With over 1800 people across our business located in over 60 offices, our team’s made up of individuals helping business owners and their growth goals.
With TC Group by your side, no matter how complex your financial situation may be, we have the resources and expertise to help you navigate it successfully.
Here, you’ll find our Partners and Heads of Service Lines.
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Partner
James joined TC Bromhead in 1998 and became a Partner in 2000. He acts for a wide range of clients, especially numerous solicitors and dentists. James enjoys providing practical business advice to enhance profitability and ensure taxation burdens are minimised.
Practice Director
Having grown up in Plymouth, Gemma joined TC Bromhead in 2002 as an AAT apprentice. She later qualified as a Chartered Accountant and held a client manager position for many years. Gemma’s now TC Bromhead’s Practice Director, and is responsible for staffing, systems, and training.
Getting to grips with a new system and improving the practice is what she really loves to do! Relationships are key to her career and she enjoys coaching the team and working with clients whilst watching their businesses grow.
Associate Partner
Kate’s been a qualified accountant for nearly 20 years and gained fellowship status with the ACCA in 2004. She previously worked for a FTSE100, heading up corporate finance and working as a key member of the leadership and management team at strategy level.
Kate’s a self confessed accounting nerd and her attention to detail allows her to tax plan for her clients in a highly efficient manner, optimising their individual situations.
Her style of working is to get to know her clients and their businesses in detail so she can help them plan for the future taking into account the wider picture.
Associate Partner
Liam’s an Associate Partner in our Portsmouth office and joined TC Group in 2015. He works with owner managed businesses across various different industries.
Audit Director
Matt’s continued to make a significant contribution to the success and development of the audit team, taking on increasing responsibility for client relationships, technical matters and strategic initiatives.
He’s demonstrated strong leadership and is playing a key role in the future development of the department. Matt’s also currently progressing through the process of obtaining his Responsible Individual (RI) status, an important milestone in his professional development.
Audit Senior Manager
Lauren’s become an increasingly important member of the audit team, combining strong technical capability with excellent client relationship management and team leadership. She has taken on growing responsibility across a broad portfolio of audit clients, particularly with our not-for-profit clients, and has been instrumental in supporting the development of both our people and processes. This promotion recognises Lauren’s continued progression and the valuable contribution she makes to the firm.
Senior Manager Corporate Tax
Michael’s a Senior Manager specialising in Corporation Tax matters and more complex projects as part of Corporate Finance transactions.
He has significant experience in a broad range of tax services, including compliance, advisory and tax accounting and assists clients ranging from large groups of companies and inbound subsidiaries to owner managed businesses.
In addition to Corporate Tax, Michael advises on employment tax issues, including the off-payroll working (IR35) rules.
Senior Manager Personal Tax
Kirsty’s a Senior Personal Tax Manager with over 25 years’ experience in Private Client Tax. She provides expert advice on a range of personal taxation issues, including Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, Trust, and Estate Taxation.
As a Chartered Tax Adviser, Kirsty brings a detailed and nuanced understanding to her work, ensuring each client receives personalised and effective tax advice.
Senior Manager Business Hub
Senior Manager of TC Knill James’ Business Hub, Steven has over 20 years’ experience working with Owner-Managed Businesses and UK subsidiaries of overseas businesses, successfully advising and supporting them to achieve their goals.
A systems advisory expert, Steven also provides guidance to clients on the implementation of new technologies to refine existing systems, processes, and controls, ensuring these continue to meet the evolving needs of the business as it grows and develops.
Senior Manager Business Hub
Alex is a Senior Manager of TC Knill James’ Business Hub. With over a decade of experience in private practice, Alex boasts a deep understanding of financial statements, bookkeeping, and management accounting.
He’s successfully guided clients in a wide range of sectors, including charities and education, farming, professional services, property, and retail.
Business Advisory Director
George has specialised in due diligence and deal advisory services for over 20 years, and has advised clients across a wide range of sectors and deal sizes. He’s also experienced in providing strategic and business advice to start-ups and growing companies.
Tax Partner
Jamie’s a Tax Partner in our TC Knill James Private Client team and has worked in tax and accounting for over ten years. Initially he trained as an accountant before specialising in Private Client Tax.
He now advises clients on all aspects of taxation relating to their personal tax affairs, ranging from Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax to employee share schemes/incentivisation, including EMI schemes.
Jamie’s also a member of the Chartered Institute of Tax Advisors.
Corporate Finance Partner (South East and South Coast)
Kirsty’s an award-winning Corporate Finance advisor for Owner-Managed Businesses. She joined TC Knill James in 2007 from a Top 15 accountancy practice and has nearly 20 years’ experience in lead advisory Corporate Finance.
Kirsty provides support to business owners at all stages of the business life cycle. She’s led many businesses through transactions and has a particular specialism for acquisitions, disposals, company valuations, MBOs, MBIs, and restructuring.
In 2023, Kirsty was named Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year at the South East Dealmakers Awards, and she also won the Financial Services category at the Sussex & Surrey Dynamic Awards for Women Business Leaders.
Partner
Chris is a Partner at TC Knill James and a specialist in proactive, multi-disciplinary business consultancy with over 30 years of significant SME/OMB expertise. He’s been a Partner with TC Knill James since 1988.
Chris specialises in business coaching and mentoring, strategic development and non-exec services, and is passionate about delivering these to clients who are equally as passionate about their businesses and future plans. He’s an expert in the provision of agile business improvement advice, as a result of his extensive experience within audit, assurance, ATOL and FCA reporting, management accounting and proactive taxation advice (including International).
Chris is a member of the global Mindshop Business Strategy, Development & Facilitation network of advisors.