Professional Profile

Alan Brown, Tax Consultant

Alan qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1967 and in the same year became a member of the Institute of Taxation (now the Chartered Institute of Taxation).

He has provided tax advice to Northern Ireland family companies and their shareholders for many years. In addition, he has acted for multinational companies setting up in Northern Ireland, principally German, US and Swedish companies.

He is a past Chairman of the Ulster Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and has served on several Institute Committees, mainly in the areas of tax and education.

Prior to becoming a partner in Harbinson Mulholland in 1998, he had spent 17 years as a partner in two of the ‘Big Four’ accountancy practices.

Email: abrown@harbinson-mulholland.com or phone 028 9044 5100

Personal profile

1) Sum yourself up in three words? - Schaffe, schaffe Häusele, baue. (I know it's four words!)

2) Past times? - Hockey, football and reading

3) If you won the lottery what would be the first thing you would do with the money? - Count it! I am an accountant!

4) Most treasured possession? - Signed copy of 'That they may face the rising sun' by John McGahern

5) What car do you drive? - Volvo V70 D5

6) What car would you like to drive? - BMW 507

7) What irritates you? - Impoliteness

8) Where has been the most interesting place you have visited? - The Wallace Collection in London