- Leads our sector specialist team.
- Expert on software guidance for R&D tax relief.
- Master’s in Medical Image Computing.
Tom Heslin MSc
Associate Director
Our people
ForrestBrown’s team offers specialist technical expertise. We’re chartered and combine specialist R&D tax credit knowledge with real passion, enthusiasm and energy for helping innovative businesses grow.
Our team is 120 strong and comprises chartered tax advisers, chartered accountants, lawyers, sector specialists, former HMRC inspectors and quality assurance experts.
- Leadership
- Business growth
- FB Consulting
- Quality assurance
- Tax practice
- Sector specialists
- Client and business support
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Tree MA FBCS
Senior Sector Specialist
- Software, electronics and physical sciences specialist.
- Former CTO with 30 years’ experience in high-tech businesses.
- MA in Physics from Cambridge University.
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Peter Beavis PhD MSci CSci CChem MRSC MIMMM
Senior Sector Specialist
- Highly experienced materials scientist.
- Background in food science, pharma and defence.
- Doctorate in organic chemistry.
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Robin Taylor BEng MIED
Senior Sector Specialist
- 20 years’ mechanical engineering expertise.
- Specialist in automotive body and electromechanical systems.
- Plays a key role in optimising engineering R&D claims.
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Mike Harrison BSc(Eng) ACGI MNI
Senior Sector Specialist
- 35+ years of construction, manufacturing and marine engineering experience.
- Studied Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College.
- Built his own eco home on the Severn Estuary.
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Ben Wyatt LLB
Senior Sector Specialist
- Expert in a huge range of developer and cloud technologies.
- 15 years of agency experience working across many sectors.
- A dedicated resource at ForrestBrown for uncovering digital innovation.
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Luke Sturgess-Durden MSc
Sector Specialist
- Over 20 years’ experience in software engineering.
- Former CTO who has worked in many fields at startups and multinationals.
- Worked in FinTech and Healthtech.
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Ryan Barr MS
Senior Research Manager
- Helps translate our clients’ complex scientific and technical projects into reports for HMRC.
- Background in geophysics, having worked with onshore and offshore survey teams.
- Building great relationships, ensuring time spent with clients is maximised.
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Kim Malik PhD
Research Manager
- Experienced scientist who helps communicate clients’ R&D projects to HMRC.
- Doctorate in Organic Chemistry and degree in Biological and Medicinal Chemistry.
- Gained R&D tax experience in the Big Four.
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Robert Lutken MSc
Research Manager
- Communicates our clients’ scientific and technological projects to HMRC in technical reports.
- Experienced full stack software engineer.
- Masters in computer games development.
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Emily Malkin MEng
Research Manager
- Holds a Masters (MEng) in mechanical engineering.
- Experienced working on large manufacturing projects.
- Helps clients fully capture and explain qualifying R&D.
Want to work for us?
We’re ForrestBrown, and we were ranked in The Sunday Times best small companies to work for in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Regionally, we were ranked number one across all companies to work for in the South West in 2018. Everyone at ForrestBrown is valued for who they are as well as what they can do.
We all share a common purpose: to help innovative businesses grow. If you’re thinking “where next?”, we’d love to hear from you.