Ian is a chartered and certified accountant and an insolvency practitioner, with over 30 years’ insolvency experience.

He was a partner in a top 20 firm until co-founding niche insolvency firm DDJ Insolvency, based in London. Ian was instrumental in merging DDJ with CVR Global in 2017 (acquired by Begbies Traynor Group in 2021).

He is routinely involved in complex litigation as a liquidator, or office holder, to recover funds misappropriated by bankrupts, directors, advisors or other fraudulent individuals. His expertise also extends to the recovery of assets locally and overseas.

A fellow of the ACCA, ICAEW and R3, Ian is also an associate member of the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association and sits on the R3 Fraud Panel, the R3 General Technical Committee, the Fraud Advisory Panel and the Economic Crime Prevention Group. He is also a consulting editorial board member of Lexis PSL. 

Richard is a Chartered Accountant and licenced Insolvency Practitioner with over 20 years experience in the field of business recovery. He gained his insolvency grounding with a Big Four accounting practice, before moving on to the largest specialist recovery firm in the country.

Richard has wide ranging experience of many business sectors including significant value property related assignments, hi-tech and development corporates and a variety of hotel and leisure related matters including a Michelin Star restaurant, eatery chains and several pub franchises. He provides inventive yet realistic solutions to the problems of financially distressed and under-performing businesses.

Recent appointments include acting as liaison between the taxpayer (individuals and companies) and HMRC in relation to the obligations arising from tax avoidance schemes such as Film Partnerships and EBT schemes.