John Griffiths

John commenced his career in the Cardiff office of Deloitte in 1990 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1993. He left Deloitte at the end of 2008 and joined UHY Hacker Young in 2009. John is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has over 20 years of experience in practice.

John now heads the audit team covering the Abergavenny, Newport and Bristol offices. He has experience of leading audit assignments of varying sizes across a range of sectors, including listed companies (full listed, AIM and Nasdaq), UK subsidiaries of major international businesses (including subsidiaries of many SEC registrants), and non-listed SMEs.

As well as managing all aspects of the delivery of audit services, John has extensive experience in giving accounting advice under UK GAAP and has advised a number of entities on applying and implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). He also has a working knowledge of US GAAP. He is ready to assist entities who need assistance implementing IFRS 102.

John also has significant experience of corporate finance work, including floatations, acquisitions and disposals and dealing with financial investigations and other project work.