Caroline trained as a Chartered Accountant in London with Coopers & Lybrand. In 1989 she moved from her role as Head of their Exam Support Group to lecture Tax and Financial Reporting at BPP.

While employed by BPP she taught at all levels of the ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA exams on both fulltime and link courses and developed BPP's approach to the ICAEW's first multidisciplinary case study exam.

Caroline excels at making complex areas seem simple both in the classroom and on paper. She is able to focus student attention on what they really need to succeed in their exams; namely core technical knowledge and sound exam technique.

In 1997 she transferred to become Managing Director of BPP Taxation Courses responsible for all ATT and CTA courses; this was a role that she combined with Managing Director of BPP Professional Development where she was responsible for the smooth running of their CPE courses around the country.

In 2002, with the back office established and her children starting school, Caroline wanted more flexible employment and so returned to tax training but this time on a freelance basis.

She now does a variety of work for a number of organisations and increasingly finds that her time is spent working on on-line training solutions both pre and post qualification.

Chris is Head of Tolley Tax Training and has lectured to ATT and CTA students since 1995.

During this time he has gained an excellent reputation for his clear and concise teaching style and is especially known for his focussed revision teaching on the CTA corporate specialist route.

Chris is also the co-founder (along with Dean Wootten) of Online Tutors Limited, the company behind the highly successful tax learning product known as “Tolley’s Tax Tutor.” Chris was instrumental in building this product and introducing versions specifically for ATT and CTA students.

Chris has a tremendous passion for teaching and teaching methods and is currently responsible for the introduction of Accelerated Learning into Tolley’s study material.

Chris is also a household name on the CPE training circuit and lectures for many organisations. He also presents a number of specialist in-house courses for top 20 firms of accountants.

Before moving into the training world Chris was a member of the taxation department at PKF. He is also a graduate of Industrial Economics from Nottingham University.

Chris is very involved with the work of The Chartered Institute of Taxation and is a member of their Council and the Membership and Information-Technology committees.

Francesca Lagerberg is Head of the National Tax Office at Grant Thornton UK LLP, where she is a partner and runs the technical tax department which services the UK firm. She is a past-Chairman of the Tax Faculty of the ICAEW and now chairs its Technical Committee.

Francesca writes about tax matters regularly for the professional and national press. She is also an experienced tax lecturer and won the 2008 Taxation Tax Lecturer of the Year Award. She is a qualified Barrister, Chartered Accountant (Fellow) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT). She is on the editorial board of Taxation magazine and the Council of the CIOT.

John Selwood is a Chartered Accountant and independent training consultant. He lectures on auditing, financial reporting, money laundering and company law for all the major training groups and many top accountancy practices.

He also edits Auditing & Reporting and writes technical material for publishers. John is a volunteer member on the ICAEW’s Audit & Assurance Faculty Professional Services Committee and has written and presented the highly successful faculty roadshows for several years. Previously, he has been head of CharterGroup the accountancy network and the technical partner for a top thirty firm of accountants.

Mark McLaughlin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Since January 1998, Mark has been a consultant in his own tax practice, Mark McLaughlin Associates, which provides tax consultancy and support services to professional firms throughout the UK.

Mark is a lecturer on tax subjects. He is also actively involved in the ‘Working Together’ initiative between HM Revenue & Customs and the tax and accountancy professions, and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation’s Capital Gains Tax & Investment Income and Succession Taxes Sub-Committees.

Mike Thexton MA FCA CTA qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 and as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 1984, and has been training accountants since that time.

He presents general tax updates for practitioners and accountants in industry throughout the UK, as well as more detailed courses on CGT for stockbrokers and VAT for general practitioners/VAT specialists.

He runs the ATII programme for VAT specialists for a large firm. Mike also writes on a variety of tax topics in the professional press.

Paul graduated in Economics and Accounting at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

He has worked in the accountancy profession, in both medium and large professional practices, in accountancy tuition at Chart Foulks Lynch and in higher education, where he was Principal Lecturer at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England.

Paul joined Solomon Hare, Bristol in 1989, where he is currently Technical Director with responsibility for both technical and training matters.He is author of Spicer and Pegler's Book-keeping and Accounts and co-author of Financial Reporting for Smaller Companies.

For over 11 years, Paul was General Editor of Butterworths Financial Reporting and Accounting Service.

Philip Fisher has worked in the field of employment taxation and rewards for the last 15 years. Recently, he has particularly specialised in the implementation of employee share schemes, advice to expatriate employees and the negotiation of settlements following PAYE & NIC investigations. He also has wide all-round experience in this field.

Philip is also a keen writer and has had his book Employee Share Schemes published by CCH and also edited their Income Tax and NIC for the Employed publication for several years. In addition, he is regularly quoted in the press and has contributed to numerous other books and journals on taxation issues.

Outside office hours, Philip moonlights as a theatre critic. He is London editor of the British Theatre Guide and London reviewer for the Western Mail amongst other titles and can be heard as a regular contributor to TheatreVOICE.

Trained in London with Kidsons and, on qualifying, spent some time as Chief Accountant of a manufacturing company. She now has her own small practice in Gloucestershire that comprises of owner managed businesses and small companies.

She lectures extensively for a range of professional bodies, accountancy firms, and commercial organisations, and has presented at sessions for HM Revenue & Customs and HM Treasury policy teams. Rebecca is well known on the lecture circuit for her refreshing, enthusiastic and entertaining presentation style as well as having a practical and down-to-earth approach to tax, and was named Best Tax Lecturer at the Taxation awards in 2007.

She has recently taken on a special role for LexisNexis in advising on the design and delivery of CPD training for accountants. Rebecca writes regularly on tax for a range of publications, and is General Editor of the Tolleys Taxwise books, and Tax Editor of AccountingWEB.co.uk. and presents webinars and online training sessions exclusively for LexisNexis.