About Longmark

a recent London conference at Lord's Cricket Ground
Mark Fink
Even though I am sure that I am still 21, I qualified as a chartered accountant in 1988 and became a member of the CIOT in 1991. I qualified as an ACA with a four partner firm in Manchester, Charles Frieze & Co, then post-qualification I moved to one of the predecessor firms of PWC to specialise in tax, before having brief spells at two Group A firms.
I set-up my own tax consultancy practice in 1998 which I continue to run as after 20+ years of working for and by myself, I am completely unemployable! I have served on the committee for many years and am a former chairperson of the Manchester branch of the CIOT.
I love to cycle and travel, I share Mike’s canny ability to drive myself mad by playing golf with enthusiasm but, very clearly, with almost no natural talent, and have had lifelong obsessions with Manchester United and Lancashire / England’s cricket teams.
Mike Longman
Like Mark, I spent the first part of my career as a chartered accountant and a CTA, but the excitement of life in practice got too much for me and after 15 years as a tax partner, I ventured into the real world.
Having done my tax training in a, soon to be, big 4 firm, I moved to become a partner in a large regional firm that subsequently merged with a Group A firm, where I was the local head of tax for 4 years. Then came my light-bulb moment, and in 2003 I set up a niche tax recruitment business. Also, around that time I joined the committee of the Manchester branch of the CIOT and met Mark.
A couple of years later we formed Longmark. Our initial meeting was right across the road from the Midland Hotel where famously Henry Rolls first met Charles Royce – who says lighting doesn’t strike twice!
I cycle (not as far / fast as Mark), play golf (equally badly as Mark), and obsess over Manchester United (more fervently / irrationally than Mark). My favourite role at Longmark is choosing (and then sampling) the wine for the conference lunches.
We have established a Longmark Tax Conferences Group on LinkedIn and all tax professionals are welcome to join.
Company Details
Registered Office
Longmark Tax Conferences Ltd,
Grove House,
Back Rowarth,
Glossop,
Derbyshire,
SK13 6ED
Registered number 5601421
VAT number 869 1354 91
Directors
Mark Fink BA ACA CTA
Mike Longman BA