Chief Story-Teller at Clarity, B1G1 Co-Founder, TEDx Speaker, Mentor Global Entrepreneurs

Paul is a 4-time TEDx speaker. He is a Senior Fellow in one of the World’s Leading Think Tanks and holds a Lifetime Service Award to the Accounting Profession in the UK.

Paul first made his mark on the Accounting profession through the radical Accountants’ Boot Camp process enabling over 17,000 Accountants worldwide to work with their clients in new ways.

His book, (co-written with Ron Baker) ‘The Firm of the Future’, is widely regarded as a breakthrough book for professional firms.

Karen’s skills of creativity and an accountant qualification work together in the creation and success of PF, the creative agency working exclusively for and with accountants.

Karen is a qualified accountant (a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Arizona), and she leads a team working from locations all over the world, including South Africa, Argentina, UK, and the USA. The agency serves accountants anywhere on the globe.

Her passion is for leading her team of creatives to help accountants realise they too are creative. She is the author of The Accountant Marketer, and is currently writing her second book, “Accountants Are Creative Too”.

Lucy Cohen is a female entrepreneur, Founder of Mazuma, accountancy industry disruptor, award-winning author, and celebrated keynote speaker.

At the young age of 23, Lucy fearlessly founded Mazuma in 2006, introducing the world to the revolutionary concept of subscription-based accountancy services. Her visionary approach disrupted the traditional norms and propelled her into the spotlight as a true agent of change. In an industry dominated by a male, pale, and stale narrative, Lucy stood tall, challenging conventions, and opening doors for generations to come. Lucy is also an outspoken advocate for mental health matters in the accountancy and tech space.

Aynsley is a chartered accountant, multi-award winning entrepreneur, international keynote speaker and the CEO and co-founder of Clarity. He has advised thousands of businesses around the world and sits as an advisory board member on a number of companies and charities.

Aynsley left KPMG in 2000 to become a partner in Tayabali Tomlin, a multi-award winning accounting firm in the UK. Aynsley was instrumental in transforming the business from a traditional regional accounting firm to a niche business advisory firm, which he sold in 2018 to Crowe.

Vipul is a UK based ICAEW Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor. Vipul trained with a regional UK firm, Rabjohns (now part of Bishop Fleming) before moving to Ernst & Young and KPMG. Vipul’s driving passion is to empower accounting professionals to deliver more for their clients.

Vipul is Founder and Managing Director of AdvanceTrack Outsourcing, a UK Headquartered Accountancy Outsourcing Company, with operational centres in India, delivering services to firms around the world.

AdvanceTrack are an ICAEW Member Firm audited by BSI in the UK for ISO9001:2015 (Quality Management) and ISO27001:2013 (Information Security Management).

Steven is an award-winning entrepreneur, author of the international bestselling book The Profits Principles, international speaker and the COO and co-founder of Clarity. He’s a chartered accountant and has been in the profession for over 20 years.

Steven has also started, built and sold two award-winning accounting and advisory firms.

Steven has helped thousands of business owners and accounting firms around the world to build an extraordinary business doing what they love whilst generating the profit and cash to choose how to spend their time.

Steph is an accountant, technologist and founder of Growthwise, an accounting firm in Newcastle. She’s on a mission to help accountants collaborate, challenge and learn from each other to shape the future of the accounting industry.

Steph decided to become an accountant because she wanted to change the future of small businesses in Australia. She believes that it is an accountant’s job to take their skills in analysing numbers and apply them in all areas of a business, to ensure it ultimately kicks arse (in whatever shape that looked like to them).

Mark has more than 30 years’ experience as an Accountant and Tax Agent in practice. Mark has developed specialised skills in corporate presentations and training with extensive experience in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Canada.  

Mark is a lively and entertaining speaker, and his engaging speaking style means that his audiences are always alert and entertained at his events.

He is also a respected consultant in taxation and business management, in particular business advisory services implementation and delivery using key structured advisory systems and software.

Jason is an accomplished entrepreneur and thought leader in accounting. He founded a $5M accounting firm, which he has run for 18 months. In addition, he has built a SAAS to $30k MRR, sold a startup, built a creatorpreneur business to $10k MRR, and produced commercials for brands like LinkedIn and Zapier.

Today, Jason helps people in three key areas. Firstly, he produces content to help accounting leaders develop more sustainable firms. Secondly, he provides thought leadership on adopting automation and AI to support public accounting. Thirdly, he helps software companies to better partner with the accountant channel and leverage AI in their products.

Jason is a prolific content creator and regularly shares his insights and ideas through his weekly newsletter, which is essential for accountants looking to stay up-to-date on industry trends. Jason is an invaluable resource for software companies looking to better engage with accountants. He has helped some of the most successful brands in the industry develop more meaningful products.

USA Accounting Today listed Heather as one of 21 people helping shape (and reshape) the accounting industry in 2020.

A technology and lifestyle accountant with a deep understanding of automated integrated cloud business tools and how business apps can be implemented and utilised effectively to improve workflow and surface information useful for data-informed decisions. She extensively shares her methodologies, business strategies and work-life balance practices through the ‘Cloud Stories’ podcast, multiple Cloud Accounting books, the Accounting Apps newsletter, blogs and social media platforms.

Ronald J. Baker started his CPA career in 1984 with KPMG’s Private Business Advisory Services in San Francisco. Today, he is the founder of VeraSage Institute—the leading think tank dedicated to educating professionals internationally—and radio talk-show host on the www.VoiceAmerica.com

As a frequent speaker, writer, and educator, his work takes him around the world. He has been an instructor with the California CPA Education Foundation since 1995 and has authored over twenty courses for them.

He is the author of nine best-selling books, including: Professional’s Guide to Value Pricing; The Firm of the Future: A Guide for Accountants, Lawyers, and Other Professional Services, co-authored with Paul Dunn; Pricing on Purpose: Creating and Capturing Value; Measure What Matters to Customers: Using Key Predictive Indicators; Implementing Value Pricing: A Radical Business Model for Professional Firms; Time’s Up!: The Subscription Business Model for Professional Firms, again so-authored with Paul Dunn.

Ric is the co-founder and CEO of Principa, a company dedicated to helping Accountants and Business Advisors enhance the performance of their own business and those of clients through the use of a robust suite of tools, methodologies and support processes. 

Prior to the formation of Principa in 2001, Ric co-founded Results Accountants’ Systems, which conceived and conducted the Accountants’ Boot Camp around the world. It is acknowledged as being one of the most innovative initiatives ever offered to the accounting profession and has spawned a plethora of organisations that seek to help accountants better service their clients. 

Ric is a qualified accountant and has been a partner in public practice prior to which he was a tenured lecturer in the Business School at Southern Cross University, Australia. He blends his practical experience with his research and teaching background to articulate complex concepts in a coherent and entertaining manner.