Our Judges
The Best of the Best
Meet the judges
Refreshed for 2023
As ever, our Accounting Excellence judges are a carefully-selected selection of experts, influencers, veterans, taste makers and industry leaders. This year we’ve refreshed our judging line-up to better reflect the increasingly diverse nature of the profession and help us launch our new Award categories with the rigour they deserve. We’re delighted to introduce to you our 2023 line-up…
Introducing our 2023 Judges
Alistair Barlow
CEO & Founder, flinder
Ami Copeland
CEO, ICB
Bhimal Hira
Industry Expert, Ex-JH, Consultant
Blaire Palmer
Future of Leadership Expert, That People Thing
Caitriona Allis
Head of ACCA Ireland
Danielle Davis
CFO, Revolution Bars Group Plc
Della Hudson
Author, Speaker and Business Coach
Emma Fox
Founder, Fresh Financials
Glenn Collins
Head of Technical and Strategic Engagement, ACCA UK
Heather Townsend
Founder, The Accountants’ Growth Club
Ian Holloway
Payroll and Reward Consultant
James Hickey
Cat Herder
Jason Croke
VAT Director, Rayner Essex Chartered Accountants
Jeremy Clarke
Assistant Director, ICAS
Jeremy Coker
Partner, Oury Clark
Jo Birtwistle
Editor in Chief, AccountingWEB
Jo Wood
Director, Jo Wood Virtual FD Ltd
John Stokdyk
Head of Insight, AccountingWEB
Katherine White
Partner, Buzzacott
Katie Sharpe
Director – Head of UK Payroll, Mazars
Kevin Reed
Senior Accounting Journalist, Pembar Publishing
Lucy Cohen
Co-Founder, Mazuma
Mark Lee
Speaker, Mentor, Blogger and Debunker, BookMarkLee
Neil Cutting
CFO / FD / Transformation Leader
Nick Levine
Chartered Accountant and Fintech Consultant
Ololade Adesanya
President, ICAEW West of England / Director, Financial Services, Deloitte
Paul Aplin
Tax Expert, 2022 Outstanding Achivement Award Winner
Peter Ellington
CEO and Founder, Triple Bottom Line Accounting
Phillip Turnbull
Chief Executive, AIA
Rhodri Whitlock
Assurance and Advisory Consultant and Non-Executive Director
Richard Hattersley
Editor, AccountingWEB
Robert Collings
Head of Finance, Flux
Steve Collings
Partner, Leavitt Walmsley Associates Limited
Tom Herbert
Technology Editor, AccountingWEB
Wesley Rashid
CEO & Co-Founder, Accountancy Cloud
Zoe Lacey Cooper
Blue Blazer Consulting
Zoe Whitman
Co-Founder, The 6 Figure Bookkeeper’s Club
Simon Heppner
Founder, Net Zero Now
Susan Ball
Tax Partner, RSM UK, Chartered Institute of Taxation, President
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AWARDS NIGHT 2024
8th October 2024, The Roundhouse London
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