Ben Grist is a Partner at Dixon Wilson, a firm of chartered accountants that specialises in assisting high-net-worth individuals and families, together with their businesses and structures, with their UK tax and accounting affairs. The firm has existed for more than 125 years and operates from a single office on Chancery Lane. 

Having read Mathematics at Cambridge, Grist joined Dixon Wilson in 2003 and was made Partner aged 29. Grist is a firm believer that Dixon Wilson’s staff continuity and loyalty to their clients remains one of their key strengths – virtually all partners and senior staff joined Dixon Wilson as trainees, dedicating their entire careers to helping their clients. 

Grist, a holder of the prestigious Institute Medal awarded by the Chartered Institute of Taxation, enjoys the challenge of explaining technically complex issues in plain English to his clients. Dixon Wilson has remained exclusively focused on private client work and this has resulted in a broad client portfolio ranging from entrepreneurs and landed estates to international wealth. The firm prides itself on offering a partner-led service and Grist’s view is that the role of the partner should be to help their clients on a day-to-day basis with clear, pragmatic advice.