Chris joined Sage having been a partner at a top 100 accountancy firm. He brings nearly 20 years of hands on experience and strategic insight of the profession, coupled with an infectious enthusiasm in the adoption of technology and Business intelligence to improve reporting and drive innovation in the SME sector.

Peter is the managing director of 123 Sheets, overseeing all aspects of services provided. He is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser. Prior to founding 123 Sheets in 2016, Peter had his own accountancy firm in Guildford for eight years with a town centre office and four members of staff. His practice was built using excel bookkeeping files for clients up to £10 million turnover, which ensured faster compliance bookkeeping and year-end accounts processes compared to similar practices using desktop or online software, making the practice more profitable. Peter is known for his knowledgeable, yet practical approach to interpreting the Making Tax Digital legislation as it applies to accountants and their clients. He is able to explain adeptly how those using spreadsheets can make an orderly transition to Making Tax Digital. Peter has been an entrepreneur in the software development industry since 2009.

Roger is responsible for RSM UK’s Technology Consulting practice. This includes NetSuite and the Microsoft Dynamics suite of products (including Business Central, Finance & Operations, and Customer Engagement), as well as Deltek Solutions. Roger is a qualified accountant and uses this experience to understand the business context for the programmes he leads. He has extensive experience shaping and leading major ERP and business transformation engagements. Roger specializes in architecting the right approach for these businesses to realise their objectives in a practical and pragmatic way. His view is that these are essentially business projects enabled through technology.

Caroline joined ICAEW’s Tax Faculty in early 2016 as Tax Practitioner Support Manager having previously worked at TaxAid, the charity that gives free tax advice to those on low incomes, latterly as Technical Director. Before that, Caroline worked at the other end of the size scale, for ExxonMobil UK, and advised on corporation tax and employee matters including expatriate taxation, becoming a Chartered Tax Adviser during this period. Caroline started her career as a trainee Chartered Accountant in a small firm in Dublin and remains a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland. Since joining ICAEW Caroline has also taken on responsibility for Private Client Committee. Her particular areas of interest are digitalisation of tax including Making Tax Digital and HMRC online services. Caroline represents ICAEW on HMRC’s agent engagement forums.

Coming from a teaching background I taught accounting for over 10 years. I set up a small accounting practice in 2013 and made the decision from the beginning to run that as a 100% Xero practice. In 2017 I joined Xero as an Education Specialist. I love helping our partners and business community to get the best out of Xero whether it be group training, webinars or preparing e-learning content.

Anita is ICAEW's Tax Technical lead and senior policy adviser and has particular interest in tax matters affecting SMEs. She is closely involved with online filing developments in tax, including the government's proposals for Making Tax Digital. Seconded to the Treasury Select Committee in 2011, Anita then continued as a special adviser to that committee working with it on a number of projects for several years. She has a particular interest in the taxation of work and in 2014 was seconded to the House of Lords Select Committee on Personal Service Companies. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Tax Adviser and a past chairman of the ICAEW Tax Faculty. Anita is a regular speaker and chairperson at conferences, appears frequently on television and radio talking about tax, and is a regular on Radio 4's Moneybox.

With over 20 years’ experience as a practising accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, Dean is responsible for customer education and engagement at TaxCalc and our resident expert on Making Tax Digital. In 2005, he founded a niche accounting practice servicing the needs of media, technology and design businesses which he sold prior to making a move into tax technology. Dean is regularly invited to talk about the issues facing accountants today at industry events such as Accountex, The Digital Accountancy Show and ICAEW Live. His articles have been published in Accountancy Today, AccountingWEB and AAT Comment.