Stuart joined Grant Thornton in 2010, having been a partner in a firm in West Sussex.

He qualified as a barrister before becoming a tax professional and has sent many years devising innovative and practical solutions for the problems that his clients encounter. These have included high level inheritance tax and estate planning, capital gains tax mitigation, notably for shareholders and property owners, corporate structuring to maximise the tax benefits for the individual shareholders as well as dealing with numerous residence and domicile issues.