LCA tutors
One of London College of Accountancy's greatest assets is its lecturers. Our philosophy is simple - to ensure that only renowned subject specialists are selected to teach on our courses. Each of the LCA tutors has many years of professional teaching experience and is expert at explaining difficult concepts in clear, simple terms and guiding you through your course. Their focus is on ensuring that you pass your exams. Our tutors keep you motivated whilst you learn, and lectures are supported by first class study materials.
Here are short introductions to the team:
Ravi Gill FCCA - Managing Director and Founder of LCA >
Steve Lumby MSc - Lecturer >
Doug Beardon LL.M, FCA, FCCA, AIIT - Lecturer >
David Benjamin FCCA - Lecturer >
Geoff Hughes FCA - Lecturer >
Michael Mainwaring MBA MSc - Lecturer >
Fred Keer MSc - Lecturer >
Tony Mock FCA - Lecturer >
Naraine Singh LLB Hons (London) Barrister - Lecturer >
Feroz Kassam-Kanji FCCA - Lecturer >
Nigel Grant FCCA - Lecturer >
Peter Keeling FCA - Lecturer >
Colin Biggs - Course Mentor >
Dianne Ramdeen - CAT Course Director and Lecturer >
Dave Sexton MSc CPFA FHEA >
Charles O'Dean MA MSc - Academic Director, Anglia Ruskin Programmes
Ravi Gill FCCA - Managing Director and Founder of LCA
Ravi's teaching career in accountancy started at a public sector college in 1987, where he was ACCA Course Director and pioneer of ACCA weekend courses for the corporate market. In 1990 he moved into the private sector, where he was founder and Managing Director of the Professional Training College until 1997, when it merged with Emile Woolf College. He remained as Director of AT Emile Woolf until he decided to put his many years of teaching and business expertise into founding London College of Accountancy in 2000.
When he's not focusing on the needs of LCA's accountancy students, Ravi enjoys a little sporting activity, normally badminton or hill walking, and is also known to relax over fine food and wine with his family and friends.
Steve Lumby MSc
Lecturer for: ACCA Paper F9 - Financial Management ACCA Paper P4 - Advanced Financial Management
Steve began his professional life as a management trainee with Heinz. He then spent over ten years as a lecturer in Corporate Finance at London School of Economics before moving into the private tuition sector where he has been lecturing to ACCA students since 1985, both here in the UK and around the world. In addition to lecturing, Steve spent 3 years on the ACCA panel of examiners, and is author of the textbook ‘Investment Appraisal and Financial Decisions’ (now in its 7th edition).
Relaxation time for Steve is spent in the great outdoors, often on horseback, or at exam time, sitting on a beach in the sunshine. ^ top
Doug Beardon – LL.M, FCA, FCCA, AIIT Lecturer
ACCA Paper F6 - Taxation ACCA Paper P6 - Advanced Taxation
After qualifying as a chartered accountant and obtaining post qualification tax experience at Coopers & Lybrand, Doug joined the University of East London as a lecturer on taxation, and has since spent significant time teaching in the private sector. He is a regular lecturer on practitioners' courses run by the ACCA, an examiner at a number of universities and for 10 years was tax and audit examiner for the Association of Accounting Technicians.
In addition to his lecturing responsibilities, Doug is a partner in a professional firm. When he takes off his accountancy hat, Doug practises martial arts and climbs rocks in his spare time.
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David Benjamin – FCCA Lecturer
ACCA Paper P5 - Performance Management CAT Paper 7 - Planning, Control and Performance
David has been lecturing to ACCA students for more than 20 years, for private sector colleges, and for ACCA Study Schools. He has also co-authored texts on Management Accounting for both ACCA and CIMA, and has many years experience in commerce of management accounting. So, he's the LCA management accounting 'guru' for any questions you may have. ^ top
Geoff Hughes – FCA Lecturer
ACCA Paper F8 - Audit and Assurance ACCA Paper P7 - Advanced Audit and Assurance CAT Paper 8 - Implementing Audit Procedures
Geoff's 30 years of teaching experience spans chartered, certified and management accounting students, plus CPE/CPD courses given to qualified accountants and other accounting professionals in firms. He has also been responsible for conducting commissioned peer reviews of audit firms under the profession's regulatory requirements. His qualifying years were spent with a medium sized firm with a variety of private and listed company audit clients.
When he's not teaching, Geoff loves to be on holiday, both relaxing at home and jetting off to exotic places. ^ top
Michael Mainwaring – MBA MSc Lecturer ACCA
Paper P1 - Professional Accountant ACCA Paper P3 - Business Analysis
Having gained his MBA back in the 1970s, Michael spent the early part of his career in management consultancy before deciding that lecturing was what he wanted to do. A lecturer now for over 20 years, Michael has taught all over the world - in the Caribbean, India, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Eire and, most exotic of all, Walsall, although he now confines his overseas teaching to Singapore and Malaysia with the occasional dash of Mauritius. He specialises in teaching strategy on ACCA Paper 3.5 and on MBA courses and produces all his own study materials, including his not-to-be-missed 'Bluff Notes', which cover the syllabus in about 70 pages. ^ top
Fred Keer – MSc Lecturer
ACCA Paper F5 - Performance Management ACCA Paper P4 - Advanced Financial Management
Fred has been teaching ACCA for more than 30 years and in that time has conducted courses for the ACCA in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mauritius, Jamaica and Zambia. Whilst now firmly based in the UK he still finds time to fly out to Uganda to teach and to enjoy a vacation on safari. He has published texts on financial accounting, management accounting and financial management.
