Main interest is in helping clients to plan for the future by assisting with business and tax strategies. Deals with computer related matters and advises clients on accounting software. Also knows a bit about tax and accounting...

John trained with a medium sized firm in Surrey and qualified in 1982 after experiencing secondment to a multinational oil company. After qualifying, he joined what is now KPMG and went to work in Lusaka in Zambia. He gained experience of working in a large firm and of auditing large multinational companies.

On returning to the UK in 1984 John joined Grant Thornton as a manager and there worked for smaller firms, gaining experience of smaller businesses before joining Howard as a partner in 1999.

John is 50, married with 4 children at school and life outside work seems to consist of running a taxi service (unpaid, of course) for the children. He does find time to (try) to keep fit and watch the occasional rugby match, among other things.