Ian was educated at King's Worcester and Durham University. He qualified with Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now PWC) in Birmingham.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a Chartered Tax Adviser and a Member of the Institute of Directors.
Ian is a partner of Bishop Fleming Rabjohns and Partner in Charge of Worcester office, he is the Client Director on some of our largest clients in the region and has wide experience in business advisory work. As one of the main architects and a driver behind the former Rabjohns' own business plan, he has hands-on experience of managing a business through change. Ian has advised on several major corporate M & A transactions, he also has experience in acting as Non Executive Chairman of SME's.
His specialisms include:
- Corporate and Capital Tax planning
- Tax litigation
- Land taxation
- Professional service firm management
- Business management and strategy
Ian is married with two adult children and lives on a small farm in the Teme Valley. His outside interests include golf, rugby, woodlands and Morgan sports cars. He played rugby for Worcester for a number of years and had the dubious pleasure of playing for the Midlands against Australia (including all three Ella brothers) as a schoolboy at Welford Road. Ian holds a number of external positions; he is the Deputy Chairman of the South Worcestershire Area Board of Young Enterprise, sits on the Business Advisory Board of the University of Worcester Business School, is a trustee of the King's School Worcester Development Trust, is on the Fabric committee for Worcester Cathedral, is a Worcestershire Ambassador and is a Bishop Fleming representative at Kreston International World Conferences.
"I have known Ian Smith for six years, and worked alongside him when he served as Non-Executive Chairman of the AKE board. Ian is a superb chairman. With great leadership skills and lots of innovative ideas to take our business forward, Ian has played a very significant part in making AKE the successful company it is today."
Andy McNab - Ex SAS and best selling author of Bravo Two Zero