ICAEW Past Presidents

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising  (Consulting: Julia Penny Consulting)
Previously: Baker Tilly

Deputy President: Mark Rhys
Vice President: Malcolm Bacchus

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Business: Eximus Capital)
Previously: Dearden Farrow; Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.

Deputy President: Julia Penny
Vice President: Mark Rhys

Firm at time of presidency: KPMG 

Deputy President: William Brooks
Vice President: Julia Penny

Firm at time of presidency: Fiona Wilkinson Ltd.
Previously: Touche Ross

Deputy President: David Matthews
Vice President: Will Brooks

Firm at time of presidency: AC Mole & Sons

Deputy President: Fiona Wilkinson
Vice President: David Matthews

Firm at time of presidency: RSM UK
Previously: Oury & Co; Touche Ross

Deputy President: Paul Aplin
Vice President: Fiona Wilkinson

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Academia: Open University Business School)
Previously: Davies & Crane

Deputy President: Nick Parker
Vice President: Paul Aplin

Firm at time of presidency: PWC

Deputy President: Hilary Lindsay
Vice President: Nick Parker

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Consultant at Begbies Traynor Group and Kingston Smith, various non-executive directorships)
Previously: Donald Bates & Co; Bentley Jennison (now part of Baker Tilly).

Deputy President: Andrew Radcliffe
Vice President: Hilary Lindsay

Firm at time of presidency: Deloitte.
Previously: Robson Rhodes; Deloitte Haskins & Sells

Deputy President: Arthur Bailey
Vice President: Andrew Radcliffe

Firm at time of presidency: Spofforths (now Kreston Reeves)

Deputy president: Martyn Jones
Vice president: Arthur Bailey

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Chairman of BG Training and various non-executive directorships).
Previously: Fuller Jenks Beecroft, (later Touche Ross), Baker Tilly

Deputy president: Mark Spofforth
Vice President: Martyn Jones

Firm at time of presidency: Ernst & Young (joined when Ernst &Whinney)

Deputy president: Clive Parritt
Vice president: Mark Spofforth

Firm at time of presidency: Consultant for Deloitte (retired as a partner in 2005).
Previously: Knox Franklin & Co.; Spicer and Pegler; Touche Ross; Deloitte & Touche 

Deputy president: Gerald Russell
Vice president: Clive Parritt

Firm at time of presidency: Horwath Clark Whitehill

Deputy president: Martin Hagen
Vice president: Gerald Russell

Firm at time of presidency: Ernst & Young (articled with Ernst & Whinney)

Deputy President: David Furst
Vice President: Martin Hagen

On the withdrawal of his candidacy by Deputy President Graham Duggan, Council decided to elect Ian Morris to serve for an additional six months as President and for Richard Dyson then to take over the Presidency and be formally re-elected in June 2007.

Firm at presidency: Morris & Co. and Turner Peachey
Previously: E Noel Humphreys & Co.

Deputy president: Graham Duggan
Vice president: Richard Dyson

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Chairman -Clear Group; Director - Access Accounts)

Deputy president: (James) Ian Morris
Vice president: Graham Durgan

Firm at time of presidency: KPMG
Previously: KMG Thomson McLintock

Deputy president: Paul Druckman
Vice president: (James) Ian Morris

Firm at time of presidency: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Previously: Ogden Parsons & Co; Harmood Banner; Deloitte, Haskins & Sells

Deputy president: David Illingworth
Vice president: Paul Druckman

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Non-executive director)
Previously: Plevey &Co; Dixon Hopkinson; Camp Ravenscroft & Co; Tansley Witt/Binder Hamlyn

Deputy president: Peter Wyman
Vice president: David Illingworth

Firm at time of presidency: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Deputy president: Michael Groom
Vice president: Peter Wyman

Firm at time of presidency: KPMG
Previously: Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co

Deputy President: Graham Ward
Vice President: Michael Groom

Note: Sheila Masters is now Baroness Noakes

Firm at time of presidency: BDO Stoy Hayward
Previously:Price Waterhouse; Hacker Young; Binder Hamlyn

Deputy President: Sheila Masters
Vice President: Graham Ward

Firm at time of presidency: Coopers & Lybrand
Previously: Cooper Brothers & Co

Deputy President: Christopher Swinson
Vice President: Sheila Masters

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Business adviser/director)
Previously: Arthur Andersen

