Contributors
Contributors and Partners
Our Most Recent Contributors
Articles from all of the following people were included in our last journal:
Consulting Partner at EY
Rich is EY's Future Consumer leader for New Zealand. Helping organisations use technology to transform the way work gets done, he delivers highly impactful and challenging programmes of change.
Creative Director at Creative Content
Theresa Brady is a communications specialist with a background in design, sales strategy, and business development. Her company, Creative Content specialises in creating digital marketing strategies for small business clients.
Senior Analyst at Gilligan Sheppard
Humphrey works in business valuations and sales, M&A, property syndications, funding, and strategy with Gilligan Sheppard. He’s an entrepreneur, an investor, and a lifelong learner.
Partner at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Michael leads Grant Thornton New Zealand’s procurement offering and has advised a number of agencies about procurement best practice and Government procurement rules from strategy through to implementation.
Manager at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Elisha specialises in helping organisations achieve value through operational decisions. He has assisted several Government agencies achieve more strategic value from procurement activity.
Partner and Auditor at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Brent leads our national NFP service line. He is responsible for a large audit portfolio comprising trade associations, not for profit (NFP) organisations and both local and offshore companies.
Senior Manager - Tax at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Senior Legal Executive-Associate at Brookfields Lawyers
Angela is a Senior Registered Legal Executive (Associate). With property background, she is experienced in trusts and estates planning and administration, overseeing investments of trusts funds and PPPR property management.
Solicitor at Brookfields Lawyers
Polina advises on trusts, estates, relationship property and assists the litigation team with matters that involve disputes in those areas. Polina is fluent in Russian.
Partner at Brookfields Lawyers
Alison provides specialist legal advice on the structuring and management of estates and trusts, advising trustees and beneficiaries on trust and estate disputes, relationship property and elder law.
MANAGEMENT STRATEGISTS
World-renowned business strategists and authors of several international best-selling books on management. Neil is a sought-after keynote, conference and motivational speaker and Jarvis is the award-winning founder and editor of Australia's best known magazine for school administrators.
Director at Tax Central
A chartered accountant and a member of the International Fiscal Association and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Murray has over 30 years experience in tax.
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Contributing Firms
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Property Firms
Past Contributors
Lawyers
Associate at Rainey Collins
Jaenine is an Associate who specialises in litigation and dispute resolution in a range of areas including employment and family law.
Partner at Dentons Kensington Swan
Jenni is a partner and co-leader of our intellectual property team. She has over 20 years’ experience working both here and abroad to develop, protect and commercialise their valuable IP assets.
Partner at Dentons Kensington Swan
Hayley is a commercial lawyer with a particular focus on technology and innovation. She has developed a multi- disciplinary practice which is often at the intersection of technology, privacy and consumer law.
Partner at Dentons Kensington Swan
Charlotte is a partner and co- leader of our intellectual property team. She helps clients identify, protect and commercialise their intellectual property, and resolve IP disputes.
Senior Legal Executive-Associate at Brookfields Lawyers
Angela is a Senior Registered Legal Executive (Associate). With property background, she is experienced in trusts and estates planning and administration, overseeing investments of trusts funds and PPPR property management.
Solicitor at Brookfields Lawyers
Polina advises on trusts, estates, relationship property and assists the litigation team with matters that involve disputes in those areas. Polina is fluent in Russian.
Partner at Brookfields Lawyers
Alison provides specialist legal advice on the structuring and management of estates and trusts, advising trustees and beneficiaries on trust and estate disputes, relationship property and elder law.
Associate at Rainey Collins
Working in the Business and Personal Legal Services Team, Louisa’s areas of expertise include Company & Commercial Advice, Asset Protection, Not-for-Profit and Charities Governance, Commercial Property, and Treaty Post-Settlement Implementation.
Special Counsel at Parry Field Lawyers
Hannah specialises in litigation and dispute resolution, providing advice on a broad range of legal disputes including insurance, employment, estates, trusts, and relationship property matters.
Solicitor at Parry Field Lawyers
Carly works in the area of family and employment law. She has degrees in social psychology (with honours) and law from Lincoln University and Canterbury University respectively.
Partner at Buddle Findlay
Susan leads the Christchurch office of Buddle Findlay and specialises in litigation, local government, insurance, industrial relations and health and safety.
Senior Solicitor at Buddle Findlay
Hannah is a member of the Christchurch litigation and employment teams. She specialises in litigation and advises on a range of health and safety matters including Work Safe investigations and prosecutions.
Taxation Specialists
Director at Deloitte
Jeanne is an Indirect Tax Specialist at Deloitte with over 20 years’ experience and co-leads the national indirect tax team. Jeanne works closely with a range of corporate and private New Zealand businesses in all industries.
Senior Consultant at Deloitte
Jonathan is a Senior Consultant with over 6 years of experience in indirect tax advisory. His experience in New Zealand include GST/customs advisory and liaising with tax and customs authorities.
Associate Director and Tax Specialist at Deloitte
Sarah assists clients with GST, FBT, income tax and charities advice. Having a passion for indirect taxes, she focuses on technical and process driven GST and FBT issues and opportunities.
Tax Director at Bakertilly
With over 25 years as a tax advisor, Mike simplifies complex tax issues and works with clients to help them make the most of tax opportunities and effectively manage tax risks.
Tax And Review Services Manager at ABA – Tax and Accounting
Nada is an experienced qualified Chartered Accountant, member of CA ANZ and ACCA, UK. She works with Associated Business Advisors Ltd as a Tax and Review Manager.
