Partners

Ronnie Harris Partner Name Ronnie Harris
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
Email ronnieharris@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
Stephen Garbutta Partner Name Stephen Garbutta
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
Email stephengarbutta@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
malc%20w Partner Name Malcolm Webber
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
Email malcolmwebber@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
Neville Newman Partner Name Neville Newman
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
Email nevillenewman@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
Russell Selwyn Partner Name Russell Selwyn
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
Email russellselwyn@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
Hugh Lask Partner Name Hugh Lask
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
Email hughlask@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
Stephen Haffner Partner Name Stephen Haffner
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
Email stephenhaffner@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
 
Manish Kamdar Partner Name Manish Kamdar
Years in Business 14
Specialisations Financial Modeling, Acquisitions and Disposals
Star Sign Capricorn
Favourite Film Lagaan (A Bollywood Hit)
Favourite Music Album Thriller
Pastimes Spending time with my wife and 2 children, supporting Liverpool FC and the Indian Cricket Team and listening to Indian music
Football Team Liverpool FC
Best Moment in Professional Life When I qualified and knowing that I wouldn't need to do any further exams
What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant A Professional Cricketer!
Favourite Web Site Link www.cricinfo.com & www.bbcsports.co.uk
Email manishkamdar@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
charlotte%20revised Partner Name Charlotte Harris
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
Email charlotteharris@harrisandtrotter.co.uk
Daniel Walters Partner Name Daniel Walters
Years in Business 10
Specialisations Business Advice, Property, Corporate Finance and Business Structures
Star Sign Scorpio
Favourite Film Untouchables
Favourite Music Album Anything by The Counting Crows
Pastimes Family, Football and Friends
Football Team Watford
Best Moment in Professional Life Leading Multi Million Pound Corporate Transactions
What Would I Have Been if not a Chartered Accountant Professional Footballer
Favourite Web Site Link www.newsnow.co.uk
Email danielwalters@harrisandtrotter.co.uk