1993
Graduated with First-Class Honours in Finance & Accounting
1995
Passed Chartered Accountancy exams (ACA) first time
1996
Promoted to manager of accounts prep team
1998
Passed Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) exams
2001
Returned to Grant Thornton
1993
Started at Wilson de Zouche & MacKenzie (WZM) accountancy firm
1996
Became time qualified
1997
Grant Thornton bought WZM. Joined tax team as Corporate Tax executive
1999
Left Grant Thornton to work as a Tax Advisory Executive
2003
Became a people manager
2007-2009
Had two children, Sam and Harper
2012
Promoted to Associate Director
1998
Joined the Army – Royal Corps of Signals – Area Systems Operator
2000 - 2004
30 Sigs Bramcote - Satellite communications engineer
2004
Re-traded to technician – information systems (IS)
2004 - 2006
2 Sigs York – Cormorant engineer
2006 - 2008
16 Sigs Germany – IS Engineer
2008 - 2011
USSO (15 Sigs) Blandford – Bowman/TNG L3 support technician
2011 -2013
3 Div Bulford – TNG L3 Engineer/ISTAR network engineer/IT service desk manager
2013 - 2015
1 Sigs Stafford – TNG L3/falcon technician/IS engineer
2016 - 2020
Army Cyber Protection Team (13 Sigs), Corsham – SOC/Incident Response team manager
2020
Joined Grant Thornton Assistant Manager, Cyber Defence
2022
Promoted to Manager
2024
Internal move to CD&I consultancy and advisory team
2023
Completed level 4 AAT qualification
2023
Completed ACA
2023
Became a people lead for our national Private Capital tax team
2021
Member of the firm’s first Inclusion Advisory Board
2012
Promoted to Associate Director