Listening, advising, talking, guiding and working with you to grow and nurture your wealth.

Laura Ryding

Business Advisory Manager

Laura is a Business Advisory Manager and works across our Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich offices.

Lauren Burgess

Corporate Finance Executive

Lauren joined Scrutton Bland in March 2022 and is part of the firm’s Corporate Finance team.

Laura Bloom

Assistant Manager

Laura is an ACCA qualified Assistant Manager based in our Ipswich office.

Charlotte Gyford

Corporate Finance Technician

Charlotte works as a Technician across our Colchester and Ipswich offices within the Corporate Finance Team.

Immi Rust

Assistant Manager

Immi works as an Assistant Manager in our Audit team in Colchester

Dan Hudson-Smith

Corporate Finance Executive

Dan works as an Executive across our Colchester and Ipswich offices within the Corporate Finance team

Liberty Sutherland

Assistant Manager

Liberty works in our Audit department as an Assistant Manager.

Christen Wood

Senior Client Support

Christen works as a senior client support in our Colchester office

Lee Coombs

Insurance Account Executive

Lee is an Account Executive in our insurance team and is based in Colchester.

Paul Harris

Private Client Tax Partner

Paul is a Private Client Tax Partner focused on serving central East Anglia from our Bury St Edmunds office.

Georgie Norman

Head of People and Culture

Empowering people to become the best version of themselves.

James Goldsmith

Assistant Manager

James is an Assistant Manager within our audit team, based in our Colchester office but spending much of his time on site with clients.

Daniel May

VAT Manager

Daniel is a Tax Manager, specialising in all things VAT.

Lesley Aldons

Assistant Manager

Lesley is a highly experienced Chartered Accountant, specialising in the charity sector

Harriet Livermore

HR Adviser

Harriet is an HR adviser working across all of Scrutton Bland’s five offices

Bethan Pritchard

Senior Risk and Assurance Auditor

Bethan completes risk and assurance audits for clients

Rachel Cornes

Digital and Events Manager

Rachel joined us in 2022 as Digital and Events Manager

Natalie Farrow

HR Adviser

Natalie is an HR Adviser, working across all of our offices

Keri Lucas

Insurance Account Executive

Keri is based in our Ipswich office but travels the country to meet with charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Tyler Hursey

Tax Adviser

Tyler works in our tax team in Colchester.

Josh Bailey

Business Advisory Account Executive

Josh is an ACA qualified accounts executive, currently working in our Business Advisory department in Colchester.

Ben Gallington

Audit Manager

Ben works as an Audit Manager and is based in our Ipswich office.

Richard Atkinson

Insurance Account Executive

Richard is an Account Executive working from our Ipswich office.

Emily Dunbar

Client Manager

Emily works as a Client Manager in the Business Advisory department of our Ipswich office.

Steven Burgess

Audit Partner

Steven provides audit and assurance services for family and owner managed businesses.

April Rand

Insurance Account Executive

April is a Commercial Account Executive in our Colchester office, specialising in Personal Lines and Small Business Commercial areas of insurance broking.

Elizabeth Nichols

Marketing Director

Elizabeth leads the strategic Marketing direction, tactics and campaign management for the Firm.

Simon Hurren

Associate Partner

Simon specialises in advising High Net Worth Individuals with their personal tax affairs.

Ryan Pearce

Client Manager

Ryan is a Senior Risk and Assurance Auditor, based in our Ipswich office.

Chris Hall

Tax Assistant Manager

Chris works within our Private Client Tax Department across our Ipswich and Diss offices.

Andrew Strickland

Consultant

Andrew has been with Scrutton Bland for over thirty years and is now a consultant, based in our Colchester office.

Emma Emerson

Insurance Director

Emma is a Director in Insurance business based in the Colchester office, working within the commercial sector.

Ben Chaplin

Audit Manager

Ben works in the audit team, managing a variety of commercial and not for profit clients.

Leisyen Cox

Associate Partner

Leisyen joined Scrutton Bland in 2008 and is an Associate Partner in our Risk and Assurance Department.

Lauren Caulfield

Audit Manager

Lauren is a manager in the audit team, working in our Ipswich office.

Samantha Stent

Associate Partner

Sam is an Associate Partner, based in our Colchester office.

Mark Smith

Corporate Finance Director

As a Corporate Finance Director, Mark has over 30 years of experience in managing financial transactions for businesses.

Natasha Root

Insurance Account Executive

Natasha heads up Private Client insurance in our Colchester office.

Julie Harrison

Payroll Manager

Julie is Payroll Manager and is based in our Ipswich office.

Donna Cullum

Audit Manager

Donna is a manager in our Ipswich audit department, looking after charities and owner-managed businesses.

