Antony Batty

Antony Batty trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse. He has specialised in insolvency since 1987 and was granted an insolvency Licence in 1990.

After nine enjoyable years at Price Waterhouse, he joined Ernst and Young where he specialised in debtor lead turnarounds. He was fortunate to be seconded to both Lloyds TSB and Barclays Bank.

He formed the firm in 1997 and has overseen its development into one of the leading small practices in London.

Stephen Evans

Stephen Evans has specialised in insolvency since 1981 and has worked at various firms including Robson Rhodes, Ernst & Young, and Begbies Traynor. He obtained his insolvency licence in 1995.

Stephen deals with all forms of insolvencies but has specialised in dealing with financial institutions, construction, music, technology, and bus and coach companies.

Simon Parker

Simon Parker joined the firm in July 2008 following 27 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers including two and a half years with Coopers & Lybrand at their Nassau, Bahamas office.

Simon is a Chartered Accountant and insolvency practitioner and has experience in most industries but especially travel, construction and transport.

Simon has contacts with many London based accountancy firms particularly in South West London where he now lives.

Hugh Jesseman

Hugh Jesseman graduated in Law at Coventry University before joining  Ernst & Young where he spent seven years specialising in insolvency.

He helped start the firm in 1997 and has since  been responsible for case management and compliance issues. After passing his JIEB exams in 2005 he became a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in 2007.

Hugh is our Practice Manager and oversees our Bankruptcy and IVA practice.

Nicole Southwell

Nicole joined the practice in October 2009 following 2 years of running her own successful insolvency practice, BRS Associates Ltd. Nicole has worked within the insolvency and recovery industry since 1992.  Before running her own business she worked at various firms including Kroll and MCR. 

Originally Nicole’s main specialism was systems design and compliance, although more recently has focused on marketing and business development.

Nicole heads up our new office in Brentwood Essex which opened in November 2009.