Chris Jones (1967-2017)
Former President of the CIOT and Director of Tax Division, LexisNexis UK
Chris was Head of Tolley Tax Training and had lectured to ATT and CTA students since 1995.
During this time he gained an excellent reputation for his clear and concise teaching style and was especially known for his focussed revision teaching on the CTA corporate specialist route.
Chris was also the co-founder (along with Dean Wootten) of Online Tutors Limited, the company behind the highly successful tax learning product known as “Tolley’s Tax Tutor.” Chris was instrumental in building this product and introducing versions specifically for ATT and CTA students.
Chris had a tremendous passion for teaching and teaching methods and was responsible for the introduction of Accelerated Learning into Tolley’s study material.
Chris was also a household name on the CPE training circuit and lectured for many organisations. He also presented a number of specialist in-house courses for top 20 firms of accountants.
Before moving into the training world Chris was a member of the taxation department at PKF. He was also a graduate of Industrial Economics from Nottingham University.
Chris was very involved with the work of The Chartered Institute of Taxation and was acting president.