Director
Craig Williams
Originally a musician, Craig trained to be a Chartered Accountant in Bristol whilst being a director of a small independent record company. On qualifying in 1993, he worked in London for a number of accountancy practices that specialised in music business clients.
In 1995 Craig returned to Bristol to work as a consultant for a local firm, retaining some of his London clients. In late 1999 he set up his own practice, ‘MWM’ with some former colleagues. Craig worked in the company until ‘Zen’ was born in 2014 on the retirement of his partners.
Craig deals exclusively with entertainment and media businesses, with his particular expertise being the music industry. He has acted as a retained advisor to the Musician’s Union nationally on cross border taxation for touring artists and was chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Entertainment and Media special interest group for 13 years.
His current voluntary post includes Community First Responder for the South West Ambulance Service and a Coastguard Rescue Officer. Craig was an operational member of Avon and Somerset Search and Cliff Rescue (the local mountain rescue team) for 11 years,
In parallel with his work in practice, he was an artist manager for seven years, managing some internationally successful acts.
Craig has been asked to speak and lecture on many forums, including Falmouth University Academy of Music and Theatre Arts, The Watershed Arts Trust, The Musicians Union, The Welsh Music Foundation, The Music Managers Forum. MCPS, BIMM Institute of Music and Tileyard University London’s Master’s degree in Music Business.
Tax Manager
Beth Lunn
Beth heads up the tax team at ZEN and brings 29 years of experience in both accounting and taxation. A fellow chartered certified accountant with a specialism in taxation, Beth is currently completing the gold standard of tax excellence, Chartered Tax Advisor qualification
Having started her professional career in industry for large retailers such NEXT Plc, The Co-operative and Volkswagen Audi Group, she later joined general practice supporting SME’s and individuals in their business and accounting matters.
Known for her down to earth approach to assist clients in understanding their tax compliance obligations whilst delivering a straight forward approach that clients appreciate. Located in North Yorkshire Beth enjoys living by the sea with her family and 2 dogs and enjoys world wide travel with a never ending destination list!
Consultant
Anton Lane
Anton is a Chartered Tax Adviser with over 20 years of experience solving tax problems. Anton is an industry recognised specialist dealing with contentious tax issues. He is the author of the Practical Enquiries Manual, several annotated Finance Acts and writes regularly for Taxation, Tax Adviser and Tax Digest.
Areas of expertise:
- Resolving HMRC disputes
- Offshore structures
- Anti-avoidance legislation
Consultant
Tammy Van Den Broek
With 35+ years of on-the-ground experience in production, touring, and events, Tammy is a respected force in the global music industry. Tammy is here to serve the financial and compliance needs of touring artists, performers, and athletes navigating the complexities of multi-country tours.
From tax planning and contract structuring to managing on-the-road finances and delivering detailed final reports, Tammy can provide end-to-end support tailored to life on tour.
Tammy’s reach spans Europe, the UK, South America, Asia, and Australia, with a client roster that includes major acts like Bon Jovi, Megadeth, Parkway Drive, and Kylie. Known for her strategic thinking and meticulous attention to detail, she’s a trusted partner in ensuring the financial health and smooth operation of tours, no matter the scale.
Consultant
Julie Eyre
Julie spent several years working in music publishing before working at established entertainment accounting firms, concentrating on record and music publishing audits.
This experience has enabled Julie to build a solid background of royalty expertise and offer a reliable royalty audit service.
Julie is a member of the MCPS audit panel and regularly carries out royalty examinations on behalf of music publishers represented by MCPS.
Manager of Bookkeeping, Payroll and VAT
Nurgul Musabekova
Nurgul Musabekova was born and raised in the beautiful country of Kyrgyzstan located in Central Asia. For a period of eight years, she travelled and lived in Africa, Europe, and Asia supporting some humanitarian causes whilst raising a family. Nurgul is fluent in Kyrgyz, Russian, and English. In recent years Nurgul qualified in the Association of Accounting Technicians(AAT) Diploma, Level 3 in Accounting.
