Senior hires for Leicester tax practice

Leicester-based advisory practice Obsidian Tax has appointed Lucas Harding-Cox as technical director David Santaney as head of small self-administered pension scheme (SSAS) operations.

Harding-Cox joins from PwC, bringing with him over 20 years of tax advisory experience. Santaney has over 25 years’ experience of the SSAS industry having been a director of several trustee businesses in that time.

Faisal Sattar, founder of Obsidian Tax, said: “I am delighted to welcome Lucas and David to Obsidian Tax. Our aim is to help clients plan strategically for tax issues within the boundary’s accepted by HMRC, in the most effective way. Lucas and David add a wealth of experience to the team and will help us meet our ambitious growth targets.”

Harding-Cox said: “I’m really excited to be joining the Obsidian Tax team. As a specialist tax advisory firm with a talented team, we are we are well placed to assist on any challenging commercial and tax issues faced buy our clients.”

David Santaney

Santaney added: “With such a synergy between tax planning and SSAS’s for business owners and entrepreneurs I am delighted to be able to work alongside the existing team to expand this important part of the Obsidian business.”

The appointments follow the recent appointment of Mike Davey, who joined from Mazars as lead technical officer.