Ali is a qualified Chartered Accountant having trained in practice with what is now Ernst & Young. He was made a Partner in 1976 at the age of 29 and subsequently, in 1980, set up his own practice in London. The business was acquired by UBS in 1986 and grew organically by the acquisitions of Williams Jeffery Barber Limited in 1987...

Karen started her career with HMRC over 30 years ago and has a wide breadth of experience in all areas of Personal Tax, advising both UK based individuals and those with an international background, structuring their personal taxation affairs and generally providing proactive advice. Structuring non domiciled client’s taxation affairs prior to arrival in the UK is a particular area of...

Tal is a member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners and of the Federation of Tax Advisers, being the tax faculty of the Institute of Financial Accountants. Tal has extensive experience in the field of accountancy and tax having originally trained with a firm of chartered accountants and worked in general practice for the first 15 years of his...

Nick qualified as a solicitor in 1984 and practised with two City firms until 1996 when he joined Williams Jeffrey Barber, a tax consultancy which provided advice to accountants and solicitors. After its merger into the Chiltern Group, Nick was appointed director in charge of the Trusts and Estate planning team. In 2007, Chiltern was acquired by BDO LLP where Nick...

With almost thirty years’ experience in personal tax work, Jim started his career with the Inland Revenue in 1985, before moving into private practice in 1989 with accountancy firm, Brooks Carling. Subsequently, in 1998, Jim joined tax specialists Chiltern, and for the next ten years formed part of their highly regarded private client team. Prior to joining Saffron in 2011, Jim...

Born and bred in North London, Bruce is a veteran tax professional, with over thirty years’ experience in the world of personal tax.  He began his working life at the Inland Revenue (as it then was) in January 1982 and, after five years as a civil servant, has spent the intervening period working for firms of varying size within the private...

Vic has been working in personal tax for 30 years, having started with HM Revenue & Customs in 1984. After the Revenue, Vic worked with two medium sized practices and more recently spent a number of years with the former Chiltern Group, before joining Saffron in November 2009. Having built up a broad knowledge in varying areas of personal taxation, Vic...

Peter is a veteran tax professional and was formerly Head of Tax Compliance at Kleinwort Benson. With 40 years’ experience in personal tax, Peter deals with a vast range of clients including high net worth and self-employed individuals, entrepreneurs, partnerships, non-residents, and non-domiciled individuals. In addition Peter has a wealth of knowledge in dealing with offshore trusts, and offshore companies with UK...

Malcolm began his professional tax career with HMRC in London before joining the private sector in 1989 and Binder Hamlyn at their Newbury office. Having spent 7 years with Binder Hamlyn/Arthur Anderson, Malcolm joined Kleinwort Benson Private Bank in 1996 where he managed a portfolio of high net worth individuals including barristers, entrepreneurs, farmers, partnerships, senior London bankers and non -resident...

Louise began her career working at the Head Office of a large Hotel company, Regal Hotel Group Plc (subsequently Corus Hotels).  In 2001 Louise joined the Personal Tax Compliance Team of Kleinwort Benson, and in January 2003 became a member of the Association of Tax Technicians.  Joining Saffron in October 2011, Louise brought with her over 10 years of personal tax experience,...

Karen has over 20 years of knowledge within the private client tax world and has loyally supporting the team in providing the unique seamless service to personal tax clients. Ensuring the smooth running of the office in all areas of correspondence and co-ordinates clients’ needs within the team and is often the first point of contact for many clients. Karen enjoys...

With nearly 20 years’ experience in the industry, Senga has worked in both the corporate and private client world.  An integral member of the team, Senga predominantly supports Nick and his clients and often personally assists clients with the consolidation of their finances. In her spare time, Senga enjoys spending time with her family and friends and follows all kinds of...