National Technical Director - Tax at Deloitte New Zealand
Robin is responsible for making sure Deloitte is up to date with all tax developments, preparing submissions and developing thought leadership in the area of tax.
Partner - Tax at KPMG NZ
Rebecca leads the NZ Global Mobility Services team assisting companies to manage their globally mobile work forces with a focus on individual taxation issues and employment taxes. Previously from a leading international law firm in London, Rebecca also has broad experience in M&A.
Partner - Tax at KPMG NZ
Darshana has over 15 years experience as a tax advisor and senior IRD policy official. Based in Auckland, he specialises in funds management, international tax, and tax policy issues.
Associate Director at Deloitte
Christel Townley is an Associate Director in the Auckland Tax team of Deloitte Tax & Private, helping clients manage their employment taxes.
Consultant at Deloitte
Blake Hawes is a Consultant in the Wellington Tax Team of Deloitte Tax & Private, providing corporate, personal and indirect tax services to a range of clients.
Associate Director at Deloitte
Andrea is an Associate Director in the Hamilton Tax Team of Deloitte Tax and Private, providing corporate, personal and indirect tax services to a range of clients.
Accountants
Partner at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Michael leads Grant Thornton New Zealand’s procurement offering and has advised a number of agencies about procurement best practice and Government procurement rules from strategy through to implementation.
Manager at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Elisha specialises in helping organisations achieve value through operational decisions. He has assisted several Government agencies achieve more strategic value from procurement activity.
Partner and Auditor at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Brent leads our national NFP service line. He is responsible for a large audit portfolio comprising trade associations, not for profit (NFP) organisations and both local and offshore companies.
Senior Manager - Tax at Grant Thornton New Zealand
Partner at BDO
David is a tax partner based in Wellington. He has more than 30 years of experience in the tax field, initially with the Inland Revenue and then in the private sector.
Partner at BDO
David is a tax partner based in Wellington. He has more than 30 years of experience in the tax field, initially with the Inland Revenue and then in the private sector.
Senior Accountant at Hayes Knight
Laurence is the Senior Chartered Accountant at Hayes Knight specialising in business advisory. At Hayes Knight we look beyond the numbers to take your business to the next level.
Partner at Grant Thornton
Geordie Hooft has considerable experience dealing with a broad range of taxation issues, providing accounting and advisory services to a wide variety of privately owned SMEs.
Partner at Grant Thornton
Eugene's focus is providing business advisory, accounting, and taxation services to an extensive range of small and medium sized privately owned businesses.
Director at Orb360
Jay is a Chartered Accountant and a Director of Orb360, Chartered Accounting firm based in Auckland and Wellington. Jay has over 12 years of Accounting, forensic accounting and tax experience.
Principal at Accountech Chartered Accountants
Simon is Principal of Accountech spent the best part of 10 years working as an Accountant in some of the world’s largest companies, and is focussed on help people succeed and move their business into the future.
Director at Bentleys Chartered Accountants
Nick’s valued advice is sought by clients in many areas including succession, strategy, business sales and acquisitions, financing, outsourcing and processes and systems.
Business Consultants
Consulting Partner at EY
Rich is EY's Future Consumer leader for New Zealand. Helping organisations use technology to transform the way work gets done, he delivers highly impactful and challenging programmes of change.
Senior Analyst at Gilligan Sheppard
Humphrey works in business valuations and sales, M&A, property syndications, funding, and strategy with Gilligan Sheppard. He’s an entrepreneur, an investor, and a lifelong learner.
Tax Consultant at Deloitte
Aaron is a Consultant in the Christchurch Tax Team of Deloitte Tax and Private, providing corporate, personal and indirect tax services to a range of clients.
Chief Executive Officer at Netsafe
As Netsafe CEO, Martin can often be seen or heard in the media explaining online challenges and opportunities. Martin’s knowledge is sought out by many in NZ and internationally.
Joint Managing Director at Resilient Organisations Ltd
Charlotte enjoys working in cross-disciplinary teams, tackling complex challenges in organisational resilience, risk management, decision-making, and systems thinking. She distils complex ideas in an accessible and engaging way.
Joint Managing Director at Resilient Organisations Ltd
Tracy has extensive experience leading research and consulting projects focusing on organisational resilience and disaster preparedness and recovery, ensuring that high-quality research is converted into real solutions for organisational problems.
Business Strategist at Geewiz
Richard is a mentor, business coach and small business specialist at solving problems, creating strategy and helping you make great decisions for your business.
Director at Pip Ink
Pip is a publicist, content strategist and writer based in Australia. A regular contributor to the MYOB blog, her work has been published in various print and online publications.
Partner at BDO
David Pearson is Managing Partner with BDO Central and has a speciality interest in Advisory Services to the optometry sector. David provides timely, pragmatic advice to growing businesses.
Advisory Partner at BDO Tauranga
Janine has over 20 years of experience in chartered accountancy and advisory services. Her speciality is tax planning and business consulting, with particular expertise and passion in property and restructuring.
Global Consumer Knowledge Leader & Lead Analyst at EY
Andrew is responsible for driving the EY perspective on the sector, identifying emerging company strategies and business models; pinpointing the strategic choices companies need to make today to thrive tomorrow.
Global Consumer Leader at EY
Having worked in 20+ countries Kristina has built client relationships with some of the largest global consumer products companies, helping them solve some of their most complex issues across geographies.