Meet the Team

I was born on 21st August 1960 in Islington. My parents both come from Hackney in East London. My father was a London Taxi Driver and my mother has, since the age of 16, worked part time for Blooms, a family business known for being the world’s most famous kosher food business.

My parents never had the opportunity to further their studies, therefore, whilst they put no pressure on me, they did instill into me the virtues of obtaining a professional qualification. I can remember them telling me how an accountant would always find it easier to obtain a mortgage and therefore buy a house. My earliest memory of wanting to be an accountant was when asked to act out at school what we wanted to be when we grew up. I remember at the age of 9 sitting behind my desk writing as though I were an accountant.

As with all children at school, I had my ups and downs but, fortunately, I matured early enough to realise that I needed a career to improve my quality of life. After passing my exams at school, I attended University College London where I studied Economics and in 1988, I graduated with a second-class upper degree.

Lured by the big firms, I joined Deloitte Haskins and Sells, which, at the time, was the UK’s second largest accountancy firm. As a result of merger and change, the firm has become part of the UK’s largest firm, Coopers and Lybrand.