Stewart Hurd

Stewart Hurd is Chief Commercial Officer for award-winning accounting software provider FreeAgent. Stewart heads the company’s sales team and oversees its mission to introduce FreeAgent to accountancy and bookkeeping practices across the UK and support their work with small business clients.


Ashley Leeds

Ashley Leeds is a LinkedIn coach, speaker and community builder who helps accountants and bookkeepers get visible in just 15 minutes a day. A former chef turned top-performing software sales rep, he has spent over 18 years in the accounting space. Five years ago, his wife convinced him to leave employment and back himself, growing his business almost entirely through LinkedIn. Known as “The 15 Minute Guy”, he is hosting the Social Media Hub at Accountex. He specialises in helping “normal” accountants and bookkeepers who hate showing off to feel confident on LinkedIn.


Alexis Kingsbury

Alexis Kingsbury is an award-winning entrepreneur, insightful speaker, and host of The De-stress Your Business podcast.

He owns two software businesses and a consulting practice, serving 600+ organizations around the world, including well known brands such as 3M, Asahi, Dext, Grant Thornton, Google, Pepsi, PwC, Sony, and Swarovski.

He authored the Accountancy Playbook series, based on interviews with 100+ accountancy leaders and experts to uncover the key obstacles they face at each stage of growth, the best practices that drive success, and step-by-step process checklists to implement them.