Our Finance Director update courses take place every 6 months and are designed to keep your technical knowledge up to date to help you comply with the ever-changing regulatory environment in the worlds of Financial Reporting and Tax.
With expert speakers from across MHA, this event will focus on the latest developments in Tax, VAT and UK company law & accounting standards.
Agenda
| Time | Speakers | Details |
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| 08.30 – 08.45 | Chris Danes, Partner | Welcome & Introduction |
| 08.45 – 09.30 | Professor Joe Nellis, Economic Advisor | Economic update |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Neil Parsons, Technical Director | Audit & Accounting Standards |
| 10.00 – 10.10 | Comfort Break | |
| 10:10 – 11:10 | Richard Maitland, Partner David Stone, Tax Director Scott London-Hill, Research & Development Tax Manager Sue Rathmell, VAT Partner | Employment Tax Corporate Tax R&D Tax Credits VAT |
| 11.10 – 11.20 | Comfort Break | |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | James Smith, Partner & Jonathan Dowding, Tax Director Yasmin Ishaq, Transfer Pricing Director | Global Mobility & International Tax Transfer Pricing |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Full panel | Q&A |
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Finance Directors Update webinar – February 2026
Speakers/Participants
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Chris Danes Tax PartnerChris leads the Global Tax Solutions team at MHA and for the Baker Tilly International network with the key responsibility of helping clients grow and develop their Global business.
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Professor Joe Nellis Economic Adviser to MHA
Joe Nellis CBE is one of the UK’s most experienced and well-known economists, with four decades of experience commenting on UK.
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Richard Maitland Partner
Richard joined MHA in 2019 with 18 years of experience in the field of human capital. He leads the national employment tax team within our Human Capital Advisory practice, as well as specialising in national minimum wage issues.
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David Stone Tax Director
David is an experienced tax advisor who supports his clients in navigating the various corporate tax challenges that they face.
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Sue Rathmell VAT and Indirect Tax Partner
Sue is an Indirect Tax specialist with more than 30 years’ experience of VAT, Insurance Premium Tax, excise and customs duties.
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Scott London-Hill Research and Development Manager
Scott started his career at MHA almost a decade ago as a junior and worked in various areas of tax before finding a long-term focus in innovation incentives
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Jonathan Dowding Tax Director
Jonathan joined MHA in 2021 from EY’s International Tax Team, where he advised FTSE listed and private equity backed multi-national groups on a range of international and UK tax issues
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James K Smith Partner
James joined MHA as a Partner and Head of Global Mobility in 2024.James has over 13 years-experience in global mobility, primarily at Big 4, advising companies on all aspects of having an international workforce.
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Yasmin Ishaq Transfer Pricing Director
Yasmin is an experienced Director in the London Transfer Pricing Group. She has over 19 years of work experience (both in practice and in-house) in the transfer pricing space, across financial services and non-financial services sectors; either headquartered in the UK or abroad.
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Neil Parsons Director – Head of Financial Reporting Advisory and Company Law
Neil joined MHA on 6 April 2020 as the Director and Head of Financial Reporting Advisory and Company Law
