Happy Retirement Douglas

This year sees the departure of one of our long standing Partners, Douglas Gould. Douglas, who is based in our Haddington Office, retires on 31 March. We recently took some time to chat to him about his long career.

Douglas trained with a firm in Edinburgh qualifying before going on to work in the audit department of one of the “Big 4”. He joined N C Campbell & Co in 1991 and was appointed a Partner in 2002. Douglas remained a Partner in the firm when N C Campbell & Co merged with GWA in 2016.

Commenting on his retirement Douglas said, “When I first came to work in the Haddington office 33 years ago I could not have envisaged how different the world of accountancy would look on my retirement. The world of paper, pen and extended trial balances has been replaced by keyboards, screens and software.

It is now time to hand over the baton to a younger generation. Who knows what changes they will see in the coming years?

Whatever these are, I am certain that they will take these changes in their stride and that I leave my clients in very capable hands.

As I leave to spend more time in my garden it remains for me to thank all of the team I have worked with over the years. I could not have done it without them. In particular I would like to mention the Haddington team, some of whom have been on the journey with me all the way since 1992. I wish my clients and everyone at GWA every happiness and success in the future.”

Everyone across Greaves West & Ayre and our Three Counties offices would like to thank Douglas for his service over the years, and we all extend our very best wishes to him for a long, healthy, and happy retirement.