Michael is the Managing Partner and driving force behind the current success of Haines Watts' founding office here in Slough and is responsible for overseeing Haines Watts expansion in and around the M25 region.

Michael joined Haines Watts in 1991 as a trainee and became a Partner in 1999. He now manages the Slough practice but still handles a substantial portfolio. He specialises in, and is passionate about, advising owner managers with turnovers from £1 million to £20 million. Whatever sector the owner is operating in, companies of this size tend to have similar needs and challenges. They want to structure their affairs as tax efficiently as possible, to mitigate tax when extracting value from the business and to structure their personal affairs in a way that protects the wealth they have amassed.

His values, and those which his clients value most, are that he challenges them on their business, he provides commercial options, is empathic to their individual needs and presents and delivers advice in a very pragmatic way. Being an owner manager himself, his advice extends beyond financial input and he supports the owner in managing the business through it‘s various cycles. The majority of owners do not have any formal management training and in many cases have ‘come off the tools’ to develop their businesses. This advice is underpinned by a ‘practical’ MBA completed at Cranfield School of Management.

Michael was voted on to the Haines Watts Group Board in April 2008 and is now influencing the strategic direction of the firm nationally.

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Paul joined Haines Watts in April 1998 from a Top 5 London firm where he acted for a portfolio of large private and public companies, including various multinational groups. He is familiar with the issues and pressures that face subsidiary companies and in addition to overseeing the provision of compliance services.

Paul has advised on re-organisations, corporate restructures, MBOs and operational reviews.

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Jonathan runs the Audit & Business Services Department and is also a member of the National Audit & Quality Control Committee of the Haines Watts Group.

He joined Haines Watts in 1995 to expand his experience having qualified with a top-10 London firm where he specialised in audit and compliance.

Since becoming a Partner in 1998 he has acted for a wide variety of owner-managed businesses and not-for-profit organisations as well as having a range of internal responsibilities.

Jonathan has been an active Council member of the Slough Chamber of Commerce for several years. Highly experienced, with a focus on providing high quality advice to privately owned businesses, he has served clients across diverse business sectors in the region for over 15 years.

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Since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2001, Matt has gained much of his experience over the years working with clients at various stages of their development and over a wide range of industries.

Matt came through the ranks to partnership following his period at the helm of the audit and business advisory departments here in Haines Watts‘ founding office in Slough.

His specialisms lie in working closely with high net worth individuals, SMEs and those corporate clients with turnovers ranging between £2m-£40m. The latter reflects his extensive work with the UK subsidiaries of international groups based in the USA and Canada. He has extensive experience in dealing with international reporting requirements including US GAAP.

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Jane joined the Slough office of Haines Watts in September 2008 before becoming a full Partner in April 2010.

Prior to joining HW, Jane ran a large family practice in the west country with her father-in-law specialising in providing a full range of accounting and advisory services to local owner-managed businesses and the small corporate sector in Cornwall and west Devon. Her reasons for moving were hastened due to her husband's relocation to take up a corporate directorship in the Thames Valley with one of the area's most prestigious residential development and construction companies.

She relishes the challenge of bringing her very personal 'hands on' style to a widely diverse client.

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Amandeep Duhra

Partner

For the last 8 years Amandeep, was the Senior Partner of Pentagon Consulting, a small accountancy practice specialising in servicing SMEs in the local Berkshire area before the practice joined with Haines Watts Slough in 2011.

Amandeep has a wide ranging experience of working with owner managed businesses and corporate subsidiaries and has helped many clients achieve their financial goals by working alongside and assisting them in all areas of their business.

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A dynamic Chartered Accountant providing tailored solutions to a range of businesses with turnovers ranging from £2 - £100m. The focus being to add-value whatever the nature of the assignment; exceeding clients' expectations is a must!

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Ross joined Haines Watts in 2005 as regional Tax Partner. As an accredited tax specialist, he brings with him a wealth of accumulated experience in providing tax advice to a wide range of businesses and individuals.

Ross works closely with management and shareholders on tax issues such as structuring in and outside the UK for companies and their owners. He also deals with transactions within groups, funding for businesses, disposal planning and company reorganisations, as well as providing more general advice whether on UK or international corporate and personal tax issues.

Amongst other areas, Ross has particular interests in property and non UK domicile issues. Ross draws on his experience as both a Chartered Accountant (since 1985) and a member of the Institute of Taxation (since 1986) to give practical commercial and tax-efficient solutions to business problems and needs.

Having previously worked for KPMG, and prior to joining Haines Watts in 2006, he was a partner in the Horwath Clark Whitehill office in London. Ross has recently joined the SME Committee of the tax faculty of the ICAEW.

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Steve leads our VAT practice in the London and M25 region. He joined Haines Watts in early 2010 from Baker Tilly where he was Deputy Head of the National VAT group as well as leading the Charity VAT, Property & Construction VAT and Social Housing VAT groups. Steve started his career with the HM Revenue & Customs, then further developed his expertise whilst at Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton.

He provides advice that gives comfort where there are doubts, remedies where there are issues and VAT savings where there are opportunities, to the whole spectrum of owner managed businesses and charities.

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