About

After spending six years in practice, training as a Chartered Accountant, Stephen moved into industry to gain an in depth experience of supporting and helping businesses in a busy fast moving environment. Gathering a wealth of experience from a wide variety of industries, Stephen has been driven by a passion to add value to any business he has been involved in.

This passion has led Stephen to actively seek opportunities to help smaller businesses to grow, which fits in with the ethos at Think Smart Accounts. With over 25 years of experience in Finance and Accounting, Stephen is sure to find ways to support clients in their decision making and growth.

Outside of work, Stephen loves to cycle and is an active member of his local church, theatre group and Cub Scout Pack. He also loves spending time with his new grandson.

Hadia joined in November 2024 to support the senior team with annual accounting & tax returns.  She is a member of the ACCA having achieved all of the requirements of the institute.

Hadia brings additional practice experience to the team & has experience of looking after a large client base whilst maintaining the high standards we look for.

Justyna joined the team in June 2024. She completed her AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting in 2016 & will be pursuing her further professional qualifications later in the year.

Justyna will be supporting the Client Managers by being the alternative point of contact for clients & providing the practice administration support needed as we continue to grow.

Justyna has worked in various corporate accounting roles for the past 11 years, she is highly organised which plays a key role in adhering to all deadlines.

Outside of work she loves spending time with her family, going for long walks with her dogs and baking.

Andy is our Bookkeeper and Payables Specialist who joined the team in early 2017, having previously spent most of his career in the publishing industry.

Andy deals with the day to day processing of client payable transactions and the associated client queries in a timely and efficient manner. His pleasant and helpful manner offers our clients a level of confidence that is key to our service.

Key to Andy's skillset is his accuracy and and meticulous eye for detail, allowing the Management Accounting team to have confidence in the figures when producing reports and speaking to clients about their numbers.

Ryan joined the team in June 2023 to support us all in a key administrative capacity.

He makes sure all client emails are attended to & passed to the right team member & will be the person you will probably speak to first if you call our main office number. He also looks after our CRM system & will most likely be the person to assist you with our onboarding process.

Ryan comes from an admin background so has the dedication & eye for detail to ensure everying in the background runs smoothly. Due to him showing an aptitude for bookkeeping he enrolled as an apprentice to study level 3 AAT in September 2023 to assist with the ever growing needs of the business & is progressing well along this path.

David Logan of TAG Tax and heads up our tax technical team. David has over 25 years of wide-ranging tax experience and is a Chartered Tax Adviser ("CTA") with the Chartered Institute of Taxation. David spent over 14 years with the Big 4 firm working specialising in Corporate Tax dealing with both national and international companies and groups. David also spent 3 years with mid-tier firm heading up a tax team in a regional office dealing with both corporate and personal tax matters for owner managed businesses. This enabled David to gain valuable experience in managing Director/Shareholder issues for owner managed businesses.

Gavin has been providing independent financial advice to discerning clients since 2000. Attention to detail, good listening skills and great empathy are some of the most common traits highlighted by his clients.

He has spent the vast majority of his career specialising in advising business owners, and high net worth individuals.

Gavin has extensive experience and detailed technical knowledge in advising clients across all areas of retirement planning, tax planning, investments, estate & inheritance tax planning and personal/business protection.

A keen football fan, who still plays even though he is the wrong side of 40, Gavin now also enjoys teaching and watching his 3 sons playing football and rugby.

As a Chartered Financial Planner, Daniel brings over 15 years' experience as a trusted adviser to a wide client base of professionals, entrepreneurs, business owners, board directors and continues to work with many families that he has advised for many years. He has extensive technical knowledge in advising clients across all areas of retirement planning, tax planning, investments, estate & inheritance tax planning and personal/business protection.

Daniel joined the team in 2019 following 7 years at Adam and Company Bank, where he was a director in the London Financial Planning Team. Outside of work Daniel enjoys spending time with his wife and young son but will also take the opportunity in playing golf, football and squash when he can.

Richard joined the Think Smart team as part of the acquisition of Anchor Accounting Limited in the latter half of 2023.  He now works for the business as a freelance tax consultant & accountant, looking after a small number of key clients for us

Richard is both a qualified chartered accountant as well as a chartered tax advisor & brings a wealth of experience to the team.  He will also provide tax advisory services across our growing client base.

Outside of work, Richard enjoys cricket, football, going to the gym & going to music gigs & festivals.