Deputy President: Christopher Lainé
Vice President: Christopher Swinson

Firm at time of presidency: Woodley K S
Previously: Deloitte Plender Griffiths & Co; Deloitte Haskins & Sells

Deputy President: Brian Currie
Vice President: Christopher Lainé

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Director 3i PLC)
Previously: Wilson de Zouche & Mackenzie

Deputy President: Keith Woodley
Vice President: Brian Currie

Firm at time of presidency: KPMG Peat Marwick

Deputy President: Roger Lawson
Vice President: Keith Woodley

Firm at time of presidency: Arthur Andersen

Deputy President: Michael Chamberlain
Vice President: Roger Lawson

Firm at time of presidency: Moores Rowland
Previously: Nevill Hovey Gardner

Deputy President: William Plaistowe
Vice President: Michael Chamberlain

Note: Ian McNeil's father had also been president, in 1965/66.

Firm at time of presidency: Grant Thornton
Previously: Thornton Baker

Deputy President: Ian McNeil
Vice President: William Plaistowe

Firm at time of presidency: Coopers & Lybrand  

Deputy President: Michael Lickiss
Vice President: Ian McNeil

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (The Financial Training Co Ltd, Chairman)
Previously: Barton, Mayhew & Co; Anderson Thomas Frankel

Deputy President: Philip Couse
Vice President: Michael Lickiss

Firm at time of presidency: Grant Thornton
Previously: Bryce Hanmer & Co; Thornton Baker

Deputy President: Francis Worsley
Vice President: Philip Couse

Firm at time of presidency: Binder Hamlyn
Previously: J. Needham & Co

Deputy President: Arthur Green
Vice President: Francis Worsley

Firm at time of presidency: Coopers & Lybrand
Previously: Cooper Brothers & Co.

Deputy President: Derek Boothman
Vice President: Arthur Green

Firm at time of presidency: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co
Previously: B.W.Brixey

Deputy President: Brian Jenkins
Vice President: Derek Boothman

When Deputy President John Cormie died in February 1983, serving President Edward Ray and then Vice President Alan Hardcastle agreed to serve as President for 18 months each.

Deputy President: Alan Hardcastle
Vice President: Brian Jenkins

Firm at time of presidency: Spicer & Pegler

Deputy President: John Cormie*
Vice President: Alan Hardcastle

*John Cormie died in February 1983

Firm at time of presidency: Singer & Partners

Deputy President: Edward Ray
Vice President: John Cormie

Firm at time of presidency: Price Waterhouse & Co
Previously: Bolton Bullivant

Deputy President: Harry Singer
Vice President: Edward Ray

Firm at time of presidency: Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Previously: Harmood Banner & Co

Deputy President: Richard Wilkes
Vice President: Harry Singer

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (Duport Ltd - Chairman)

Deputy President: David Richards
Vice President: Richard Wilkes

Firm at time of presidency: Coopers & Lybrand

Deputy President: Eric Sayers
Vice President: David Richards

Firm at time of presidency: Touche Ross & Co
Previously: Foster & Stephens

Deputy President: Brian Maynard
Vice President: Eric Sayers

Firm at time of presidency: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co 

Deputy President: Stanley Kitchen
Vice President: Brian Maynard

Firm at time of presidency: Armstrong, Watson & Co

Deputy President: John Grenside
Vice President: Stanley Kitchen

Firm at time of presidency: Dearden, Lord, Annan, Morrish

Deputy President: Kenneth Sharp
Vice President: John Grenside

Firm at time of presidency: Touche Ross & Co

Deputy President: Edmund Wright
Vice President: Kenneth Sharp

Firm at time of presidency: Lysons, Haworth & Sankey
Previously: Lysons & Talbot

Deputy President: Douglas Morpeth
Vice President: Edmund Wright

Firm at time of presidency: Watling & Partners

Deputy President: Arthur Walton
Vice President: Douglas Morpeth

Firm at time of presidency: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co 

Deputy President: Claude Croxton-Smith
Vice President: Arthur Walton

Firm at time of presidency: Non-practising (The Midland-Yorkshire Tar Distillers Ltd - Chairman)
Previously: Leather & Veale; Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.

Deputy President: Ronald Leach
Vice President: Claude Croxton-Smith

Firm at time of presidency: Price Waterhouse & Co

Deputy President: Stanley Dixon
Vice President:  Ronald Leach

Firm at time of presidency: Cooper Brothers & Co

Deputy President: Walter Parker
Vice President: Stanley Dixon

Note: Sir Henry's Benson was the great nephew of Arthur and Ernest Cooper, previous ICAEW presidents.

