Francesca Tackie

Francesca is a Licenced Insolvency Practitioner with over 20 years’ experience in the insolvency profession. She graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2002 with a degree in BSc (Hons) Business Economics with Spanish. She spent the early years of her insolvency career with the boutique insolvency practice, The Debt Advisor, in Manchester where she gained substantial experience dealing with personal and corporate insolvency matters for sole traders, partnerships and SMEs.

In 2007, she joined a well-respected insolvency practice, Tomlinsons, where she developed her experience in corporate insolvency, handling solvent and insolvent liquidations, administrations and voluntary arrangements for SMEs. In 2010 Francesca qualified as an Insolvency Practitioner.

Francesca joined Begbies Traynor, following their acquisition of Tomlinsons in 2010 and the following year she was promoted to Insolvency Director and later to Partner. Francesca has worked across a wide variety of industry sectors including manufacturing, construction, retail, leisure and hospitality.

Francesca now heads up her own insolvency practice in Manchester, Mercury Corporate Recovery Solutions, leading a team which specialises in providing advice and insolvency solutions to SMEs. Francesca is a member of the Diversity Steering Group, a joint project between R3 and The Insolvency Service which aims to understand and promote levels of diversity within the insolvency profession. She is also Chair of the Board of Trustees of BHA for Equality, a charity that specialises in improving health and well-being among marginalised communities.

Francesca also won the award for Diversity & Inclusion Champion at the 2022 Insolvency Practitioners Association Awards.