The Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants (AISMA) has appointed a new leadership team, after Deborah Wood and James Gransby stepped down from their roles as Chair and Vice-Chair at the 2025 AISMA Annual General Meeting.
Lizzy Lloyd, Medical Partner at East Anglia accountancy firm Larking Gowen LLP, becomes Chair, while Jim Duggan, Medical Director at South West England accountancy firm Albert Goodman LLP, and Abi Newbury, Managing Director at South East accountancy firm Honey Barrett Limited, become Vice-Chairs.
Pete Farrier, Director at Hampshire accountancy firm Morris Crocker, and Guy Vine, partner at MHA’s Maidstone office, both join the AISMA board.
AISMA is a national network of accountancy firms specialising in the healthcare sector. Speaking on her appointment Lizzy Lloyd said, “This is an exciting time to be leading AISMA, which has been an influential force in my own career as a specialist medical accountant over the last 25 years. The training, networking and support provided to accountants whose firms are members of the Association is exceptional.”
She added: “Medical professionals are more than ever reliant on the services of specialist accountants to help them manage their increasingly complex financial affairs, including interpreting and advising on the tax implications of the NHS pension scheme. The recently updated GP contracts bring additional challenges as GP partners and their practice managers get to grips with new funding streams, while managing increased wage costs.”
“With the breadth of peer-led knowledge and expertise available to AISMA accountants, they continue to be among the very best advisers to help medical professionals and their colleagues negotiate today’s accounting, finance, pensions, taxation and practice management issues.”