Partners
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Partner Name | Ronnie Harris |
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| Years in Business | 34 | |
| Specialisations | Music – Media – Private Clients – Divorce - Tax Planning | |
| Star Sign | Gemini | |
| Favourite Film | One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest | |
| Favourite Music Album | Brothers in Arms and New Boots & Panties | |
| Pastimes | Running, Treking, Charity Cycling Work | |
| Football Team | Spurs | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Successfully arranging "Year out of UK" tax breaks for clients | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | A fiction writer or try to run a restaurant | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.expedia.co.uk | |
| ronnieharris@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Stephen Garbutta |
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| Years in Business | Since the last century | |
| Specialisations | Creating wealth for my clients | |
| Star Sign | Taurus | |
| Favourite Film | Casino | |
| Favourite Music Album | Bridge Over Troubled Waters | |
| Pastimes | Movies, Spurs & grandchildren | |
| Football Team | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Acting for a client for 20 years and successfully floating the company on the London Stock Exchange | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | Relaxed and Wealthy | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | Toys-R-Us | |
| stephengarbutta@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Malcolm Webber |
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| Years in Business | Qualified in 1974 and commenced practice with Stephen Garbutta | |
| Specialisations | Sport and Media, General Practice and Administration | |
| Star Sign | Gemini and definitely a split personality | |
| Favourite Film | Shawshank Redemption | |
| Favourite Music Album | The Beatles White Album and favourite song Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven | |
| Pastimes | So far as concerns the football, now that Dave Bassett has nearly retired from Football Management I have gone back to my first love which is Tottenham Hotspur. However, Manager isn't picking Danny Blanchflower, Jimmy Greaves, Dave McKay, Alan Gillseane, Steve Archibald and I just don't understand why! | |
| Football Team | Any team that Dave Bassett manages | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Winning a case before the General Commissioners | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | Never thought of anything else but probably a train driver | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.friendsreunited.co.uk | |
| malcolmwebber@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Neville Newman |
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| Years in Business | I started work in 1980, qualified in 1984 and became a partner in 1988 | |
| Specialisations | Helping owner managed businesses in the following industries: franchising, advertising and market research, media and entertainment, property, retailing and restaurants, assisting non- domiciled individuals living in the UK | |
| Star Sign | Scorpio | |
| Favourite Film | Wedding Crashes | |
| Favourite Music Album | Luther Vandros - Dance with my Father | |
| Pastimes | All forms of sport including running, cycling, tennis, football, swimming, fundraising events for Norwood, my wife and three boys | |
| Football Team | Arsenal | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Achieving positive results for existing clients, gaining new clients, settling Inland Revenue investigations, humorous stories of professional life | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | I would have opened a chain of health clubs | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.letour.fr | |
| nevillenewman@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Russell Selwyn |
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| Years in Business | Seems like forever (25) | |
| Specialisations | Music ; Business aquisitions and disposals; Hotels; Franchising; Shareholder/Partnership Disputes; Eating | |
| Star Sign | I am a star and need no sign (Scorpio) | |
| Favourite Film | Star Wars | |
| Favourite Music Album | Bat out of Hell (Meatloaf) | |
| Pastimes | Reading/Music (Yawn!) US Football | |
| Football Team | Arsenal | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Explaining to a purchaser of a tile company that the Ferrari Testorossa was used to make urgent deliveries of tiles. | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | Probably easier to say what I would not have been ….. rock star, footballer, male model | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.nfl.com | |
| russellselwyn@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Hugh Lask |
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| Years in Business | Too many to count. It seems like forever, certainly more than 20 years | |
| Specialisations | The worlds of music and property; and just about anything with “Tax” in its title | |
| Star Sign | Aquarius | |
| Favourite Film | Anything that I can stay awake for throughout its entirety. If you push me…. “The Producers” | |
| Favourite Music Album | “Closing Time”….Tom Waits; and the entire Bruce Springsteen catalogue; and, of course, everything recorded by clients of H & T | |
| Pastimes | Trying to spend time with my family; trying to keep myself fit (ish); various charitable endeavours, including treks in deserts and up and over mountains | |
| Football Team | Bromley Town, Manchester United and England | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Being invited to become a Partner at Harris & Trotter and being given a key to the executive loo | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | Rich (and possibly famous) | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.iii.co.uk - I love all those red arrows | |
| hughlask@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Stephen Haffner |
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| Years in Business | 20 (but feels closer to 40) | |
| Specialisations | Audits, Accountancy, Acquisitions, Aardvarks (in fact anything beginning with the letter A I specialise in) | |
| Star Sign | Pisces | |
| Favourite Film | Revenge of the Nerds | |
| Favourite Music Album | Trick of the Tail – Genesis | |
| Pastimes | Defending Manchester United, Rearing Children, Talking | |
| Football Team | Manchester United (Naturally, I live nowhere near Manchester) 'and then Oldham Athletic' | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Discovering a fraud (I thought they only happened in text books) | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | A Certified Accountant | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.accountingweb.co.uk | |
| stephenhaffner@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Manish Kamdar |
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| Years in Business | 18 | |
| Specialisations |
Adding value where possible. Business Advice, Property, Corporate Finance, Tax planning and Business start ups. |
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| Star Sign | Capricorn | |
| Favourite Film | The 3 idiots! (A Bollywood Hit) | |
| Favourite Music Album | Thriller | |
| Pastimes | Travelling, spending time with my wife and 2 children, coaching a youth cricket team, supporting the Indian Cricket Team and listening to Indian music. | |
| Football Team | Liverpool FC | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | My first client referral. | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | A Professional Cricketer! | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.cricinfo.com & www.bbcsports.co.uk | |
| manishkamdar@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Charlotte Harris |
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| Years in Business | 6 | |
| Specialisations | Music and Media, Corporate Tax Planning, Providing a 24/7 service to clients | |
| Star Sign | Scorpio | |
| Favourite Film | Breakfast at Tiffany's | |
| Favourite Music Album | Currently Mika, Maximo Park and Lilly Allen but anything I can dance and run to | |
| Pastimes | Taking on new challenges | |
| Football Team | England | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Becoming the first female partner and the third generation of Harris at H&T | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | Stockbroker | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.myspace.co.uk | |
| charlotteharris@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |
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Partner Name | Daniel Walters |
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| Years in Business | 10 | |
| Specialisations | Business Advice, Property, Corporate Finance and Business start ups. | |
| Star Sign | Scorpio | |
| Favourite Film | Escape to Victory | |
| Favourite Music Album | Anything by The Counting Crows | |
| Pastimes | Family, Football and Friends | |
| Football Team | Watford | |
| Best Moment in Professional Life | Becoming a partner from trainee in the same firm | |
| What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant | Professional Footballer | |
| Favourite Web Site Link | www.newsnow.co.uk | |
| danielwalters@harrisandtrotter.co.uk |