Neil Coates is a Director with Grant Thornton with more than 21 years of professional experience in assurance, tax advisory and insolvency services. He has overall responsibility for the tax and advisory services in Antigua and Barbuda, and in St. Kitts and Nevis. Neil graduated from the McGill University in 1994 and then qualified as a member of the Certified General Accountants’ Association of Canada in 1995. In 1997 he qualified as a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Eastern Caribbean and currently serves as the treasurer and vice-chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Branch.