Jamie Playford – MABRP, MIPA

Jamie is a qualified Licensed Insolvency Practitioner and has been providing business recovery and insolvency advice since 1998.

Jamie has advised clients in many industries including, in particular, retail, leisure & tourism, licenced premises and construction/civil engineering. Jamie spent time in Cambridge advising clients in the medical research and technology sectors, being involved in a number of business sales to internation household names in pharmaceuticals and electronics. Previous clients also include several Norfolk-based motor racing teams, a number of gyms, an import/export business, seaside amusement arcades, many pubs, clubs and restaurants and, perhaps most interestingly, a canal!

Clients range from individuals struggling with personal debt who wish to protect their home, up to large businesses with many employees that require detailed restructuring or turnaround advice. Jamie’s recent appointments include trading a London-based company providing security services to Government with 70 employees and also a regional chain of cinemas, which were sold, preserving over 60 jobs and keeping important local services trading.

Jamie is a member of the Insolvency Practitoners Association and the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (also known as ‘R3′). He also holds a Corporate Finance qualification from the Securities & Investments Institute.

Jamie lives in Norwich, and in his spare time likes to ski and enjoys a (gentle) game of squash! Jamie is a Liverpool FC fan, however during the 2010/11 season has become much more interested in his home team, Norwich City!

Antony Antorkas – BSc (Hons)

Antony gained a degree in Finance, Money & Banking and was awarded with the Ede & Ravenscroft Award for Academic Excellence. When presenting the award, James Caan from BBC’s Dragon’s Den congratulated Antony on his outstanding achievement and referred to him as a ‘Star for the Future’.

From a young age Antony has been involved in running his family’s businesses in a variety of industries including restaurants and property rental, with his most recent project being in property development. Antony leads many of the firm’s business and asset sale negotiations and excels in realising value in businesses.

Antony is a passionate and life-long Norwich City supporter and enjoys watching the Canaries play whenever he can. Despite not being selected for the Norwich first-11 (yet – there’s still time!), he continues to turn out regularly for his local 5-a-side team in Great Yarmouth. Antony is also a keen shot and enjoys clay pigeon shooting. As a junior he represented Norfolk on numerous occasions, travelling the country to compete in major events. Antony is fluent in Greek and enjoys regular trips to visit family in Greece and Cyprus.

Antony manages the firm’s insolvent liquidations team and specialises in helping directors to negotiate personal guarantees.

Kate Harris – MABRP, FCCA, BA (Hons)

Kate is an accountant and passed her insolvency practitioner exams in 2002, and has over 10 years experience in insolvency across a broad range of industries, previously based in London at a Big-4 accountancy firm.

Kate has helped a wide range of clients trade out of financial difficulties, including a foundry, a winery (she didn’t sample a drop, honest!) a nightclub and a tomato farm. Kate has also worked with multi-million dollar firms to maximise the benefits of solvent liquidations to restructure their organisations to gain tax advantages. Kate now specialises in corporate insolvency work, being involved in investigations into missing assets to achieve higher realisations for creditors. Kate joined Parker Andrews in December 2010 and has been instrumental in the recruitment and ongoing training of the firm’s growing team.

Since moving back to her home city of Norwich, Kate has not only been able to pursue her favourite game, squash (more aggressively than Jamie!) but has also taken up golf which is her new addiction. Kate has also become a Norwich City supporter (it was that or be driven mad by Antony!).

Kate manages the firm’s corporate team and specialises in trading Administrations, business sales and solvent liquidations.