Meet the team

Peter began his career at another R&D tax credit provider, and through this experience saw that there was a more client-centric way of operating. This led Peter to co-found RCK Partners.

James has been working in the tax incentives industry since 2016. Since joining the firm in 2020, he has been instrumental to the growth of RCK.

Sophie’s legal career has spanned over 13 years. Prior to joining RCK, she has spent the last seven years leading an in-house legal, data and compliance team at a leading law firm. Her experience incorporates all things legal (contracts/ litigation/ corporate), data protection, procurement, costs challenges, funding, compliance and dispute resolution. Prior to this, she worked in private practice in asset finance at Norton Rose, specialising in Shipping and Aviation Finance. Within her role of Group CEO, Sophie will focus on strategic-growth, exploring international expansion, growing RCK's service lines, and leading technology-driven projects. Outside of work she is kept busy with her three young children.

Wayne is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Prior to joining RCK, Wayne fulfilled the role of Group Commercial Finance Manager in a premium listed business in the professional services sector. Overall, Wayne has 14 years’ experience of working within manufacturing engineering, insurance, professional and financial services in a range of senior commercial and technical finance positions spanning Europe, North America, and Asia.

As an experienced R&D professional, Peter completed an engineering doctorate whilst working within a FTSE 100 central R&D department and subsequently worked in development engineering, refining precious metals, before undertaking management consulting work to implement innovation software. Having worked within one of Europe's largest innovation funding providers, Peter has worked extensively on engineering, construction, manufacturing, and agricultural R&D claims. With a core background in R&D and Chemical Engineering, Peter can better understand the challenges encountered by his clients, applying technology driven solutions into corporation tax services on behalf of clients.

Andrew O'Reilly, Commercial Partner for Ireland at RCK Partners, brings almost 3 decades of experience in commercial leadership, business development, and R&D tax credit advisory. Prior to joining the team at RCK Partners, Andrew held senior commercial roles at Deloitte, where he spent 12 years leading business development, marketing and commercial operations for this market leading R&D Incentives team. He also held tenure in another prominent R&D advisory firm spanning the UK and Ireland, as well as setting up key account management programme in Irelands largest legal practice. His early career was leading technology and systems solutions sales teams in accounting , payroll and later enterprise systems solutions, across multiple sectors He has extensive expertise in R&D tax credits, innovation funding, grants, and growth strategy, working closely with businesses across a wide range of sectors.

Eli is a UK-trained Chartered Tax Adviser (ATT and CTA) and an accredited mediator, with over eleven years’ experience across multiple areas of taxation. His career includes working in Private Client Tax at Smith & Williamson (now Evelyn Partners) and Tax Dispute Resolution at BDO. Eli excels as a resilient problem-solver with a keen interest in helping clients navigate and resolve complex tax disputes. As Head of Risk & Compliance, Eli leads the Compliance Team, ensuring all claims made by RCK meet the firm’s rigorous standards including compliance with both the legislation and the Revenues guidance, without compromising on the value of relief to which clients are entitled. The Compliance Team also manages all correspondence with The Revenue, and any arising Revenue Interventions. Outside of tax, Eli's passionate about helping others navigate the convoluted care system. This stems from his lived experience as a primary carer for his brother-in-law who has Down’s Syndrome.