Professional Services

Frances James

Partner

Frances joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson in December 2018 following the merger of the Kent offices of Haines Watts. She was a partner in the previous practice for over 20 years.

She advises owner managed businesses in a number of sectors, including professional services, printing, agriculture and staff recruitment.

Her hobbies include church bellringing, where she assists in training new recruits, and hill walking.

Andy Doody

Senior Accounts Manager

Andy joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson in January 2010 as a senior manager specialising in accountancy services for owner managed limited companies, partnerships and sole-traders. He oversees a team providing year end company accounts preparation, management accounts, bookkeeping, preparation of VAT returns and any other services that ease the accounting burden on clients  allowing them to concentrate on running their business.

Andy has over 30 years experience within the accountancy profession having trained with a medium sized chartered accountancy firm in Birmingham, followed by roles within the big 4 to 2 partner firms, gaining a wealth of experience in all aspects of accounting for non audit clients, and working within sectors from manufacturing, property and legal. He also specialises in providing accountancy services for UK based subsidiaries of overseas entities operating from such countries as USA, Portugal and Netherlands.

Outside of work he enjoys foreign holidays, fine wine and decorating. 

Massimo Laudato

Technical Manager

Massimo joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson’s Technical Department in November 2015 where he has been particularly involved in providing support to the audit of international groups, advising in group reorganisations, developing uniform firm-wide practices in the application of the New UK GAAP and in providing IFRS training.

Massimo qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in a boutique firm in the West End of London, where he dealt with a varied and international client base, before joining the ACCA Technical Advisory department in 2007. In his time at the ACCA, Massimo gained experience in financial reporting, auditing, professional standards, and dealing with both the development of new and revised standards and in providing practical support to ACCA members with their implementation. 

Gavin Davis

Partner

Gavin joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson in June 2018 and is the Partner who leads our Technology Advisory Services practice. He joined the firm from BDO LLP where he led the technology consultancy practice for more than five years. Gavin has more than 35 years of experience in the IT industry and, besides running his own IT consultancy business for ten years, has worked for some of the worlds largest IT companies including; Fujitsu, Dell, Capita, Ricoh and Atos.

As well as a formal training in Electronic Engineering, Gavin holds several industry qualifications including; MCSE, PRINCE2, ITIL and CISM. In previous roles Gavin has developed global IT consulting methodologies, delivered (and recovered) several large high-profile IT projects as well as managing large teams of consultants, engineers and project managers.

Technology Advisory Services provides a range of services to support business in the mid-market. In these businesses it is not uncommon to find the Finance Director (or other senior board member) responsible for IT. Gavin calls them “The Quasi IT Director” ® and typically they become reliant on junior IT staff or third-party IT support companies for strategic advice, which may not always be in the best interest of the company.

Gavin and his team are completely independent and can provide advice that is based around your business and specific requirements. Typical services include:

• IT reviews to identify areas where IT might be causing issue around the business
• Strategic IT advice, to help get the best out of your IT, both now and in the future
• Application procurement support (specification and selection) and,
• Outsource IT director services.

Gavin also supports the MHA MacIntyre Hudson Corporate Finance Mergers and Acquisitions teams by providing IT due diligence on both the buy and sell side.