Simon is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner with over 30 years of experience in the field of insolvency and business reconstruction and recovery. He qualified as a Practitioner in 1997 and during his career has worked for both national and regional insolvency and recovery firms based on the South Coast. 

Simon's experience has covered all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency ranging from Liquidations for both solvent and insolvent companies to Administrations, Receiverships and Company Voluntary Arrangements. He also has extensive experience with the personal insolvency options, to include Bankruptcy, Partnership and Individual Voluntary Arrangements. 

Across his career, Simon has assisted individuals and businesses across a broad spectrum of sectors including the manufacturing, marine, retail, property and leisure industries. Having been a business owner, he understands the pressures and challenges that need to be overcome and he is firmly of the view that positive solutions can often be achieved in difficult circumstances. 

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.