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Meet the team

Directors

Mathew Weaver FCCA – Joint Managing Director

Mat joined Alextra in 2014 as the firm’s Senior Accountancy and Audit Manager and was appointed as a Director in 2015. During this time Mat achieved success by delivering additional tailored accounting solutions to a number of established and new...

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Matthew Price BA(Hons) FCA FCCA – Joint Managing Director

Matthew joined Alextra in 2004 and became a Director in 2007. With over 20 years of experience as an accountant, Matthew has gathered a broad spectrum of knowledge to help and guide businesses from a wide range of sectors. With a...

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Keith Knight FCCA – Director

Keith trained and qualified with a local firm of accountants before forming the practice in 1996. He has been at the centre of recruiting a great quality team over the years, whilst looking after his client base and introducing them to...

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Shawn Gallimore FCCA – Director

Shawn Gallimore joined the business as Senior Manager in August 2011 and was responsible for managing a portfolio of clients and the development of new business for the practice. Shawn was promoted to Director in June 2014 and continues to...

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Ian Biddington FCCA – Director

Ian became ACCA qualified in 2002 whilst training with a firm in Stoke on Trent and has since become FCCA registered. Ian has worked with a variety of clients in industries, such as food, manufacturing, retail, leisure and engineering. Ian's experiences...

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Joanne Hamilton CTA FCCA TEP – Associate Tax Director

Jo trained and qualified with a local firm in Newcastle-under-Lyme as a chartered certified accountant in 2004. She then advanced into tax work, initially working with Sole Traders, Partnerships, Companies and their Directors, high net worth individuals and Trusts with their...

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Wayne Riley FCCA – Associate Audit Director

Wayne trained and qualified with a local firm in Newcastle-under-Lyme, qualifying as a chartered certified accountant in 2002. Wayne gained experience in dealing with predominantly corporate clients, providing accounting services and advice to clients in a broad range of sectors, ranging...

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Stephen Hollins FCCA – Associate Director

Steve is a graduate of Exeter University, and trained and qualified at a local firm in Newcastle. He attained ACCA status in 2008 and fellowship of that body in 2013. Subsequently earning his ACCA practising certificate in 2022. He has acted...

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Steven Pepper DipPFS CertsCII (MP & ER) – Director of Wealth Management

Steven joined the group in 2018 to head up the Wealth Management division. He works closely with people helping them to plan for their future, whether this be for retirement, legacy planning or indeed ensuring protection is in place for...

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Managers

Amy Strachan MAAT

Amy is a qualified AAT accountant with 12 years’ experience in practice. She manages a portfolio of clients and has established many good working relationships with them over the years. She enjoys interacting with clients on a daily basis and providing...

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Ashleigh Dean ACCA

Ashleigh started accountancy in 2015 after finishing her A-Levels. She worked for accountancy practices in Cheshire whilst completing her AAT, and then went onto her ACCA qualification. She qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant at the end of 2020. Ashleigh joined...

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Bradley Evans ACCA

Bradley joined Alextra in January 2024 as a Client Manager following 9 years at another Accountancy Practice where in April 2022 he gained his Chartered Certified Accountant qualification. Bradley has a developed a range of knowledge in accountancy and tax as...

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Caroline Matthews FCCA

Caroline studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Kent at Canterbury before working for several years in public practice in East Kent where she qualified. Whilst there she worked on a wide range of client from plumbers to solicitors,...

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Christian West ACCA

Christian studied at Liverpool John Moores where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business studies. After leaving university, Christian joined a local Cheshire based accountancy practice in 2014 and went onto study for his ACCA qualification, which he achieved...

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Clair Wain MAAT ATT

Clair has worked in an accounts practise for over 20 years and has been with the firm for the past 15 years. She has gained both MAAT and ATT qualifications. Clair is involved in the review and preparation of Audit’s, Accounts...

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Daniel Large ACCA MAAT

Dan joined Alextra at the start of 2018 as Accounts Senior. Dan started in Accountancy in 2012 after finishing his A-Levels. He worked for accountancy practices in the Shropshire and Cheshire area whilst completing his AAT and went on to his...

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David Leese FCA

David joined the team in December 2019 following the merger with The Davison Partnership. David qualified as a Chartered Accountant with A Cropp Hawkins & Co in 1983 and become a partner in 1985 before eventually moving on to become...

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James Pritchard FCCA

James joined Alextra in 2019 as a Client Portfolio Manager as part of the business’s growth plan. He enjoys working closely with clients and as part of a focused team. James started as a trainee accountant in 2005, qualifying firstly with...

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Jenna Hands ACCA MAAT

Jenna started in accountancy in 2014, working through her AAT and ACCA qualifications whilst working for practices in Staffordshire. She qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 2019. Jenna joined Alextra in 2024 as a client portfolio manager and provides services...

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Jo Edwards

Jo has worked in payroll for over 30 years. She started her career working for a local pottery firm & then went to work for a recruitment agency in their accounts & payroll department. Here she gained experience in...

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Liam Clay ACA

Liam started in accountancy in 2012, working for accountancy practices in the Staffordshire area whilst completing his AAT. Liam has experience from working in industry, having worked as a Finance Manager for a Construction Group of Companies with a turnover of...

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Michelle McTiernan

Michelle McTiernan is our Payroll Manager. Michelle studied and successfully attained, with distinction, a Diploma in Payroll Management from the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers. After becoming qualified Michelle joined Alextra Accountants in 2006. Michelle is proud of the level of service she...

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Qasim Mohammad

Qasim graduated with a 1st class degree and has since worked with regional firms progressing to become manager whilst training towards his ACCA qualification. Qasim has worked with a variety of clients in various industries across multiple countries enabling him to...

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Robyn O’Reilly

Robyn started studying A Level Accounting and AAT at Newcastle under Lyme college in 2007 and started working in practice in 2008. Robyn joined Alextra Accountants in 2015 and manages a portfolio of clients as a Client Manager. Robyn has over 10...

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Sheila Muskin

Sheila Muskin joined the business in 1997 upon the practice’s formation. She has 35 years experience in accountancy and has worked in professional practices for the whole of her career. Sheila has gained her knowledge and vast experience through the dedicated work...

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Stephen Robb ACCA

Stephen joined the business as an accounts trainee in 2016 and completed his ACCA qualification in 2022 while gaining a wealth of experience in all aspects of audit and accountancy within Alextra. Since qualifying Stephen has been working closely with some...

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Thomas Purkiss ACA

Thomas Purkiss joined the business as an Accounts Trainee in June 2014 after completing a degree in Accounting and Finance at the University of Salford. Since then he has been working towards his ACA qualification to become a chartered accountant...

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PAs

Farrah Oliver

After completing her A Levels, Farrah decided university was not for her and started working in various administrative roles in the Cheshire area. Farrah has many years of secretarial and admin experience, including the management of a small portfolio of clients...

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Hazel Walker

Hazel has predominantly worked in the public sector, spending 10 years with Lancashire Constabulary. She worked in the Emergency Control Room for 5 years; where she answered 999 calls, and prioritised and dispatched officers to incidents. Hazel spent her remaining 5...

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