Pictured above: Ruth Dooley, Hazlewoods New Tax Partner and Jon Cartwright Managing Partner for Hazlewoods

Leading firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, Hazlewoods LLP has appointed a new Tax Partner, Ruth Dooley to expand its corporate team.

Previously a Corporate Tax Partner at Grant Thornton, Ruth joins Hazlewoods to focus on further increasing the firm's market presence, expertise and knowledge.

Ruth graduated from Oxford University, having gained a History Degree and a Coxing Blue, before training as an accountant. On qualification, Ruth moved to the Cheltenham office of Grant Thornton where she discovered the joys of tax! Progression to tax partner came over the next decade.

Ruth specialises in corporate taxation and, in particular, transactions, restructurings, expert witness work and many other tax savings ideas.  She has run a tax advisory team for many years. Her creative yet practical solutions for clients set her apart.  Ruth has a hugely successful track record in tax and is a previous winner of South West Accountant of the Year.

In her spare time Ruth runs marathons, sits on the Gloucestershire Development Loan Fund panel and is a regular snowboarder and skier. She is a Yachtmaster and PADI advanced diver. Not perhaps your typical accountant!

Ruth has taken a career break over the Summer sailing around the Mediterranean and diving in Egypt before working at an orphanage in Malawi.

Jon Cartwright, Managing Partner of Hazlewoods said:"We are absolutely delighted to welcome Ruth into Hazlewoods. Ruth has a great reputation and I am confident she will be a real asset to the firm and our clients. We are looking forward to working with her".