Our People

Craig Nicol

Chief Executive Officer


Craig first joined EQ as a Non-Executive Board Advisor in August 2022, and was appointed as our Chie...

Rachel Bell BAcc (Hons) CA CTA

Partner

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Rachel has been with EQ since 2008, having trained and qualified as both a CA and CTA while with th...

Gordon Buist BAcc (Hons) CA CTA (Fellow)

Partner

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Gordon joined EQ as a Partner in April 2022 from another firm of accountants in Fife. He is a quali...

Graeme Davidson BA CA

Partner

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A qualified CA, Graeme joined the firm in 1997, and became a Partner in 2006. He advises clients in ...

Mark Gibson BA CA

Partner

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Mark is the Glenrothes office Managing Partner and heads up the firm’s audit function in Fife wher...

Iain Gordon MA (Hons) CA

Partner

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Our Partnership Chairman, Iain has been a stalwart of our Forfar office for over 20 years, and he is...

Louise Grant BA (Hons) FCCA

Partner

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Louise started with EQ in 2003, as a trainee. Having trained and qualified with us, she is a Partner...

Scott Greig BAcc (Hons) CA

Partner

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Scott is a Partner and head of EQ Leisure based in our Dundee office. Starting as an ICAS graduate t...

Angela Haig BA CA CTA

Partner

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Angela is a qualified chartered tax adviser and has assisted businesses and individuals with tax pla...

David Morrison MA CA CTA

Partner

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David is our Dundee office Managing Partner, from where he heads up EQ Taxation for the Firm. A qual...

Ross Oliphant FCCA CTA

Partner

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Ross joined EQ as a Partner in May 2016 from another firm of accountants. A member of the Associatio...

Dougie Rae BSc (Hons) CA

Partner

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Dougie joined the firm as a qualified CA in 1998, having trained with a large international practice...

Mark Smeaton FCCA

Partner

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Mark is our Forfar office Managing Partner and head of our EQ Agriculture team where he leads the pr...

Steven Todd BAcc (Hons) CA

Partner

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Steven Todd is a General Practice Partner, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2000. He wo...

Mark Wilken BSc (Hons) MBA CA

Partner

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Mark worked for 10 years as an agricultural consultant with a national firm of advisers where the ma...

Robert Young FCCA

Partner

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Robert is a Partner operating out of our Forfar office. He looks after a range of clients particular...

Caroline McKenna

Chief Operating Officer


Caroline was appointed Chief Operating Officer in October 2023 and has many years’ experience work...

Scott Kennedy AAT FCCA

Senior Manager

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Scott manages our EQ Accounting Services division in our Forfar office, which means he has a wide ra...

Jenny Law FCCA

Senior HR & Training Manager

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Jenny, who previously qualified as an accountant with us, now operates as our HR and Training Manage...

Mark McColgan BA (Hons) ACA

Senior Manager

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Mark has been with EQ since 2003, based in their Forfar office. He is a Senior Manager, qualified s...

Debbie Millar BA (Hons) FCCA

Senior Manager

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Debbie joined EQ in 2008 and is a Senior Manager within our Forfar office. Debbie has a client portf...

Sarah Millar MA (Hons) CA

Senior Manager

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Sarah started at EQ in 2007 as a graduate trainee and is now a Senior Manager in our Forfar Office. ...

Michelle Murray BAcc (Hons) CA

Senior Manager

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Michelle joined EQ in 2017, having qualified in 2014 with another firm. Based in the Dundee office, ...

Gavin Nurse MA ATT

Senior Manager

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Gavin started his tax career with HM Revenue & Customs in 2001 before joining EQ in 2005, where...

Greg Stapley BA (Hons) BFP FCA MBA

Senior Audit Manager

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Greg joined EQ as Senior Audit Manager in January 2022 and is based in our Glenrothes office. Origin...

Lynne Vaughan

Senior Manager

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Lynne heads up our outsourcing department, EQ Accounting Services which provides support to clients ...

Jane Black

Manager

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Jane has been working in payroll since 2008 and became Manager in April 2021. She will usually be t...

Anna Coff BAcc (Hons) FCCA

Manager

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Anna joined the firm in 2013, after qualifying with ACCA in 2012. Her role means she has a portfolio...

Liam Cruickshank BA ACMA

Financial & Operations Manager

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Liam joined EQ in August 2016 taking on the newly created role of Finance & Operations Manager. ...

Eilidh Giudice MA (Hons) CA

Manager

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Eilidh graduated from Heriot-Watt University with a MA (Hons) in Accountancy and Finance in 2011. Fo...

Liz Goldie BA (Hons) ATT CTA

Manager

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Liz Goldie is a Tax Manager in our Dundee Office and has worked in tax for over 10 years. She is a m...

Sandi Grubb ATT CTA

Manager

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Sandi is a Manager and member of our tax team, based in the Dundee office, but covers all other of...