Firm at time of presidency: Nevill, Hovey, Gardner & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Henry Benson

Note: Robert McNeil's son Ian also served as president, in 1991/92.

Firm at time of presidency: Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Robert McNeil

Firm at time of presidency: Winter, Robinson, Sisson & Benson

Vice/Deputy President: Wilfrid Densem

Firm at time of presidency: W B Keen & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Robert Winter

Firm at time of presidency: Mellors, Basden & Mellors

Vice/Deputy President: Percy Carpenter

Firm at time of presidency: Cooper Brothers & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Paul Granger

Firm at time of presidency:  Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co 

Vice/Deputy President: Sidney John Pears

Note: Charles Peat's father had also been president from 1906-1908.

Firm at time of presidency:  Howard Smith, Thompson & Co 

Vice/Deputy President: Charles Peat

Firm at time of presidency:  Binder, Hamlyn & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Barrows

Firm at time of presidency:  Lovewell Blake & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Lawson

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Smith & Whinney
Previously: Whinney Murray & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Arthur Dicker

Firm at time of presidency:  Harmood Banner, Lewis & Mounsey
Previously: Harmood Banner & Co.

Vice/Deputy President: William Carrington

Firm at time of presidency:  Litton, Pownall, Blakey & Higson

Vice/Deputy President: Donald House

Firm at time of presidency:  Price Waterhouse & Co
Previously: Sisson & Allden

Vice/Deputy President: James Blakey

Firm at time of presidency:  Boyce, Welch & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Thomas Robson

Firm at time of presidency:  James, Edwards & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Charles Boyce

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Harold Ash

Firm at time of presidency:  Binder, Hamlyn & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Russell Kettle

Firm at time of presidency:  Gilbert Shepherd, Owen & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Bernhard Binder 

Firm at time of presidency:  Allan, Charlesworth & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Gilbert Shepherd

Note: Edward Furnival Jones died in 1946 and was replaced by his deputy Gilbert Shepherd, who therefore served as President for 18 months.

Firm at time of presidency:  Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Edward Jones

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Firm at time of presidency:  Barton, Mayhew & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Harold Hewitt

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Smith & Whinney

Vice/Deputy President: Tom Walton

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Smith & Whinney

Vice/Deputy President: Tom Walton

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Smith & Whinney

Vice/Deputy President: Tom Walton

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Smith & Whinney

Vice/Deputy President: Tom Walton

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Smith & Whinney

Vice/Deputy President: Tom Walton

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Smith & Whinney

Vice/Deputy President: Tom Walton

Firm at time of presidency:  Fuller, Wise, Fisher & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Charles Palmour

Firm at time of presidency:  Carter, Chaloner & Meggison and Carter, Chaloner & Kearns

Vice/Deputy President:  Frank Fisher

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Roger Carter

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Roger Carter

Firm at time of presidency:  Hill, Vellacott & Co 

Vice/Deputy President: Arthur Cutforth

Firm at time of presidency:  Hudson Smith, Briggs & Co. and Kemp, Chatteris, Nichols, Sendell & Co.

Vice/Deputy President:  Arthur Cutforth

Firm at time of presidency:  Hill, Vellacott & Co 

Vice/Deputy President: Clare Smith

Firm at time of presidency:  Kemp, Chatteris, Nichols, Sendell & Co and Hudson Smith, Briggs & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Adam Turquand-Young / Henry Hill 

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President:  Harold Kemp

Firm at time of presidency:  Price, Waterhouse & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Harold Kemp

Note: Sir Nicholas Waterhouse's father Edwin had been president from 1892-1894.

Firm at time of presidency:  R H March, Son & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Nicholas Waterhouse

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Smith & Whinney

Vice/Deputy President: Richard March

Note: Sir Arthur Whinney's father, Frederick was also president, in 1883/84.

Firm at time of presidency:  Gane, Jackson, Jefferys & Freeman

Vice/Deputy President: Arthur Whinney

Firm at time of presidency:  Mellors, Basden & Mellors 

Vice/Deputy President: Gorge Freeman

Firm at time of presidency:  Edward Moore & Sons
Previously: 

Vice/Deputy President: Thomas Mellors

Note: Edward Moore died in December 1923 and was succeeded by his Deputy Thomas Mellors who therefore served as president for 18 months.

