Andrew McTear qualified as a chartered accountant in 1985 and as a licensed insolvency practitioner in 1988, specialising in business rescue and insolvency since then.  He spent 20 years working for a big four accountancy firm in East Anglia, where he was latterly a corporate recovery partner before co-founding McTear Williams & Wood.  Andrew specialises in all aspects of corporate insolvency and leads McTear Williams & Wood's business angels initiative working from all five offices.

Chris Williams is a chartered accountant and a licensed insolvency practitioner. Chris has specialised in insolvency and recovery work throughout his career, apart from four years at the coal face running his own business – so he's been there and done that. Chris specialises in all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency but particularly enjoys getting involved early when there are more options available. Chris is a National Council member of R3, our trade body.

David Wood gained an excellent understanding of the commercial opportunities and problems his business clients face during his 20 years in the manufacturing sector. In 1990 David started advising on insolvency and turnaround and joined Chris and Andrew to form the existing partnership in 2000.  Based in Ipswich, David specialises in guiding business managers in financial distress and negotiating with creditors to avoid formal insolvency where possible.

Chris McKay qualified as a chartered accountant in 1994 and then specialised in forensic accounting. Chris moved into insolvency and corporate recovery in 1996. He spent four years out of the profession as a finance director for a nationwide property services company, before returning in 2003 and so he has bags of practical experience. Chris draws on his varied skill set to both advise directors and maximise returns to creditors.  Chris is an insolvency practitioner and joined the partnership in May 2011.

Austin Alleyne qualified as a chartered accountant in 1975 and as a licensed insolvency practitioner in 1986. Austin has specialised in corporate recovery since 1981, latterly as a mid tier firm partner. Based in Chelmsford, Austin specialises in corporate insolvency work.

Roger Barnbrook worked as an accountant in industry with owner managed companies and international firms.  He was made redundant in 1985 when his employer went into administrative receivership.  He assisted the London based receivers and was then offered a job with them. In 1990 he transferred to a local insolvency firm in Ipswich and then moved with them to Cambridge until he transferred to BDO Stoy Hayward in Newmarket in 1998. Roger joined McTear Williams & Wood in July 2003. Based in Cambridge, Roger has been involved in several large high profile voluntary arrangements.

Adrian Sage started his working life in the health service before joining the insolvency profession in 1980 with a small local practice in Ipswich.  After moving to a mid tier firm for a further 14 years, he joined a top four firm and worked in Cambridge for four years.  Adrian joined McTear Willilams & Wood in 2008 and is based primarily in our Ipswich office and brings his extensive experience in all areas of corporate insolvency.

Chris Poulton gained an MBA from London Business School and built two successful businesses from start-up, before opening his own early stage venture capital firm which works with entrepreneurs to assess investment opportunities and create new technology businesses.  Based in Cambridge, Chris is working on developing a range of advisory services to technology companies in the region and expanding our turnaround business angel network.

Donald Stuart joined us in January 2010 as an associate in our expanding banking specialist team.  Donald has over 39 years front line banking experience dealing with SME and corporate businesses, the last 13 of which he was area director in East Anglia with Bank of Scotland.  He has enjoyed working with clients in both the good and more testing times and looks to use his experiences for the benefit of professional advisors and clients.

Tony Harrison until joining us in November 2004 Tony worked latterly as the financial controller in a foundry which was placed into administration and then traded for eight weeks until it was successfully sold as a going concern to new owners.  Tony enjoyed working with the team and decided to “jump the fence” into the world of insolvency.  Since then Tony has ran trading administrations of a garden centre, a games company and numerous printing/manufacturing and general businesses.  He has also played a key role in the firm's largest administration turned CVA which has recently been sold to new owners achieving a successful end to the CVA.  He has led on numerous pre-packed administrations sales involving negotiating with prospective purchasers and company stakeholders.  He is also regularly involved in the more commercial aspects of all types of cases.