What expertise do you bring to the Tribe?
Identifying solutions to complex situations
Displaying understanding and empathy
Understanding the motivations people have behind their financial decisions
Providing support and guidance to team members

What is your role in the Tribe?
To ask the right questions
To provide balance to decision making
To maximise the value of our clients businesses

How did you come to be part of Tribe?
I arrived at Tribe 16 years ago as a graduate accountant and worked my way through to become a Director

What is important to you?
People — appreciating that everyone is different but also important
One on one quality relationships
Having a purpose

When are you at your best?
When I am talking with a client and we are exploring issues. These moments often bring the most creative and appropriate solutions and allow us to help in additional ways to what the client expected. We have a wealth of knowledge, experience and contacts from what we see across all types of industries which our clients can leverage from.

Getting out and working with clients at their premises brings out the best in me and often the client. I get the opportunity to see what’s going on, hear from others and understand the situation more fully.

What makes you laugh?
The simplest things in life are often the most entertaining. I laugh at many things and mainly just to be happy.

What is the best thing about being part of the Tribe?
I get to take the best of everybody and use it to my client’s advantage. I’m not alone — I have plenty of help and support which ensures I deliver the best result