Katy’s early career began at Big Four accounting firm EY. She spent six years in a range of auditing and tax roles, developing a broad understanding of accountancy.
A qualified chartered tax adviser and chartered accountant, Katy built on her accountancy background and developed a strong specialism in R&D tax relief since joining ForrestBrown in 2019. As a senior tax manager, she looks after her own impressive portfolio of clients, ensuring their R&D tax claims are optimised and robust.
Clients working with Katy benefit from her commercial mindset and ability to optimise their R&D tax relief claims. She works with companies across the software and construction sectors, which are seeing fast organic growth with the help of R&D incentives.
Katy’s approach involves building a broad understanding of each client’s needs. Seeing what the benefit can be for them and then ensuring they get the most out of their R&D claim.