Our Team

 
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Sam Gooday (BSc FCCA CTA) - Head of Practice

Sam is qualified chartered certified accountant and chartered tax adviser, with nearly twenty years experience in public practice. Throughout her career, she has provided accounting, tax compliance and tax advisory services to a vast array of individuals and businesses with turnovers up to £20 million.

In her spare time Same loves to travel, particularly liking places with a totally different environment to home. Some of her favourite places are Botswana, Bangkok, Jordan, and Southern India. Of places less exotic she enjoys going for weekends to France where the good food and wine are a major attraction.

 
 

Stuart Coslover (CTA) - Tax Manager

Stuart qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 1990 and has been providing his clients with a first class service ever since. Stuart is very approachable and is always happy to explain tax matters in an easy to understand way. He has been dealing with many of his clients for over 20 years and they value his tax knowledge and experience highly.

When not helping people with their taxes, Stuart enjoys playing golf and creating tunes on his Yamaha keyboard.

Elaine Fisher (FCA)

Elaine Fisher (FCA) Accounting Guru

Elaine is an experienced senior accountant and has worked with a wide variety of clients across numerous sectors and industries. She joined us in 2024 but has worked as an associate Accounting Guru with Blitz Gooday for many years when she providing additional expert support in the accountancy busy season. We’re so pleased that she decided to become a full member of the BG team.

Nida Talet

Nida Talat (MSc) - Accounting Ninja

Nida is an ACCA-qualified accountant with experience across accounts preparation, bookkeeping, VAT and tax returns. With a keen eye for detail and a strong focus on meeting deadlines, she brings an organised, thorough and practical approach to her work. She enjoys the variety that comes with working across different areas of accountancy and takes pride in producing accurate, high-quality work.

 

Dr. John Gooday - Chief Propellerhead

John looks after our in-house IT and communications systems along with brand management. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and has previously provided technology consultancy to Blue-chip companies in the UK, Europe, Africa, Middle and far East.

Apparently, John understands quantum mechanics and can even open child-proof bottle caps.

Ash Suri

Ash Suri - Customer Onboarding Manager

With over two decades of experience leading cross-functional teams across Operations, Production, Logistics, Sales, and Ethical Compliance, I bring a strategic and people-focused approach (and a healthy respect for a well-run process). As a Client Onboarding Manager at Blitz Gooday, I ensure seamless client experiences , combining professionalism with a warm, engaging presence—and a knack for keeping complexity firmly under control.

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Tinkerbelle Hound - Accounting Top Dog

Tinkerbelle helps out with BG’s marketing images and is our go-to expert on sniffing, snoozing and slobbering.