His simple philosophy is to enjoy life both inside and outside of the classroom.
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Tony Mock – FCA Lecturer ACCA
Paper F2 - Management Accounting ACCA Paper P5 - Advanced Performance Management and Director of Internally Assessed Courses
Over his many years as an accountancy lecturer, Tony has specialised in 'sums', teaching mainly management accounting and financial management. At LCA, he teaches on paper F2 and also supervises the Internally Assessed Courses for Knowledge papers. Prior to joining the LCA team, Tony was a director with two of the other leading accountancy tuition providers in the market, and has had examiner responsibilities, both as an internal examiner on ACCA Knowledge papers and for other public examining bodies.
Tony's extensive experience in accountancy tuition has been gained both here in the UK and various other parts of the world, so he will be able to greet you in many foreign tongues as you enter his classes. ^ top
Naraine Singh – LLB Hons (London) Barrister Lecturer ACCA
Paper F4 - Corporate and Business Law
Naraine has almost 40 years experience teaching ACCA students. The majority of his experience was gained during his 22 years lecturing at the new universities in the public sector. He then joined AT Emile Woolf in 1987 to lecture to their ACCA students before starting at LCA in 2001. He also spent 10 years as Chief Examiner in legal aspects of Business and Advanced Commercial Law for The Royal Society of Art.
When he's not helping ACCA students towards exam success, Naraine loves to watch the cricket or a little boxing. ^ top
Feroz Kassam-Kanji – FCCA Lecturer ACCA
Paper F7 - Financial Reporting ACCA Paper P2 - Corporate Reporting
Feroz spent the first five years of his professional life with a medium sized accountancy firm focusing on audit, financial reporting and tax. IN 1979 he moved across to the private tuition sector to lecture ACCA, CIMA and AAT students. He has also taught on MBA courses, and is co-author of two textbooks on Financial Reporting. Lunching and travelling to exotic places feature high on Feroz's spare time pleasures list, as does the creation of 'nouvelle cuisine' delights for entertaining family and friends. ^ top
Nigel Grant – FCCA Lecturer ACCA
Paper F3 - Financial Accounting ACCA Paper F7 - Financial Reporting CAT Paper 3 - Maintaining Financial Records
Nigel is an experienced lecturer in ACCA, AAT and CAT, having taught on both public and private sector accountancy courses since 1995. He spent the years prior to this working as an accountant, and studying for a BSc Hons in Applied Chemistry and a PGCE. He joined LCA's team in 2001, and is also a marker for one of the key UK professional accountancy bodies.
Leisure time is spent poring over new technology gadgets, and going to the occasional football match. ^ top
Peter Keeling – FCA Lecturer ACCA
F1 - Accountant in Business ACCA P1 - Professional Accounting
Peter is a Chartered Accountant with over twenty years’ experience in teaching ACCA; specialising in auditing, IT, accounting and information systems. Prior to joining the LCA team, Peter had his own business which provided the 'big four' and major international accountancy firms with ACCA training. This business is now part of LCA. He has also worked as an examiner for ICAEW, and is currently a member of the ACCA Examinations Review Board. For hints and advice on Paper 3.4, see Peter's website. ^ top
Colin Biggs – Course Mentor, Oxford Brookes BSc in Applied Accounting
Colin has been teaching for many years and will shortly be posting a little more information about himself in this section. ^ top
Dianne Ramdeen – CAT Course Director and Lecturer ACCA
F5 - Performance Management ACCA P4 -Advanced Financial Management
The youngest member of the team, Dianne raced through the ACCA syllabus and wrote her final exams at the age of 19. She is a past student of LCA and is delighted to find that her past lecturers are now current colleagues. In her earlier years, Dianne spent a considerable amount of time in the family business gaining useful insights into the financial and structural aspects of running a company. This, along with her passion for teaching, makes her lectures both stimulating and thorough.
Outside the classroom, Dianne enjoys a good game of cricket (if the West Indies are winning!) and watching Formula 1 racing. ^ top
Dave Sexton – MSc CPFA FHEA
Dave spent several years as a group accountant before moving into lecturing over 15 years ago. Since then he has taught ACCA, and undergraduate and postgraduate students in management, strategy, and accounting. Dave was Head of Accounting at Anglia Ruskin University before joining LCA, and is an external examiner at University of Glamorgan and Nottingham Trent University. Dave remains the national examiner for strategy with CIPFA, and sits on a number of CIPFA education boards.
When not working, Dave loves rugby, tennis and all things physical. ^ top
Charles O'Dean MA MSc - Academic Director, Anglia Ruskin Programmes
Charles spent a number of years working within the Aviation and Financial sectors before moving into the Education sector. He joined LCA from the University of London (SOAS) where he was a Subject Lecturer in International Business and previously worked at the University of Essex. Charles has prior Course Directorship experience for programmes of the University of Sussex and London Metropolitan University as well as extensive lecturing experience on undergraduate and postgraduate degrees of Glamorgan, Sunderland and Heriot Watt universities.
His specialist academic areas are in International Marketing, Management, Organisational Behaviour and Corporate Strategy. Charles' research interest is in the influence of culture on the perception of international advertising campaigns and outside of work, his activities include sailing and scuba diving. ^ top
