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EPISODE · Mar 24, 2026 · 47 MIN

Andrew Holloway: Growing a brand with no market presence in a particular region

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Andrew Holloway is a Tax Partner & Head of Equity Rewards & Venture Capital Schemes at Cooper Parry which is a UK-based advisory and accountancy firm, backed by US private equity firm, Lee Equity Partners. Interestingly, he was employee no.1 of the firm in Scotland (which at the time had over 2,000 employees based in England) but that was nearly a year after he had turned down an offer to join them.So, what changed for him? What changed for them? Why did he join with no other colleagues to work alongside in his region? Tune in to hear so much more from this super interesting and honest chat with Andrew. Timings of episode:00:00-04:50: Introduction and background04:50-: 07:35: Why tax?07:35-15:46: Why did you want to specialise in reward tax and what is it?15:47-20:45: Why did Andrew first turn down an offer from Cooper Parry and then why did he join as employee no.1 in Scotland for Cooper Parry?20:46-27:00: How working for a firm with high growth mentality and high risk has been an enormous but fun learning curve. 27:01-31:58: Discussing the different environments of LLP, large mid-tier and PE-backed.31:59-36:40: 'The Rebels of Accountancy’ - who would be a good fit?36:41-38:12: Plans for Cooper Parry in Scotland over the next few years38:13-45:10: What does his voluntary role with Patrick Thistle Football Club’s ‘The Jags Foundation' involve?45:11-48:10: Personal and professional goals for the next 12 months Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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