Northern Society of Chartered Accountants

Alison has over 27 years working in the banking industry and has had roles with Coutts Newcastle and the wider NatWest Group. Her role involves providing relationship banking and regulated lending services to a portfolio of High net worth private clients. Her background also includes wealth management and a team leadership role across the Coutts North offices of Newcastle, Leeds and Sheffield.

Following graduation, Catherine joined a “big 4” accountancy firm, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1987.  Since then, she has worked in practice and in business, at both PLC and SME level, including as a manager and as a business owner.

Catherine also holds non-executive positions, including,  Chair of Audit Committee with the national charity Breast Cancer Care, Governor and Member of Finance & Development Committee at the University of Sunderland, non- executive director at North East Ambulance Service and as a Commissioner, and pension scheme trustee, at the Port of Blyth.  Catherine is also a member of the ICAEW Northern Regional Strategy Board

Jeanette is Dodd and Co’s Insolvency Partner. She is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner and is authorised to take formal insolvency appointments by both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Non-Administrative Receivers Association. Jeanette provides a wide range of recovery advice to businesses – both corporate and personal. Jeanette joined the firm whilst still a trainee chartered accountant and became a Partner in 1990. Jeanette also shares responsibility for the firm’s portfolio of Doctors’ Practices which advises GPs around the country on the accounting, taxation and other financial issues which affect their businesses. She is an experienced speaker and makes regular seminar presentations on her specialist subjects of insolvency and medical finance.