William is a well travelled Devonian, born in Torquay, schooled at Montpelier , Paignton and travelled out of the county to Queens College , Taunton . He returned to Exeter University where he studied accountancy and has never lived out of the county since!
His mother did all the travelling, having come from Ohio, USA and is a GI bride in reverse!
He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Whinney, Exeter (now Ernst & Young) and remained with the firm until 1992 when he left to start his own consultancy practice. He is grateful to Ernst & Whinney for shaping his future life by transferring him to the newly opened Plymouth office in 1986. He met his future wife, not that he knew it, on the day he received the keys to his first property.
William’s main role to try to keep Phil and Sue in line and looking after all the administration matters of the company.
William is a member of the South West ICAEW ’s Technical Advisory Committee and in his spare time is an active Rotarian.