OUR TEAM AT BREALEY QUILL KENNY ACCOUNTANTS PERTH
The following provides an outline of the experience and roles of the team members at Brealey Quill Kenny, Certified Practising Accountants, in Canning Vale, Perth.
Directors
Darren Brealey
Darren is a Certified Practising Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Degree. Darren has over 20 years experience in dealing with all aspects of taxation, accounting and business issues for small, medium and large businesses. Darren has advised numerous clients in achieving success in business, guiding them through the complex taxation and financial matters often involved.
Steve Quill
Steve is a Certified Practising Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Degree (double major in Accounting and Business Law). Steve has over 15 years experience in dealing with all aspects of taxation, accounting and business issues for small, medium and large businesses. Prior to his career as an Accountant, Steve worked for the Commonwealth Bank as a Finance Manager. This finance background gives Steve a thorough appreciation of the lending process and allows him to give our clients practical advice when dealing with finance institutions.
Zane Kenny
Zane is a Certified Practising Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Degree. Zane has over 15 years experience in dealing with all aspects of taxation, accounting and business issues. Zane advises a diverse range of clients from Individuals on Salaries & Wages to Large business with complex tax and accounting requirements. Zane also specialises in advising Self Managed Superannuation Funds.
Martin Williams
Martin provides business and financial analysis services to our clients. Martin is a Chartered Accountant and also holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, and Bachelor of Business Degree. Martin comes from an Audit background, spending 6 years in the Sydney Audit Division of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (formerly Coopers & Lybrand). He then spent 5 years in London working in finance roles for a number of International Banks. Following this he worked as a Senior Business Consultant for Ernst & Young (formerly Andersen). He has a strong financial & commercial background and analytical skills.
Personal Assistants to DirectorsAlex Anderson
Alex acts as a Personal Assistant to Darren Brealey and Martin Williams. Alex has over 10 years experience working in accounting firms and has a solid understanding of all aspects of our business. Alex schedules appointments for all team members and can also assist with any general queries you may have. Alex also manages our Administration team.
Ashlee Morter
Ashlee acts as Personal Assistant to Steve Quill and Zane Kenny. Ashlee assists Alex with scheduling appointments for all team members and she can also assist with any general queries you may have. Prior to joining BQK Ashlee worked as a receptionist in a local Real Estate office.
Senior AccountantsBrenden Edwards
Brenden specialises in the completion of Individual Tax Returns. Brenden has many years experience in this area having previously worked for an Australia-wide Tax advisory firm. He also draws on his experience as a commercial accountant for businesses based in Perth and also London where he lived for 9 years. Brenden holds a Bachelor of Business Degree (major in Accounting) from Edith Cowan University. Brenden has a good understanding of tax issues often faced by Salary & Wage earners.
Erica Grant
Erica has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. Erica has over 10 years experience in dealing with taxation and accounting matters for clients gained whilst working at BQK and another Perth accounting firm. At present Erica’s role is primarily the completion of Individual Tax returns but as time permits she assists with the preparation of Financial Statements and Tax Returns for our business clients.
Mark Murphy
Mark has over 15 years experience in accounting & business management. Mark’s experience in running his own businesses provides a solid and practical basis for advising clients. Mark has an excellent knowledge of taxation requirements and often advises our clients in this regard. Mark has been recently been invited to complete an honours programme through Curtin Business School.
Trish Murrell
Trish assists our individual clients to meet their tax obligations drawing on her many years experience as a Tax Accountant. Trish is a Certified Practising Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (double major in Accounting and Taxation) from Curtin University. Trish is well qualified to advise clients in taxation, accounting, bookkeeping and GST issues.
Jo Snow
Jo has over 15 years experience assisting clients in meeting their Accounting, Audit & Tax obligations, with a particular focus on trouble shooting client's record keeping problems. Prior to joining BQK, Jo worked for a firm in Coventry, England. Jo is ACCA qualified and is currently converting this to the Australian equivalent (CPA).
Jane Wan
Jane holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (double major in Accounting and Taxation) from Curtin University. Jane has a strong knowledge of the Income tax and GST legislation and has over 10 years in dealing with all aspects of taxation and accounting. Jane actively assists our clients to meet their taxation obligations.