Having gained much experience working in the accounts department for the mental health unit of a residential care home, Nurgul was responsible for the personal funds of residents who had no capacity to do so themselves. Nurgul was acknowledged for her exceptional caring ability and sense of responsibility despite the challenges of dealing with residents with mental health issues. During this time Nurgul became fascinated by the challenges of clinical mental health, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease as well as autism. This led her to undertake training in these fields.
Nurgul is a big fan of the arts, particularly music, film, visual, performing art, and dance. Intrigued by what goes on behind the scenes, she decided to integrate her accounting qualifications, experience and skill within the music and film industry. Nurgul is the co-founder of Kaizen Limited along with Craig Williams.
Office Manager
Karin Beasant
My name is Karin Beasant. I have been lucky enough to have had many different career paths in my working life.
From 16 years in optics, starting as a receptionist, to ending as a trainer.
Having worked part-time in pubs, alongside my full-time employment, I ended up being a manager, then single woman tenant of a three-hundred-year-old Bristol city pub, which was very haunted!
After having my son, I was lucky enough to spend 17 years in the trophy trade. Learning to engrave from scratch, which included engraving medals for a military historian, which was sent out to across the world and doing the accounts, plus running one of the shops.
I also had a part-time role in the former Woolworths, starting on the checkout, then the customer service desk, ending up in the cash office.
All the above were self-trained, as looking back I seem to like a challenge!
Then, in 2019, having known Craig Williams in the paranormal community I also inhabit, I cheekily asked him if he has any jobs and within two days I was working for him.
I love being the office manager, as I am a true old fashioned people person.
My motto in my working life has always been to treat people as you would love to be treated yourself.
In between work, I run public and private hire paranormal events, including the famous Jamaica Inn, high up on Bodmin moor, Cornwall, plus I help heritage locations that want to hire their venue out, by giving honest truthful advice
History is my passion and I feel so honoured to stay and investigate in some of our famous and non-famous historic locations around the UK.
It is a very time-consuming hobby, yet you meet some amazing people from around the world, including doing TV work, radio and now making documentaries, my life is hectic, but such fun!
It may sound old fashioned now, but good service to our clients, communication and being nice, is the key to a great working relationship in my view.
A cheerful person on the end of the line is more welcoming than someone who doesn’t want to be in their job, I adore mine and understand the stress and time limits of our clients in their businesses.
Trust, integrity, understanding is my mantra.
Accountant
Dani Gould
Dani is an FMAAT-qualified accountant with over 15 years of experience providing practical and reliable financial support to individuals, sole traders, and small to medium-sized businesses.
Dani’s main focus is preparing self-assessment accounts and Tax Returns, for which she is known for building trusted relationships and delivering straightforward, no-nonsense advice that helps clients stay compliant and in control.
Outside of work, Dani enjoys spending quality time with family and values a healthy work-life balance. She believes that strong personal connections are just as important as professional ones, and brings that same care and attention to client relationships.
Director
Kashif Ahmed
Kashif has over twelve years of senior global experience in delivering accounting and financial services with PwC and Deloitte. Kashif believes that the creative sector requires a unique combination of financial knowledge and state of the art innovative methods of data collection which is sensitive to the busy lives of media professionals. Kashif has acted for international star Leona Lewis for several years.
Being passionate about the industry, knowledgeable about financial advice and wealth management and committed to his client’s success, Kashif brings together a dynamic network of finance, legal and commercial experts together with tomorrow’s rising media stars.
Administrator
Lisa Holman
Lisa has over 15 years of experience in business administration and client services, having owned a soft furnishings and interiors company. At Zen, she plays a vital role in handling client onboarding, communications, and all aspects of administrative support.
Known for her friendly, down-to-earth approach, Lisa focuses on making the client experience as efficient and stress-free as possible.
Her outside work activities include being a published author and paranormal investigator/consultant.
