Healthcare

Elaine Olson-Williams

Partner

Elaine gets most satisfaction from working closely with her clients, gaining a real understanding of them and their businesses before helping them move towards their goals. She's rightly proud of a reputation based on her reliability and professionalism, which wins the respect of her colleagues and many recommendations. She is always on the look-out for new projects. She is keen on all sports and is an avid skier.

James Dickman

Accounts Manager

James started with MHA MacIntyre Hudson in 2009 where he completed his training and has worked his way up to Accounts Manager. James is a specialist in the Healthcare sector and assist his clients with a variety of services, including:

• Partnership and sole trader accounts and tax returns
• VAT returns, including partial exemption calculations
• Preparing superannuation certificates for the NHS pension scheme
• Bookkeeping and management accounts
• Due diligence and reviews of GP practices for merger and profitability purposes, including for local CCGs
• Implementing, training and advising on cloud accounting solutions for all organisations nationally

James qualified as a chartered accountant in 2014 and is a part of the ICAEW Healthcare Sector Group. He looks after a large number of GP practices and a wide variety of medical consultants mainly in the Kent and London, but works with clients both nationally and internationally too.

James is a Xero certified advisor and a certified QuickBooks Online advisor which he uses as part of his nominated Digital Solutions contact role for the firm.

In James’ spare time he enjoys playing snooker and pool as well as a round of golf and watching the Formula 1.

Duncan Cochrane-Dyet

Partner

Duncan is a specialist Audit and Assurance partner, and the managing partner for Kent region. He is also Head of Healthcare for the firm. He joined MHA MacIntyre Hudson in 2014 as part of the firm’s regional and sector growth strategy. He was previously a Director at EY, with more than 15 years with both EY and PwC in London, where he worked with clients ranging from international listed groups to national and local owner-managed enterprises. This period included a 3 year secondment to PwC’s Business Restructuring group, working on substantial (often cross-border) financial and operational restructurings such as the NHS’s National Implementation Team. Before training as an accountant, he was an officer in the British Army.

Duncan works closely with his clients in understanding their objectives and operations. He brings together specialist teams to focus the experience and expertise of the wider firm to help businesses and their owners achieve their aims throughout the corporate lifecycle; from inception, through growth, and where appropriate to exit by succession, IPO or sale. As Head of Healthcare, he works in three main tiers: Primary care, Secondary care, and Private care involving sectors such as private hospitals, day care, and occupational health. Outside of work, his personal commitment in a voluntary capacity extends over 20 years in a variety of roles, and currently he is a special advisor to the UK Vasculitis Trust, and a director and chair of the Audit Committee of the Valley Invicta Academies Trust.

Steve Cosford

Healthcare Director

Steve has worked in the profession since 1988 and is a Healthcare Director, who leads a team specialising in servicing the accounting and business needs of general medical practitioners.

He works with GP Partnerships and GP Federation companies, along with other associated businesses including GP owned pharmacies and locum companies.

Steve has also recently been involved in the formation of a number of super partnership mergers.