PANEL DISCUSSION

AI Won’t Transform Accountancy. A New Operating Model Will
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‍Every Top 100 firm is now running AI pilots. Very few have asked the harder question: if compliance moves to zero touch, junior staff no longer learn by doing the work, and hours stop being a sensible measure of value, what does the firm itself need to become? This panel discussion brings together four leaders from across the Top 100 to debate that question directly – not whether AI works, but what it demands of operating models, training, pricing and leadership.

Andrew Guy

CEO and Co-Founder, FD Intellegence

Andrew Guy is CEO and co-founder of FD Intelligence, one of the UK’s fastest-growing tax technology businesses. Drawing on more than 25 years in accountancy and technology, Andrew is at the forefront of transforming how tax work is delivered through AI -from automating personal tax compliance to enhancing tax research and identifying new advisory opportunities. FD Intelligence’s solutions are now used across more than half of the UK’s Top 100 accountancy firms.

PANELLISTS

David Hilland

Partner, RSM UK

Sam R Reah

Associate Director, Tax Technical & Support,
Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax

Rachel Armstrong

Senior Manager, Crowe UK

Daniel Denton

CIO, Menzies