Colin O’Kane

HR Consultant

Colin has over 13 years’ experience in the HR field having worked in the Financial Services, Telecommunications, Retail and Airline sectors. He joined MHA Macintyre Hudson in June 2019 and is a HR Generalist qualified as an Associate CIPD member since 2004.

Colin advises a wide range of clients from across the firm on the entire spectrum of HR issues, from employment contracts and day to day people management issues including sickness, disciplinary and grievance issues to more complex projects such as redundancy exercises.

Alex Chrysaphiades

Director

Having joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson in 2015, Alex is responsible for managing a varied client portfolio ranging from property groups, UK components of international groups through to small/medium businesses and general practise clients.  

With over ten years experience, Alex provides invaluable advice to the firm’s diverse range of clients including audit, accounts, corporate and personal tax compliance as well general practice advisory services to these clients. 

Alex’s experience ranges across many sectors including property and construction, travel, schools/Academies, retail, media and marketing clients.

Alex graduated from Middlesex University with a first class degree in Accountancy and won two prizes in the process: the CIMA management accounts and Butterworths’s tax prizes.

In his spare time, Alex enjoys spending time with his family and travelling. Alex lived in Cyprus for nine years where he also spent 18 months undertaking his national service.

Jane Walker-Smith

Partner

Jane is a ‘fellow’ member of the CIPD and has a strong academic background. She has over 17 years of experience in the HR field and joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson in June 2008, having previously held senior roles at an international top 6 Law Firm, an IT & recruitment consultancy and a construction company.

Her role involves overseeing HR and training across all of MHA MacIntyre Hudson's 14 offices, looking at innovative and effective ways to improve business performance through the people within the firm. She also heads up the HR consultancy and training arm of the practice and has significant experience dealing with all aspects of client work.

Batanayi Katongera

Partner, Head of Transfer Pricing

Batanayi is a Partner based in the London office.

Batanayi leads the transfer pricing service line at MHA and has over 18 years of transfer pricing experience in the UK across a broad spectrum of industry sectors including financial services, private equity, funds, manufacturing, media and technology, as well as life sciences and telecommunications.

Batanayi helps clients prepare and defend transfer pricing policies and he has a particular focus on resolving transfer pricing disputes involving complex transfer pricing enquiries.  This extends to handling MAP proceedings and agreeing APAs, and ATCAs.