Firm at time of presidency:  Cash, Stone & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Edward Moore

Firm at time of presidency:  Cash, Stone & Co 

Vice/Deputy President: Alfred Harper

Firm at time of presidency:  Cash, Stone & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Cash

Firm at time of presidency:  Woodthorpe, Bevan & Co

Vice/Deputy President: John Gordon

Firm at time of presidency:  Turquand, Youngs & Co

Vice/Deputy President: John William Woodthorpe

Firm at time of presidency:  Turquand, Youngs & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Walter Blease

Firm at time of presidency:  Gibson & Ashford

Vice/Deputy President: Frederick Young

Firm at time of presidency:  Fuller, Wise, Kirby & Fisher

Vice/Deputy President: Arthur Gibson

Firm at time of presidency:  Fuller, Wise, Kirby & Fisher

Vice/Deputy President: Arthur Gibson

Firm at time of presidency:  Fuller, Wise, Kirby & Fisher

Vice/Deputy President: Basil Hardcastle

Firm at time of presidency:  Jarvis Barber & Sons

Vice/Deputy President: Horace Kirby

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Horace Kirby

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Jarvis Barber

Firm at time of presidency:  Josolyne, Miles & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Plender

Firm at time of presidency:  Ball, Baker, Deed, Cornish & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Algernon Miles

Firm at time of presidency: W B Peat & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Thomas Bowden

Note: William Peat's son Charles was also president in 1959/60.

Firm at time of presidency: W B Peat & Co

Vice/Deputy President: John Ball

Note: William Peat's son Charles was also president in 1959/60.

Firm at time of presidency:  Gane, Jackson, Jefferys, Wells & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Peat

Firm at time of presidency:  Harmood Banner & Son

Vice/Deputy President: John Gane

Firm at time of presidency:  Jackson, Pixley, Browning, Husey & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Thomas George Shuttleworth

Firm at time of presidency:  James & Edwards 

Vice/Deputy President: Francis Pixley

Firm at time of presidency:  Fisher, Randle & Fisher

Vice/Deputy President: Alfred James

Firm at time of presidency:  Cooper Brothers & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Alfred James

Firm at time of presidency:  Cooper Brothers & Co

Vice/Deputy President: John Harwood-Banner

Note: Ernest Cooper's brother Arthur had served as president from 1883-1884

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Ernest Cooper

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Walter Fisher

Firm at time of presidency:  Knox, Burbidge, Cropper & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Walter Fisher

Firm at time of presidency:  CF Kemp, Ford & Co

Vice/Deputy President:  George Knox

Firm at time of presidency: CF Kemp, Ford & Co

Vice/Deputy President: George Knox

Firm at time of presidency: Price, Waterhouse & Co
Previously: Price, Holyland and Waterhouse

Vice/Deputy President: John Griffiths

Firm at time of presidency: Price, Waterhouse & Co
Previously: Price, Holyland and Waterhouse

Vice/Deputy President: John Griffiths

Note: Edwin Waterhouse's son Nicholas was also president, in 1928/29.

Firm at time of presidency:  Welton, Jones & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Edward Carter

Firm at time of presidency:  Saffery, Son & Company

Vice/Deputy President: Thomas Welton

Firm at time of presidency:  Saffery, Son & Company

Vice/Deputy President: Adam Murray

Firm at time of presidency:  Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Joseph Saffrey

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Hurlbatt & Smith
Previously: Harding, Whinney & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Deloitte

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Hurlbatt & Smith
Previously: Harding, Whinney & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Deloitte

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Hurlbatt & Smith
Previously: Harding, Whinney & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Deloitte

Firm at time of presidency:  Whinney, Hurlbatt & Smith
Previously: Harding, Whinney & Co

Vice/Deputy President: William Deloitte

Note: Frederick Whinney's son Arthur was also president, in 1926/27.

Firm at time of presidency:  Cooper Brothers & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Frederick Whinney

Note: Arthur Cooper's brother also served as president from 1899-1901.

Firm at time of presidency:  Harding, Whinney & Co

Vice/Deputy President: Arthur Cooper

Firm at time of presidency:  Turquand, Youngs & Co 

Vice/Deputy President: Robert Palmer Harding

Firm at time of presidency:  Turquand, Youngs & Co 

Vice/Deputy President: Robert Palmer Harding