Laura Dawkins

Audit Manager

Laura qualified in 2013 and joined MacIntyre Hudson in 2019 as an Audit Manager.

Laura trained in Kent, predominantly working in Audit with clients in various sectors including Retail, Construction, Leisure, Academies and Not for Profit.   

Post qualification Laura joined PwC in London working within their Banking and Capital Markets Audit team.

Fiona Howard

Business Services & Tax Manager

Fiona joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson in 2018 following the merger of her previous firm.

She has over 14 years’ experience working in the accounting industry and is both a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor, providing her with unique insight into helping Owner Managed Businesses and Entrepreneurs develop and grow their companies.  

Fiona has considerable experience helping her clients put in place cloud accounting systems and enabling them to utilise the information generated to make business decisions. As well as advising her clients on potential tax planning strategies that are relevant to them, including EIS scheme set ups, research and development, inheritance tax planning, and family investment companies, empowering Entrepreneurs to fulfil their business goals in the most tax efficient way possible.

Additionally, Fiona has extensive experience advising individuals and companies under HMRC investigation.

Fiona takes pride in helping local businesses connect and grow together and she is a proud winner of Kent Women in Business Award ‘Woman in Finance’ 2017.

In her spare time she enjoys time in the countryside or on the beach with her partner and two dogs.

Adrian Dante

Director

Adrian was previously with a top 10 firm of accountants for a number of years. He qualified as an insolvency practitioner in 2005 and became a licence holder to take appointments in September 2008.

His main area of experience has been in pre-insolvency advice to directors and stakeholders via solicitors and accountants. In recent years he has been involved in asset tracing and civil recovery assignments on behalf of HMRC.

Adrian is located at both our Maidstone and Canterbury office.

Adrian Dante is licensed to act as an insolvency practitioner in the UK by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

Ventsi Tsankova

Accounts Manager

Ventsi joined the firm as an Accounts Manager in 2019.

She has over 8 years’ experience within the accounting industry, predominately working with SMEs.

She prides herself on maintaining long standing relationships with clients and actively seeks opportunities for improving the management reporting function and optimising internal control procedures