018. Gary previously worked for a larger firm based in Kent for over three years.

Gary has a wealth of experience in managing corporate clients across a variety of different sectors, including both manufacturing and property, two sectors that Gary considers himself an expert in. Gary prides himself on being able to effectively listen to clients and gain a true understanding of their business needs. Gary’s close attention to detail and unique, individually tailored approach allows him to create both efficient and sustainable solutions for his clients.

Gary is a member of both the South Africa Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

In his spare time, Gary enjoys watching cricket and golf, as well as travelling.

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Magda Guzy

Business Services Director

Magda qualified as an ACCA with a top fifteen accountancy firm in London. She joined Wilson Wright in 2012 as a Management Accountant, then moved to be Head of Business Services in 2015 and was promoted to Business Services Director in 2022.

Magda loves working with start-ups and established businesses. Her expertise is Management Accounting, Budgeting, Forecasting, VAT and Brexit VAT compliance and Apps cloud solutions. She helps clients to set up the most effective and cost-efficient accounting systems and ensuring the data is properly captured and proper controls are in place. She also runs ad hoc projects to review processes and suggests improvements.

Magda has experience in cloud accounting and Apps/Add-on solutions which are available on the market. She works with clients from a variety of industries, including media and entertainment, manufacturing, property investment companies, retail and e-markets and many more.

In the spare time she loves running and spending time with her family.

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Fatiha Tifaoui

Business Services Manager

Fatiha joined Wilson Wright as a Business Services Manager, having worked in accountancy practices for over a decade. She is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

In the past 10 years, Fatiha has built up a wealth of experience in management accounting, annual accounts, and VAT.

Fatiha’s exposure to various different cloud-based accounting software means that she is well placed to offer advice for her clients when it comes to digitalising processes, such as Making Tax Digital (MTD).

Her sector knowledge includes retail, property, the creative industries, e-commerce, and hospitality.

Outside of work, Fatiha enjoys spending time with her young family.

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Alison Callahan

Head of Client Payroll

Alison started her career working for Thames Water before moving to BDO and EY. She joined Wilson Wright in 1997 as the sole member of the payroll department. Since then she has been instrumental in growing the department and has built up a client portfolio of over 250 clients.

Alison specialises in helping clients with all aspects of payroll and auto enrolment compliance.

She is a keen traveller and counts visiting Uganda to see the gorillas as a major highlight in her life.

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Ryan Barker

Client Payroll Senior Manager

Ryan takes pride in delivering on time, every time, and has an eye for detail. He likes to plan and get work done to the highest standard under time constraints.

Ryan’s specialism is payroll. He has a particular interest in automatic enrolment workplace pensions.

His role involves managing a portfolio of clients, ranging from single director businesses to complex large multi-employee organisations.

After more than a decade working in payroll, he has gained a wealth of knowledge that helps with processing various payroll schemes – for a variety of clients – on a daily basis.

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Lucia McCarthy

Client Relationship Manager and Executive Assistant

Lucia is a Client Relationship Manager and Executive Assistant within the Tax Transactional department. She has over 10 years of experience within the accounting industry, and an excellent knowledge of the sport and media sectors.

As a Client Relationship Manager, Lucia plays a pivotal role in supporting clients, particularly those within the football industry, whilst also seamlessly supporting the daily operations of our Senior Tax Partner. Her problem solving and results oriented approach make her an invaluable member of the team.

Lucia’s drive, commitment and vivacious personality make navigating the tax and personal finance landscape a swift and stress free process for many of our key clients.

In her free time, Lucia enjoys beach walks, painting and spending time with her family and friends.

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Jethro Barnsley

Corporate Finance Assistant Manager

BKL came together with Wilson Wright in 2024. Jethro is one of BKL’s Corporate Finance specialists.

Jethro is one of BKL’s corporate finance specialists. BKL came together with Wilson Wright in 2024.

Working closely with businesses in a range of sectors, he gives expert guidance on valuations, due diligence and mergers & acquisitions, helping entrepreneurs and management teams to navigate complex transactions.

Jethro also applies his experience in assurance, gained at PwC before he joined the BKL team in 2022.

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Mendy Shollar

Corporate Finance Executive

As part of BKL’s Corporate Finance team, which merged with Wilson Wright in 2024, Mendy gives clients specialised support on valuations, mergers and acquisitions.

As part of BKL’s corporate finance team, which came together with Wilson Wright in 2024, Mendy gives clients specialised support on valuations, mergers and acquisitions.

He works closely with SMEs and owner-managed businesses of all sizes and across a wide variety of sectors, guiding them through complex financial dealings.

Mendy grew up in the US before moving to the UK, giving him an international perspective to bring to clients with overseas operations. He gained experience in corporate finance at FSPG, joining BKL after the two firms merged in 2022.

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Clare West-Wilson

People & Culture Manager

Clare joined Wilson Wright over 25 years ago, providing administrative support to the team internally. She has recently been promoted to HR Adviser supporting the HR Director where she feels she is making a real difference. Clare has a good understanding of our clients and believes in giving them the very best personal service.

Outside of work, Clare has a very busy family life, but always tries to make time for a run or watching a good film.

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Annabel Saker

People & Culture Manager

Annabel joined the Wilson Wright team in 2023, following her move from New Zealand over to the UK.

She has a bachelor’s degree in human resource management along with three years of financial services industry experience.

Annabel is driven to ensure she is delivering the best service to clients. She also has a keen focus on empowering others to succeed and helping to nurture their professional development.

Outside of work, Annabel enjoys travelling across Europe and exploring the best café spots that London has to offer.