David Houston C.A.
David Houston is a qualified Chartered Accountant, who
co-founded the firm of
Houston Rooney Chartered Accountants in 1985. Houston
Rooney is today a market leader in providing accountancy and tax services to
freelance professionals in the UK.
In 1996 Houston Rooney began developing a broad
client-base of European based freelancers and a network of European tax
lawyers and accountants.
Continuing through to Global K, David uses this
experience as Glow’s Technical Compliance Director, providing European bound
freelance contractors with tax and administration structures designed to maximise the contractor’s net return from his contract while complying with
all tax and legal burdens associated with working in a foreign location .
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Matthew Watson B.Sc.
Matthew Watson started his career in Information
Technology after graduating from Glasgow University with a Computer Science
degree in 1976.
He worked in the industry in the U.K. for ten years before
moving to Melbourne, by means of a contractor sponsorship scheme, in 1985.
He has now worked for over fifteen years as a consultant to large I.T.
corporations in Australia.
Matthew provides internal IT support to Glow and is
closely involved with the company’s attempts to import IT expertise to
Europe from the southern hemisphere.
Bob Sinclair
David Houston first worked with Bob in 1976, and when he
founded Houston Rooney in 1985 Bob was the first full time employee, working
in the audit and general practice side of the business.
He has been involved exclusively in contractors’ financial
matters since 1989 and in April 1994 he has been involved in business
development in the contractors financial sector. A legend in his lifetime,
Bob had a short spell with the internet accountants Ascot Drummond before
joining Glow as Business Development Director early in 2001. Bob is the
acknowledged comedian of Glow International and has probably spoken to more
contractors than anyone that we know.
If you are thinking of taking up contracting overseas,
contact Bob for an informal chat free of charge and he will address any
questions that you have.
Morag Baxter B.A., C.A.
Morag, another ex-Houston Rooney stalwart, is an
accountancy graduate and registered auditor, and qualified as a Chartered
Accountant in 1987 having trained with Houston Rooney since 1985.
She gained extensive financial reporting and tax knowledge
during a spell with one of the big six (or big five, or four!) accountancy
practices for three years, before returning to Houston Rooney to take up the
position of finance director,
Morag joined Glow
International, now Global K, in 2001 and is in charge of the “back-office” function,
ensuring that contractor’s pay and tax is calculated accurately and more
importantly, making sure that the contractor is paid as soon as the money
hits our bank account!
