About the speakers
Aulfat Bi, Innovation 4 Business 
Aulfat Bi is a Capital Allowances specialist with over 20 years of experience in tax advisory, helping businesses optimise tax relief on capital investments. She has advised many clients from SMEs to FTSE100 companies, enhancing their claims and cash flow.
After over 18 years at Deloitte, she now leads a Capital Allowances team at Innovation 4 Business, bringing deep technical knowledge and a commercial approach. As a board member of the Asian Business Chamber of Commerce (ABCC), Aulfat supports businesses in understanding tax incentives, ensuring they maximise available reliefs to unlock savings, reinvest in growth, and drive economic success.
Chris Downing, Sage
Chris is the Director for Accountants and Bookkeepers at Sage, with nearly 20 years of experience as a partner at a top 100 accountancy firm. A respected voice in the profession, Chris is passionate about technology adoption, AI, and automation to drive efficiency and growth for accountants and SMEs.
He regularly speaks at industry events, sharing insights on advisory services, compliance, cash flow, and finance systems. With a deep understanding of the evolving role of accountants, Chris helps firms navigate change and embrace digital transformation to deliver better client outcomes.
Matt Stambach, AMS Accountants Group 
With 20 years experience, Matt has a broad knowledge of a number of taxes but specialises in Private Client Tax matters. Having represented firms across both large and small organisations, Matt has a wide amount of experience in dealing with all sorts of client queries.
As Client Engagement Director of AMS Accountants Group, Matt is focused on continuing to provide solutions to clients problems and assist other accountancy firms with providing technical support to their clients through AMS’ accountants club initiative which is launching soon
Lenny Barry, HMRC
Lenny is an experienced engagement manager having worked on Making Tax Digital since 2018.
He worked extensively with agents on MTD for VAT and is now immersed in readiness work for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
Nick Rhodes, Blacks
Nick is a solicitor with 20 years’ experience in private client work. Nick is the Head of the Private Wealth & Succession team at Blacks and specialises in Wills, LPA’s and estate administration.
Paul Malin
I have been resolving UK tax issues for over 30 years. In that time I have been asked to help taxpayers who, for one reason or another, have got themselves into trouble with HMRC.
It may be that they innocently participated in a tax avoidance scheme and now want out or they have been caught deliberately understating their income or gains. Either way they have a problem. It can be a problem for their agent as well – its good to share!