Becky is a licensed insolvency practitioner and chartered accountant with over 20 years of experience advising businesses in the Midlands and London. She helps owner-managed businesses and medium-sized companies across a wide range of sectors, with a particular specialism in healthcare providers, retail, automotive/aerospace, engineering and construction-related trades. Becky regularly advises on solvent restructuring and group rationalisation.

Tom is a chartered accountant, licensed insolvency practitioner and in 2007 co-founded BABR (formerly known as Bailey Ahmad Business Recovery). BABR specialises in delivering insolvency, commercial finance and debt recovery solutions to SMEs, funders and professionals.

Stephen has specialised in credit, debt and restructuring and insolvency work since 1987 and has extensive experience in dealing with the full range of these procedures. Prior to setting up his own consultancy, he was a Business Recovery and Insolvency partner at a major law firm heading up a team of over 50 legal professionals undertaking national debt and insolvency contracts in both the private and public sectors. As well as advising many clients in the profession, he also pursues many other projects in the legal, insolvency and credit fields, including being Head of Legal at Apex Litigation Finance.

Daniel’s aim is to help firms and professionals understand and develop the skill sets that will enable them to thrive in a world shaped by rapidly changing technology. To achieve this, he draws on over thirty years’ experience in a wide range of roles covering finance, management, HR and professional education, gained with blue-chip firms including EY, Goldman Sachs and BPP.

Louise has over 20 years HR experience. Starting her career in recruitment, she broadened her skill set to cover Employee Relations, Learning & Development and Organisational Development when she worked with the Arcadia Group. Louise has been working with BABR since 2018 and following the pandemic has been at the forefront of working with Tom and BABR's leadership team in transitioning from a single office location to a virtual 'bring work to people' model.

Richard Dillea is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLP in Manchester. He brings over 20 years of experience in restructuring tax. Richard’s notable assignments include a hive down sale of a haulage company; a group restructuring that preserved value in a construction company; the restructuring of syndicated debt for a manufacturing business; reorganising the UK operations within a global group; and overseeing the tax input in AMA processes in electric vehicles and software development sectors.

Michelle is ICAEW’s Head of AML with operational responsibility for the AML supervision of ICAEW’s 11,000 AML-supervised firms. She is co-Chair of the Accountancy AML Supervisors Group and was Chair of the AML Supervisors’ Forum in 2021. Michelle qualified as a chartered accountant in 2005, completing her training contract at a Big Four firm and working within audit for professional services firms.

Adele is a chartered accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner, and is part of Teneo’s Financial Advisory team in Scotland. Adele focuses on mid-market restructuring and insolvency work, and also has experience delivering complex expert witness engagements. Recent sector experience includes retail, infrastructure and construction.

Yazmin Meadows is an associate Pinsent Masons' London restructuring team. Yazmin has a wide range of experience acting on all aspects of transactional restructuring and insolvency matters for lenders, creditors and companies alike.

Gavin is a chartered accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner, leading Teneo’s Financial Advisory team in Scotland. Gavin works across a range of sectors and undertakes both corporate and creditor advisory work, as well as formal insolvency appointments. Gavin’s recent experience includes mandates in the construction, hospitality, food manufacturing and industrial sectors.

Tom is RSM UK’s economist. He provides economic insights from a middle market perspective, to both RSM and its clients. Tom works closely with RSM partners across the UK, as well as with colleagues in the US to monitor how changes across the pond could affect the local market. After graduating from the University of Manchester in 2009, he went to work for HM Treasury. This was right in the middle of the financial crisis, so he was assigned to help redraft the banking regulations. He then spent eight years at Capital Economics, where he first covered commodities (mainly oil), then the UK economy in the wake of Brexit and the onset of the pandemic.

Andrew is a partner in Pinsent Masons' London restructuring team. He specialises in advising on financial restructuring and formal insolvency matters. Andrew acts for banks, insolvency practitioners, directors and funds alike. Andrew also leads our specialist infrastructure and energy supply chain insolvency practice. Andrew’s recent experience includes working on high profile mandates in the retail, leisure, hospitality and construction sectors.

As the trade association for restructuring and insolvency professionals R3 is at the heart of the profession in the UK providing a home for their community of members throughout their careers. As CEO Caroline oversees all aspects of R3’s work, from representation and technical support to the design and delivery of events, courses and conferences. Working with R3’s Council, team and member committees she is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Association as well as shaping and delivering its strategy for the future, promoting, supporting and connecting members throughout their careers.