Director
Gerry Defries FCA CF
Gerry is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a Fellow of the British Institute of Management. He co-founded Defries Weiss in 1976.
Gerry specialises in corporate and personal advisory roles and has helped numerous clients to build small and medium-sized businesses. Over the last ten years he has specialised in ‘turnaround’ work, helping clients to acquire distressed businesses, raising venture capital and turning them around into profitability.
Gerry is a non-executive and finance director of a number of companies on a part-time basis.
Outside work, Gerry's interests are tennis, golf, bridge. He is an accomplished artist and his art work can be viewed at: www.defries-art.co.uk
Director
Warren Weiss LLB MSc FCA
Warren is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He has degrees in law from Bristol University and mathematics from the Open University. He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in 1990, and has been with Defries Weiss since 1995. He became a principal in 1996.
With a strong background in audit, Warren now specialises in tax planning for individuals and family businesses. He has a wide experience of representing clients in HMRC enquiries, and his main areas of expertise are in income tax and corporation tax.
Outside work, Warren is a magistrate and a keen musician.
Director
Kaushik Mehta ACPA
Kaushik qualified as a certified accountant in Tanzania in 1985. He became a partner in a practice in Tanzania where he was in charge of audit compliance work.After moving to the UK in 1982, Kaushik became an audit manager of Defries Weiss in 1999 and a principal in 2004. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Professionally, Kaushik’s special areas of expertise are in VAT, PAYE and trusts taxation. Kaushik is our Staff Director.
Kaushik is married with one son. Outside work he is a keen sportsman with interests in football, cricket and tennis, and he plays badminton and table tennis. He is also interested in alternative medicine and spiritual healing, and is a Reiki Master.
Manager
Chantelle Marshall BA FCCA
Chantelle joined Defries Weiss in 2006 as a trainee, and became a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 2011. She has experience of accounting for a wide range of businesses, with particular expertise in the music industry.
Chantelle’s interests include creative writing, travelling and tasting different cuisines.