Tim O’Connor

Audit Partner

Tim heads the Colchester corporate team providing robust audit and advisory services.

Daniel Bligh

Managing Director, Scrutton Bland Insurance Brokers Ltd

Dan is joint Managing Director of Scrutton Bland Insurance Brokers Ltd

Sally Ledger

Personal Tax Manager

Sally is a Tax Manager in our Ipswich office, specialising in personal tax and Capital Gains Tax.

Joy Shaw

Senior Tax Adviser

Joy is a member of the Tax Advisory Team, specialising in assisting businesses with post-Brexit regulations.

Luke Morris

Corporate Finance Partner

Luke is a Partner and leads our Corporate Finance team.

Chris George

Tax Advisory Partner

Chris oversees the provision of advice to businesses covering tax planning.

Jo Gilbert

Client Manager

Jo is a manager in the Ipswich office as part of the Business Advisory team.

Samantha Mudd

Senior Tax Adviser

Sam is a member of the tax advisory team specialising in personal tax.

David Collins

Senior Tax Adviser

David is a Senior Tax Adviser with expertise in UK and non-UK tax residency rules.

Paul Skinner

Audit Manager

Paul is a Corporate Services manager providing audit and compliance services.

David Pickess

Audit Manager

David is a Corporate Services Manager in our Colchester Office.

Emma Clifton

Associate Partner

Emma is an Associate Partner in our Ipswich Business Advisory team.

Gary Stannard

Insurance Director

Gary is an insurance director specialising in commercial insurance policies.

Ryan Pearcy

Associate Partner

Ryan leads our SB Digital team bringing efficiency and insights to owner managed businesses.

Jason Harden

Insurance Account Executive

Jason is an insurance executive with knowledge of commercial and personal insurance covers.

David Taylor

Insurance Account Executive

David is a Commercial Insurance Executive, based in our Ipswich office.

Mark Wilby

Insurance Account Executive

Mark provides insurance broker advice to commercial clients.

Shirley Greer

Insurance Director

Shirley is an insurance specialist, working with charities and not for profit organisations.

Barry Davis

Insurance Account Executive

Barry is based in our Ipswich office but travels the country to meet with charities and not-for-profit organisations.

James Thurkettle

Corporate Finance Manager

James works on business valuations, disposals and acquisitions, and specialises in US/UK GAAP conversion work in the education sector.

Sonja Lambourne

Client Manager

Sonja is a Chartered Accountant specialising in agriculture, land and property.

Leila Davies

Client Manager

Leila is a key member of the SB Digital team and is a specialist in finding digital accounting solutions for her clients.

Jack Deal

Business Advisory Partner

Jack is a Business Advisory Partner working across East Anglia, with a focus on the west of the region.

Alexandra Canham

Client Manager

Alex is a manager within the Business Advisory team providing accountancy services to business clients.

Janice Bush

Client Manager

Janice is an accountant dealing with owner managed and family businesses, specialising in agriculture.

Carl Bullen

Risk and Assurance Client Manager

Carl undertakes risk and assurance internal audits for our clients.

Robert Brigg

Corporation Tax Manager

Robert oversees all Corporation Tax compliance work undertaken across Scrutton Bland.

Andrew King

Business Advisory Assistant Manager

Andrew’s expertise ranges from management accounts to tax compliance work and cloud-based accounting systems.

Ben Cussons

Associate Partner

Ben works as an Associate Partner in our Business Advisory Department across our Diss and Ipswich offices.

Tim Bell

Insurance Account Executive

Tim works within the insurance team, specialising in protection advice to businesses, business owners and individuals.

Natalie Humphris

Assistant Payroll Manager

Natalie is Assistant Payroll Manager and based in our Ipswich office

Simon Pinion

Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner

Simon is a Business Advisory Partner and looks after accounting for owner-managed businesses.

Edward Nottingham

Insurance Director

Ed is an insurance director, based at our Diss office.

James Tucker

Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner

James is a Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner, advising a range of businesses on their growth and development.

Paul Goddard

Risk & Assurance Partner

Paul specialises in internal audits and delivers robust frameworks to help businesses.

Graham Doubtfire

Private Client Tax Partner

Graham is one of our Private Client Tax Partners working from our Colchester office.

Nick Banks

Business Advisory & Cloud Accounting Partner

Nick is a Business Advisory Partner and the firm’s Finance Partner, heading up the finance team and lead partner for the Farm and Estates advisory team.

Tim Mulley

Senior Partner

Tim specialises in insurance for private clients, businesses and charities.

Jason Fayers

Managing Partner

Jason specialises in business, corporate and personal taxation.