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Kevin Wearne CA. Director. Kevin has practised as a Business Consultant since 1994. Following a successful career in internal auditing in a government department, accounting and company secretarial posts within the private sector civil engineering industry, and twenty years of company ownership in the areas of office technology and supplies. Kevin has held Directorships in a number of companies, including the Deputy Chairmanship of Aspen Contractors Ltd, a LATE owned by Tauranga District Council. Other positions include Chairman of Connect NZ Ltd and Robert Monk Transport, Director of Design Mobel Group Ltd, Compass Community Village Ltd and the Compass Foundation. Kevin is a specialist in commercial acquisitions and mergers and business performance. |
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Bill Murphy BSc, CPA(USA), CA. Director. Bill has 25 years business experience gained in roles as a business owner, business investor, General Manager, CFO, accountant and business advisor in businesses in the US, UK and NZ. Bill has worked in / advised businesses in many different sectors including manufacturing, building, IT, transport and export. He has a particular speciality advising on equity raising, business sales and purchases. Bill Chairs the WBOP Business Investors Forum and is an Accredited Broker for NZTE's Escalator equity raising programme. |
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Russell Lellman BBS CA. Director. Helmsman of Lellman Wearne Limited, Russell is Financial Director of the Lambert Group, a supply-chain logistics company involved in virtually every aspect of the New Zealand forest industry. Under Russell’s stewardship the Group has progressed to a consolidated turnover of $82million, with assets totalling $95million and a staff of around 400. Russell is in fact widely acknowledged as one of the New Zealand’s top transport accountants. |
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Dean Wearne BBS CA. Director. Dean joined the firm Lellman Weaver & Co in 1994, becoming a principal of Lellman Wearne in April 2001. He oversees the compliance and taxation functions of the practice, as well as advising on trading structures, business acquisitions and financing alternatives. Of special interest to Dean is the investigation of investment options for clients looking to diversify beyond their core business. |
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Jimmy Conway. BComm, PG.Dip, CA, M.Mgt. Co-founder and former Director of the Business Development Group, Jimmy has 10 years experience as a consultant to small, medium and large privately and publicly-owned organisation. During this time he has developed long-term relationships with clients seeking improvements in business strategy, management best practices, productivity and quality. He has also spent time as GM of a medium-sized timber processor with a strong domestic customer base and significant exports to the USA and Australia. |
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Rohan Bignell BBS. Rohan is a Human Resource Practitioner with 14 years experience within both Local and Central Government and Private Sector organizations. Trainer, manager and consultant, Rohan has operated at a strategic and operational level. Closely involved with long-term Catalyst clients in the transport, forestry and manufacturing industries, Rohan has strong background in the application of employment law and developing practical recommendations and strategies for organizational improvement. |
