Our team
We’re here to help
Our key team members are:
Mark Hjertzen, Managing Director; Sue Watson, Audit, Assurance and Charity specialist; Liam Ryan, Audit, Assurance; Yvette Neill, Personal taxation; Usha Duggall, Payroll and Bookkeeping; Alison Rickels, Payroll and Bookkeeping; Carmen Aattouch, Accounts production; Zane Kiforda, Accounts production; Chris Hodge, Accounts production; Kerry Loach, Secretary, Administrator and Company Secretarial; Amanda Dorgan, Administrator and Company Secretarial; and Sue Howlett, Credit Control; Kim Richardson, Secretary, Administration and Company Secretarial.
Mark Hjertzen
Managing Director
I am the managing director of HW Associates Limited and the proprietor of HW Associates.
Subsequent to qualifying with a top four firm of Chartered Accountants and thereafter working for an international quoted company I entered partnership in Hitchin in the early 1980’s.
I advise
I have many years’ experience of giving practical integrated commercial, transactional, compliance and taxation advice to owner managed businesses, not-for-profit entities and private clients. I understand what makes a business a success and what increases its value.
I am pleased to be the liaison between HW Associates and Accelerate.
Liam Ryan
I work in audit, accounts preparation and give general business advice to SME’s.
Yvette Neill
I now provide the following personal tax services to our clients, standard compliant self-assessment returns, capital gains, Benefits in Kind and registering and completing trust returns.
Alison Rickels
I also look after their day-to-day bookkeeping requirements, administer their payrolls and advise on VAT compliance.
I hold QuickBooks Advanced Certification.
Usha Duggal
I hold QuickBooks advanced Certification.
Chris Hodge
Zane Kiforda
Carmen Aattouch
Kim Richardson
Amanda Dorgan
Kerry Loach
We can help
Our experience, expertise and practicality will complement your own skills and can only enhance your business.