Who You'll Be Working With
Meet the team
Your cloud accountants
Our team members bring deep financial experience and tech expertise to the table, helping you streamline your accounting processes, gain real-time insights and make informed decisions.
Whether you’re a one-man band, an ambitious small business or a venture-backed company our team of cloud accounting experts are here to help you.
Click on each of our team members below to find out a little about them.
Sian Kelly
(BSc | ACMA)
Craig Cutler
(FCCA | MAAT)
Lin Wei Wu
(MSc | FCCA)
Sarah Griffiths
(ACA)
Darren Garey
(FCCA)
Jayne Hutchings
(CTA)
Hannah Payne
Andrew Scouller
(BA Hons | ACA)
Catherine Hinis
(AAT)
Paul Smith
(AAT)
Aisha Riaz
(BSc)
Karen Mytton
Cieran Ball
BSc Hons (ACA)
Louis Banks
(AAT)
Kelly Alders
(AAT)
Laura Pinion
Hannah Finnegan
Yvonne Harper
Ruth Morris
(BA Hons)
Laura Aston
Julie Robson
Marley
Sian Kelly
(BSc | ACMA)
A Chartered Management Accountant since 1995, Sian now heads up the Inform Accounting team. In the past, she’s worked for Next plc, Marston’s Brewery and Compass Group plc, where she was Financial Controller. Oh, and she even worked at Disneyland for a year.
Sian has helped a number of businesses grow from start-ups to well established companies, working hand in hand, guiding them through the sales process.
Away from work, her leisure time is mainly spent with her three children, who give her the ringing endorsement of being ‘really nice’.
Craig Cutler
(FCCA | MAAT)
Craig brings 20 years’ experience to the Inform Accounting team, and advises clients on a wide range of financial issues.
Craig is accurate, meticulous, and a technical expert whose attention to detail has identified many savings for clients large and small.
When he’s not in the office though, you’ll probably find him on the slopes – he’s a keen snowboarder who travels extensively in search of his adrenaline fix.
Lin Wei Wu
(MSc | FCCA)
Lin is a fellow member of ACCA with a Masters degree in business.
Sarah Griffiths
(ACA)
Sarah is one of Inform’s Tax Consultants. With over 20 years of accountancy experience, she is a member of both the Association of Taxation Technicians and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Sarah brings a common sense approach to the complicated world of tax, working closely with a range of clients to attain the most tax efficient outcome for clients.
Away from work, her main activity is keeping her two young boys under control – but she’s also found time to complete several charity treks in places as diverse as the Pyrenees, Morocco and Peru.
Darren Garey
(FCCA)
After leaving college Darren worked at a small firm of Chartered Accountants in South Birmingham. He joined the ACCA and qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1995.
He now has over 40 years experience working as an accountant, during that time he has worked closely with a verified portfolio of clients assisting them with every aspect of a business's lifespan.
Interests outside of work include anything to do with most sports and reading. There is also the small matter of seven grandchildren and counting!
Jayne Hutchings
(CTA)
Joining the Inform team as a Tax Consultant, Jayne will be advising individuals and their businesses on numerous areas of tax planning to help them through the lifecycle of their business and beyond. She has 30 years experience working with a range of owner-managed businesses and individuals.
Prior to becoming self employed in 2013, Jayne spent over 12 years with BDO LLP, initially as a senior manager and then as a director in their tax team in the Midlands. Prior to that Jayne trained at Grant Thornton in the early 90’s, and spent 11 years with them not only in their Midlands offices but also as part of the tax technical and marketing team based out of London for 18 months. She left there as a manager in 2001 when she was offered a job at BDO working with well known tax expert Peter Rayney.
"It is important to me that my clients understand the advice they are being given and that by giving them sound tax advice I can take some of the stress away from them by managing their tax affairs".
When not working Jayne enjoys spending time with the family, playing golf, a spot of cooking, keeping fit and travelling to exotic places!
Hannah Payne
Andrew Scouller
(BA Hons | ACA)
Andrew graduated with a first class honours degree in Accountancy and Finance and since joining us back in 2017, he achieved his ACA qualification for chartered status in 2022.
