Planning For Future Success

Pam Gillies

Partner at HNH

Pam Gillies is a Partner at HNH and Head of Strategic Planning and Business Advisory. With over 25 years of commercial experience in business planning, strategic planning and corporate advisory, Pam plays a pivotal role in helping organisations navigate complex challenges and seize new growth opportunities. Her experience spans a wide range of sectors, both private and public, where she has been instrumental in advising clients on long-term strategic business planning, business and investment appraisal, finance raising, performance improvement, organisational development, change management and mergers and acquisitions. She has a particular specialism in working with family businesses around succession planning, regarded for advising multigenerational family-owned businesses on managing transitions and structuring for long-term success.

Fiona Kirkpatrick

Partner & Head of the Private Client Department at Tughans.

Fiona Kirkpatrick is a Partner and Head of the Private Client Department at Tughans. Fiona has a strong portfolio of clients and advises a number of high and ultra-high net worth individuals across Northern Ireland, England and Wales, including the shareholders of top 100 companies and high profile family businesses. She also has an excellent track record in dealing with high value and complex estate administrations and has a wealth of experience in the administration of a number of locally prestigious trusts. Fiona is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and completed the STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates (NI) with distinction, gaining two Worldwide Excellence Awards for qualifying top of her year and also for her performance in the Advanced Certificate in Trust & Estate Accounting (NI). She currently sits on the committee of the NI branch of STEP.

Julie Huddleston

Partner in Tughans Banking & Finance Department

Julie is a Partner in Tughans Banking & Finance Department and advises Banks and Insolvency Practitioners on secured lending and corporate recovery matters. Julie has a wealth of experience advising UK, Irish and overseas banks on secured lending and enforcement aspects of a wide range of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland corporate and property matters, including group arrangements and diverse financial structures, and has particular expertise in cross-border lending. With over 20 years' experience acting on behalf of lenders in secured lending matters, Julie has particular expertise in real estate and development finance, acquisition finance, corporate lending, cross border lending and funding for complex transactions, including group arrangements and diverse financial structures.