August 3, 2026

Episode 172: Richard Sergeant, Managing Director at Principle Point Ltd

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I recently had the great privilege of a podcast discussion with someone who’s been in the accounting profession for decades, someone who has also worked in a significant way with vendors, the suppliers to the accounting profession, as well as with accountancy firms – Richard Sergeant, Managing Director at Principle Point.

I was challenged in this podcast to think about ‘humanising the numbers’ in a different way. Richard signposted a key KPI around the technology that will make you think about your use of tech across your firm, plus the ways and means that the development of  ‘little’ skills can improve the human conversations between your firm and your clients.

Please check out the Richard Sergeant podcast and scroll down the podcast’s episode page for the contact information for Richard and for the additional downloadable resources mentioned in the podcast.

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