Accountants Perth
Fay Chai
After finishing her Bachelor of Commerce (double major in Accounting & Finance) Fay worked as the Assistant Accountant for an IT company and an Audit trainee for a Chartered Accounting firm. Fay’s responsibilities at BQK include the preparation of Financial Statements and Tax Returns for our business clients. Fay is currently studying towards her qualification as a Certified Practising Accountant.
Sandra Daff-Gibson
Sandra has a Certificate in Accounting and a Certificate in Micro-computing/Information Technology. Sandra has many years experience working for Local Government in Accounting and IT roles. Before joining our team, Sandra worked for a local Law Firm. Sandra assists our clients with meeting their bookkeeping, record keeping and taxation requirements.
Lauren Garbutt
Lauren specialises in preparing the financial statements and tax returns for our Self Managed Superannuation Fund clients. Lauren also assists in audit and compliance matters for these clients. Lauren is currently studying towards the Graduate Certificate of Chartered Accounting Foundations. Prior to joining BQK Lauren worked as a medical scientist and holds a Bachelor of Science (major in Medical Science).
Kurt Heyder
Kurt has nine years experience in banking and has recently worked with small businesses and self employed professionals in assisting them with most of their business and personal financial affairs. Kurt has completed his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Business Law) from Curtin University and is working towards attaining CPA status. Kurt assists our clients in preparing their annual business accounts and meeting their GST and tax reporting obligations.
Brad Hitchcock
Brad currently specialises in the completion of Individual Tax Returns. Brad has many years experience in this area having previously worked for an Australia-wide Tax advisory firm. He also draws on his experience as an accountant at Perth & Bunbury based accountancy practices along with commercial and public sector experience from his time recently spent in London. Brad holds a Bachelor of Business Degree (major in Accounting) from Edith Cowan University.
Chris McDonnell
Chris has completed his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Sports Management) from Curtin University of Technology. Chris's responsibilities include the preparation of Financial Statements and helping clients to meet their GST and tax reporting obligations.
Michelle Moe
Michelle has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia. She worked at the Office of the Auditor General as a Supervising Auditor and has extensive experience in auditing. Prior to joining BQK, Michelle was a bookkeeper for a small business for ten years and she has a good working knowledge of Quickbooks.
Alex Packer
Alex has completed his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Business Law) from Curtin University and is working towards attaining CPA status. Alex assists our clients in preparing their annual business accounts and meeting their GST and tax reporting obligations.
Karlyn Read
Karlyn holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) with a postgraduate Masters in Accounting. Karlyn is currently studying towards her quailification as a CPA. Karlyn specialises in preparing financial statements and tax returns for our Self Managed Superannuation Fund clients. Prior to joining BQK Karlyn held senior management positions with Nike Australia in Sales and Marketing.
Administration
Donna Brealey
Donna manages our customer collections and assists our administration team. Donna has a number of years experience in office administration and has a good understanding of Legal concepts, having worked previously as a Legal Administrator for a local law firm.
Sue Fee
Sue shares the role of Tax Admin Assistant with Karen Gismondi. Sue has over 18 years experience in the administration area of a Perth based Legal Practice. Sue’s responsibilities include maintaining our trust account, checking client’s tax assessments and processing of all tax returns.
Karen Gismondi
Karen shares the role of Tax Admin Assistant with Sue Fee. Karen’s responsibilities include maintaining our trust account, checking client’s tax assessments and processing of all tax returns. Karen's previous employment was as a bookkeeper and prior to this she worked in retail banking.
June Griffiths
As Administration Manager, June is responsible for the smooth running of our Admin area. June also liaises with our affiliated Lawyers to set up Companies, Trusts and Superannuation Funds on behalf of our clients. June has over 18 years experience in the administration area of Accounting firms gained at BQK and another local Accounting firm.
Annika Lindgren
As Receptionist, Annika is responsible for answering phone calls, greeting clients and lodging Tax Returns. Prior to joining BQK, Annika was working in the hospitality industry.
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