When he's not working, he enjoys playing the guitar, rocking out at concerts across the UK, and looking after his crested gecko Harley.
Catherine Hinis
(AAT)
Catherine has over 20 years accountancy experience and is AAT qualified. Her areas of specialism being tax returns, sole traders and bookkeeping.
Catherine is a busy mum but still finds time to enjoy a spot of baking and working out at her local functional fitness gym.
Paul Smith
(AAT)
Paul joined Inform whilst studying for his AAT exams at Birmingham Metropolitan College and now has over 10 years experience, and has gone on to become an important member of the team.
Paul is the in-house Xero specialist. Clients tell us there is nothing Paul doesn’t know about Xero.
He could have ended up with a career for a different team though – a talented young footballer, he played for West Bromwich Albion’s youth academy between the ages of 11 and 14.
Aisha Riaz
(BSc)
Aisha joined the team in 2021 after graduating from Aston University with a BSc in Accounting and Finance (1st Class). She has worked in services such as Bookkeeping, VAT returns, Self-assessment tax returns, Management Accounts and Statutory accounts preparation for various clients. She previously undertook a 8 month internship in practice.
Outside work, Aisha enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching TV series/films and cooking. She also has a keen interest in the skincare and cosmetics world.
Karen Mytton
Karen has over 35 years accounting experience, gaining her knowledge of Bookkeeping, Payroll and Year End accounts through practical, hands on experience.
She can use most accounting software from bespoke to commercial programmes, including Xero, Quickbooks and Sage. She thoroughly enjoys a good spreadsheet!
Away from work, Karen loves family time and spoiling her 10 grandchildren.
Cieran Ball
BSc Hons (ACA)
Cieran graduated with a first class honours degree in Accounting and Finance and he is currently studying towards his ACA qualification.
Outside of work and studying, Cieran watches football, supporting Aston Villa and playing squash.
Louis Banks
(AAT)
Louis is AAT qualified and recently rejoined Inform following a year out travelling. He previously worked with us for 5 years so knows Inform well.
He is now studying towards his CIMA qualification.
Outside of work he loves to travel and experience different cuisines and cultures. Louis enjoys going to the gym and love to help others in any way he can!
Kelly Alders
(AAT)
Laura Pinion
Hannah Finnegan
Hannah has worked in Payroll departments for over 10 years and with pensions for 5 years, you could call her an expert! She also has accountancy experience within bookkeeping and VAT returns. She is AAT qualified to level 3.
Outside of work she likes to keep fit by going to the gym and spending time with family and friends.
Yvonne Harper
Ruth Morris
(BA Hons)
Ruth is originally from an educational background having taught for 15 years. She made a career change into the accounting industry 9 years ago. She looks after the operational side of Inform and onboarding of new clients.
Ruth has two young daughters, when she's not running them around she likes to head into Sutton Park for a scenic trail run and loves to spend time away in the caravan with the family.
Laura Aston
Laura works within the Operations Team, she made a career change to accounting having worked in marketing within the health industry for the last 10 years.
Laura is a busy mum of two. She has a keen interest in health and fitness and loves to lift weights at the gym or with her personal trainer. She loves socialising with friends, sunny holidays and family days out.
Julie Robson
Julie is a valued team member, with over thirty years of experience working as a Secretary & Personal Assistant within the accounting industry.
Away from work, her leisure time is mainly spent helping to organise and sing as part of a church choir, gardening, countryside walks and visiting historical places of interest.
Marley
Meet Marley, our Head of Woofbeing. He specialises in encouraging work-life balance through spontaneous belly rub breaks, tail-wagging pep talks, and mandatory outdoor sniff sessions.
Marley’s holistic wellness philosophy — centered on "Eat, Play, Nap" — has transformed office morale and productivity. He is passionate about mental health, team bonding (especially over treats), and making every day a pawsitive one.

It’s a great place to work
At Inform Accounting, what we do is about so much more than making money and helping our clients manage theirs.