Spokespeople

The ATT's spokespeople are happy to provide media comment.  All media enquiries should be directed to Jamie Presland, External Relations Officer ([email protected] or 020 7340 0595) in the first instance, or to another member of the external relations team.

Spokespeople

Simon Groom
Simon Groom
President

Simon joined Council in 2018 and is the Association's Deputy President. He serves on Finance Steering Group and Nominations Committee. Simon is a former member of Business Development and Member Steering Groups and Audit Committee. He became a member of the Association in 2003. Simon qualified as a chartered accountant in 1987 and as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 1991. He has spent many years training students for the ATT and CTA examinations and is Director of Tolley Learning at LexisNexis.

Senga Prior
Senga Prior
Deputy President

Senga joined Council in 2017. She is the Association's Vice President. She chairs Technical Steering Group. Senga is ATT’s spokesperson for Scottish taxes. She also represents ATT at the Scottish Devolved Taxes Collaborative and attends quarterly meetings between ATT, CIOT, ICAS and the Scottish Government. Senga is the ATT representative on the Issues Overview Group. Senga became a member of the Association in 2002 and a Fellow in 2017. She works in practice as a senior tax manager for Johnston Carmichael specialising in personal tax. She has a particular interest in technology and accounting software.

Graham Batty
Graham Batty
Vice President

Graham joined Council in 2012 and he is the Association's Vice President. He chairs Examination Steering Group and serves on Audit and Risk Committee. He is a former Chair of both the Leeds and Birmingham and West Midlands Branches. He became a member of the Association in 2005 and was appointed a Fellow in 2015. Graham qualified as a chartered accountant in 1983 and became a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation in 1986. He is a former Associate Director at RSM, where he specialised in the taxation of charities and other not for profit bodies.

Jon Stride
Jonathan Stride
Vice Chair Technical Steering Group

Jonathan joined Council in 2016. He is vice Chair of Technical Steering Group. He is a member of the Somerset & Dorset Branch Committee. Jonathan became a member of the Association in 2005 and was appointed a Fellow in 2016. He also holds the AAT and ACCA CAT qualifications. He is a Tax Senior with a firm in Dorset and is currently studying for an MBA with Lincoln University.

Steven Pinhey
Steven Pinhey
Technical Officer

Steven's particular emphasis is on management of taxes and tax disputes and resolution. He was a partner in a City firm of Chartered Accountants and then founded his own specialist tax investigations and enquiries company before his appointment as a technical officer in 2022. He is also a face-to-face adviser for the tax charity, TaxAid.

Emma Rawson
Emma Rawson
Technical Officer

Emma's background is in corporation tax and she also has a focus on VAT and business taxes more widely. She trained with Deloitte, working in both their London and Leeds offices, and also spent a short time working in a specialist consultancy firm providing advice to other practitioners before joining the ATT as a technical officer in 2017.

Helen Thornley
Helen Thornley
Technical Officer

Helen has a focus on personal and capital taxes. Initially qualifying as a Chartered Accountant before moving to tax, she worked in practice as a private client consultant in a mid-tier firm until her appointment as a technical officer in 2017. Helen also has an interest in the history of tax.

David Wright
David Wright
Technical Officer

David has a particular focus on personal taxes, including capital taxes and trusts. He trained as a Chartered Accountant whilst working in the private client team at a Big 4 firm. After a short spell in industry, he moved back into practice where he specialised in personal tax at regional and mid-tier firms before joining the ATT as a technical officer in 2023.