Laura Horsburgh BSc (Hons) CA

Manager

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After graduating from the University of Dundee with a degree in Mathematics and Financial Economics,...

Leanne Jubb MA (Hons) CA

Manager

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Leanne joined EQ in 2016, having qualified as a CA with another local firm in 2013. She is now a Man...

Catriona McDonald BAcc (Hons) CA

Manager

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Catriona joined EQ in August 2010 after graduating from Dundee University. Whilst with the Firm, she...

Kelly Meiklejohn BAcc (Hons) CA

Manager

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Kelly joined EQ for a summer placement in 2012 and returned to begin her CA traineeship in July 2013...

Gillian Mitchell

Admin Manager

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Gillian joined the firm in 1998 and manages the Dundee office support team. She is involved in all a...

Grant Reigate BAcc (Hons) CA

Manager

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Grant joined EQ as an ICAS graduate trainee in 2014 after graduating from the University of Dundee w...

Kirstin Stark MSc BSc CA

Manager

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Kirstin is a Manager based in our Dundee office, having achieved her CA qualification with another ...

Kirsty Sutherland FCCA

Manager

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Kirsty joined our Forfar office in 2013 as a senior member of staff after achieving her FCCA qualifi...

Margaret Waite BA (Hons) FCCA

Manager

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Margaret is a Manager in our Glenrothes office, she looks after a wide range of clients spanning ...

Chelsea Anton BA (Hons) CA

Assistant Manager

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After graduating from Abertay University with an honours degree in Accounting and Finance, Chelsea j...

Roshannah Cox MA (Hons) CA

Assistant Manager

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Roshannah studied Economics and Geography at Aberdeen University, graduating  in 2014. She joined E...

Gary Dempster BA (Hons) CA

Assistant Manager

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Having graduated from Abertay University with an honours degree in Accountancy and Finance, Gary qua...

Hannah Hutchison

Assistant Manager

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Hannah is an Assistant Manager in our EQ Accounting Services division, based in our Dundee office....

Louise Millar BA (Hons)

Assistant Manager

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Louise is an Assistant Manager in our EQ Accounting Services division, based in our Dundee office....

Mark Moseley MA (Hons) CA

Assistant Manager

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Having graduated from Heriot-Watt with a MA (Hons) in Accountancy and Finance, Mark joined EQ in 201...

Laura Nicol

Assistant Manager

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Laura is an Assistant Manager in our EQ Accounting Services division, based in our Dundee office. ...

Chris Price BA (Hons) CA

Assistant Manager

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Chris joined EQ as an ICAS graduate trainee in 2016 after graduating from Edinburgh Napier Universit...

Fraser Smith ACCA

Assistant Manager

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Fraser joined EQ in 2023, and is an Assistant Manager based in our Dundee Office. Having completed h...

John Cochrane

Supervisor

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John is a Supervisor in our Dundee Office. He has gained over 20 years experience which has given h...

Becky Dalziel-Lavery BA (Hons)

Supervisor

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Becky is a Supervisor in our EQ Accounting Services payroll team, based in our Dundee office. After...

Samantha Dean BA (Hons) ACCA

Supervisor

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Samantha completed a 48 week placement with EQ in 2013 as part of her Accountancy and Finance degree...

Nicola Jackson BA (Hons) CA

Supervisor

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Nicola is a Supervisor in our Forfar office. She joined EQ as a qualified CA from another firm and a...

Lia Hay BAcc (Hons) CA CTA

Supervisor

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Following an internship in 2017, Lia joined EQ as a trainee after graduating from the University of ...

Andrew Kelly MMath (Hons) CA

Supervisor

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Andrew joined EQ as a trainee in June 2019 after graduating from University of St Andrews with a deg...

Heather Leighton BAcc (Hons) CA

Supervisor

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Heather joined EQ as a trainee after graduating from University of Glasgow with an Honours Degree in...

Ruth Phillips CAT IIT (DIP)

Supervisor

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Ruth is a Supervisor in our EQ Accounting Services division, based in Forfar office, and supports ...

Finlay Robertson FMAAT CA

Supervisor

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Finlay joined EQ in October 2021 having qualified as an Accounting Technician, then a Chartered Acco...

Kathryn Smeaton BA (Hons) CA

Supervisor

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Originally from Aberdeenshire, Kathryn studied Accounting and Finance at Robert Gordon University, A...

Verna Stewart FCCA

Supervisor

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Verna is a Supervisor operating out of our Forfar office. She looks after a wide range of clients in...

Samantha Turkington BAcc (Hons) CA

Supervisor

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Samantha initially joined EQ as an intern in 2017 and returned as a trainee after graduating from t...

Cheryl Watson BA

Supervisor

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Cheryl is a Supervisor in our EQ Accounting Services division, based in our Dundee office. Cheryl ...

Cheryl Whitton

Supervisor

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Cheryl joined the firm as a Tax Assistant in the Dundee office in 2002 and has gained a wealth of kn...

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