Tom Blandford

Based primarily in Yorkshire (I was Yorkshire Accountant of the Year in 2019) but with some national and international clients, Tom’s focus is law firms.
Like any good FD/CFO my start point is data-driven internal budgeting, forecasting, and result monitoring then using that to partner with the board and drive business performance.
Tom trained originally with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in their Professional Practices team working with large firms like DLA Piper and Ince. More recently he was a partner in Armstrong Watson’s specialist Legal Sector team where he worked exclusively with legal clients and with hundreds of law firms. He was the lead partner for over 50 different firms – from large to small, niche to the high street and from distressed to cash rich.
Tom is a previous committee member of the Association of Law Firm Merger Advisors, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the Chartered Management Institute and has a graduate diploma in Mergers and Acquisitions from Imperial College Business School.