Key Directors
Thomas Ravensdale - CEO Trinity Group
Tom is a founding partner and CEO of Trinity since March 2004. A British national and a qualified chartered accountant, he began his career working in major audit firms - PWC and KPMG. Throughout the nineties he gained valuable commercial experience in London working in IT and Finance, working at the BBC, the Walt Disney Corporation and on various consulting assignments in the City.
Following a brief period assignment at Euronet Poland, Tom was recruited in 1999 to head up a trust services company operation in Poland as Managing Director. Under his guidance this entity enjoyed exceptional growth and it was here that he met and worked with Trinity’s other founders.
As a driving force at Trinity he is known for his open and approachable management style which he believes is important for a service business where problem solving and high professional standards are daily imperatives.
Alwyn Jacobus de Lange – Board Director
Kobus joined Trinity’s management in November 2006. As a board member he is responsible for business development and maintaining a high standard of client relationships. He is also responsible for the company’s Finance, IT and HR departments.
A Finance and audit graduate from the University of South Africa, Kobus has worked at Deloitte where he was a Manager in the Business Services department. He joined Trinity from Apsys Polska where he was Director for Reporting and Control for four years.
Kobus brings to Trinity valuable commercial experience in property and retail property management sectors with practical insight into the challenges of business operations that face such investors in the region.
Kenneth Morgan - Board Director
Kenny is Director responsible for Accounting Services in Trinity and for administration in the Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw offices respectively.
Prior to joining Trinity in May 2008, Kenny worked for 9 years in KPMG Poland where he held the position of Director in the Financial Services audit department where he provided audit and accounting advisory services for a range of international clients. Kenny also worked on IFRS implementation projects in addition to Sarbanes Oxley compliance engagements. Before joining KPMG Poland, Kenny worked as Audit Manager in Ernst and Young Poland. Kenny is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and trained with KPMG in Dublin prior to arriving in Poland.
With extensive Big 4 experience Kenny overseas the quality control of our accounting services in addition to maintaining effective risk management procedures.
Hugh Watkins - Managing Director Romania
Hugh joined Trinity in May 2007 to head up operations in Romania. He brings to Trinity over 33 years of experience in audit, financial and company management.
A graduate of University College London and a registered chartered accountant, Hugh began his career as an Auditor working with companies like Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. During a ten year spell in Italy, Hugh worked in a number of industries culminating in experience as Financial Director and Managing Director of Italian companies.
Hugh has lived and worked in Romania since 1998 initially working as Financial Director of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and until joining Trinity, the same responsibility for Inform Lykos which is a manufacturing concern.
Philip Welsh - Managing Director Bulgaria
Philip Welsh joined Trinity at the beginning of May 2008. He is a graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast and a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.
Prior to joining Trinity, Welsh worked with Deloitte Central Europe for 10 years, as a regional CFO, based in Sofia. During this period the practice grew dynamically and implemented numerous regional systems and other initiatives. As a consequence, Philip worked closely with colleagues in all 17 countries where Deloitte Central Europe was represented and acquired a wealth of knowledge of the local and regional markets.
In addition to his knowledge of the audit and advisory business, Philip also has investor experience in the retail and property sectors.
Tomas Vinkler - Managing Director Czech Republic
Tomas joined Trinity at the beginning of 2011.
Before he graduated of State University of New York, Tomas run his own company for 8 years, which he successfully sold shortly before his graduation.
After selling his company, Tomas joined PricewaterhouseCoopers for 4 years where he was part of assurance and, later on, corporate finance department. For nearly 3 years he was Finance Manager of McDonald’s Czech and Slovak rep.
In addition to his knowledge of the audit, due diligence and strategic and corporate finance, Tomas also has consulting and lecturing experience.
