Our people
Our dedicated team count it a privilege to delight our clients with a holistic approach to all their business needs.
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Small enough to care, smart enough to be world class.
Director
Read moreSteve’s fundamental mission to help businesses achieve amazing results hasn’t changed and he always gets a kick out of delighting his clients.
Like our name suggests, Director Steve Sudbury has been around since day dot! And while some might say that makes him old, he’d argue he’s more like a fine wine.
He’d also say he’s just as passionate about making a difference to business as he was the day he launched Sudburys in 1989 (this one we believe) and he’s not going anywhere while he’s having this much fun.
A qualified Chartered Accountant, Steve’s 30+ years in business mean he is also a trusted advisor in business performance and strategy, leadership and governance. With established relationships in the banking sector, he is often called in to independently assess business viability.
While most accountants would be satisfied with their spreadsheets, Steve always had a vision to deliver more than just accounting. He wanted to help change people’s lives. We’d say that most days you’ll find him doing just that - whether it’s providing peace of mind to a client, injecting a healthy dose of humour or lending his support to KidsCan.
If Steve could have a day off (we won’t let him) he’d love to spend it driving a digger, he can fly a plane and he’s a fan of Peter Beck, CEO and Founder of Rocket Lab. All that to say - he likes things that go. If you want a business that ‘goes’ too, Steve should be the person you call.
Contacts
Direct Line:09 430 4895
Mobile:027 473 8296
Email: stephen@sudburys.co.nz
Director
Read moreWe’re not surprised Nikita wanted to be a journalist growing up, given her passion for helping clients write success stories.
Director and Boss Lady, Nikita Tomlinson, is on a mission to change the world one client at a time.
Nikita’s strengths lie in her stealthy ability to put clients at ease at the same time as asking hard questions, drilling down to what it is that clients need to ‘smash their goals’ and create a winning business strategy.
If you need straight talking strategy, sales fundamentals, leadership development or a plan of attack for growth, Nikita should be your go to. She knows Northland, she understands the numbers and she gets people, making her someone you need in your corner, no matter what size your business is.
With a Bachelor of Management Studies (with Honours) to her name and a host of management roles on her resume, Nikita set sail for Melbourne in 2012 to play a key part in launching a Kiwi jewellery brand in Australia.
We love our Aussie neighbours but we’re glad Nikita made the move back across the ditch, taking on a senior role in commercial banking here in Northland for five years before joining us here at Sudburys in 2018 and becoming a Director in 2020.
Nikita and her husband, Marcus, also own a lawnmowing franchise here in Whangarei so if you see her out in a high vis vest in her spare time, now you know why.
Contacts
Mobile: 027 287 4637
Email: nikita@sudburys.co.nz
Director
Read moreJustin appreciates being able to share his knowledge with clients and he prides himself on assisting business owners with growing businesses and owners that want to set and achieve their goals – whatever those may be.
Having had a sound accounting background as well as practical commercial experience, Justin Moore likes to work with business owners and senior leadership teams to improve their skillsets including their financial understanding which ultimately improves businesses he works with.
However, Justin loves a challenge and a good project - often working with clients with anything business sale or purchase related including valuations and due diligence projects.
A qualified Chartered Accountant with 17+ years experience, as well as past roles as Chief Financial & Operations Officer in different businesses, Justin can draw on his learnings for success, what works for some businesses and what doesn’t to offer insights in ways that make sense.
He’s not your average Accountant though – Justin loves to embrace change (where it makes sense). He loves to work with clients to identify ways of working smarter, more efficiently and more productively to ultimately make their businesses better.
Justin and his wife, Bex, own a small beef farm in Matakohe, so that’s often where you will find him in his spare time (or fishing) – which may be why he works from home two days a week.
Contact Justin
DDI: 09 470 0744
Email: justin@sudburys.co.nz
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Business Partner - Rural
Read moreJust as comfortable in a swanndri and gumboots as she is in front of a spreadsheet and calculator, Andrea is our resident farming specialist.
Andrea services our farming clients and with her own small-scale angora goat and beef farm, she knows what she’s talking about.
With 20+ years of accounting under her belt, Andrea’s contribution to the Sudburys team and her clients is invaluable.
If she had to pick a karaoke song (which we’re told will never happen) it would be The Gambler. Thankfully a song choice that couldn’t be further from her accounting style, Andrea is an incredibly safe and experienced pair of hands.
Back in the day when it was Northland Polytechnic, Andrea graduated as the top student in her Bachelor of Business Management programme and hasn’t looked back. She also takes out top honours for being the longest serving member of our Sudburys team – aside from the Boss.
Contacts
Direct Line:09 430 4892
Email: andrea@sudburys.co.nz or gumboots@sudburys.co.nz
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Business Partner - People and Culture
Read moreBoss of all things people and culture for Sudburys, Diana is also the unofficial Head of the Grammar Police.
With a background in public relations across a range of sectors including not-for-profit, commercial real estate and more recently, central government, Diana joined the Sudburys team in 2018.
Diana is a big believer in the work Sudburys does, the way they care about their clients and enjoys telling the Sudburys story to anyone that will listen.
Diana is also an integral part of the CÔR team – Sudburys people development arm – presenting workshops and working with clients to build healthy teams and great strategy.
She loves to help people have brave conversations that create organisational change and she’s a self-confessed politics junkie, Brene Brown fan and organisational psychology nerd
Contacts
Direct Line:09 430 4890
Email: diana@sudburys.co.nz
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Practice Manager
Read moreOur clients call Cecily the ‘Fairy Godmother’ for good reason. She’s our resident problem solver!
Chief solutions (and snack) provider, Cecily is our Practice Manager, taking care of the day to day running of Sudburys.
As well as keeping us all in line, Cecily also helps our clients with their payroll requirements and bookkeeping needs.
Cecily approaches her work with common sense practicality and if she says she’ll get it done, you can take it to the bank.
When she’s not playing godmother, Cecily proudly wears her grandmother hat. In fact, she’s so big on family she works with daughter Nikita - although she’ll maintain she was at Sudburys first!
Contacts
Direct Line:09 470 0742
Email: cecily@sudburys.co.nz
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Innovation Specialist
Read moreVictoria is a unique blend of creativity and geek with a touch of sass and a splash of ‘let’s change the world.’
Our Innovation Specialist really is special. She falls into the 1% of the population who get really excited about creating spectacular spreadsheets!
There’s a lot more to Victoria Moroney than her ability to wow you with her exceptional Excel skills though (they really are quite something).
Victoria is big on strategy and process improvement, especially if there’s a software solution to get the job done! And if she doesn’t know it, she’ll learn it and seeing she wanted to be a lawyer growing up, then she’ll argue her point until you realise she’s right.
Sometimes referred to as the brains of the operation, Victoria creates tools, templates and resources for our clients that are real word applicable. (Check out our Break-Even Analysis – that was her handiwork!).
In her spare time, Victoria is also studying toward a Bachelor of Applied Management.
Contacts
Direct Line:09 470 0741
Email: victoria@sudburys.co.nz
Accountant
Read moreMeet Sudburys very own coffee connoisseur and our Mainland representative!
Originally joining the team in 2014, Kirsty bid farewell and swapped the winterless north for the stunning south in 2019.
Leaving Sudburys proved too hard though and after a six-month campervan adventure seeing Godzone she re-joined the fold – based in Christchurch.
With significant experience in accounting, Kirsty loves to demystify the numbers for her clients, offering advice and explanations that make sense. She’s a stickler for detail and enjoys the feeling of seeing everything come together – that’s the kind of person you want working on your accounts!
While we miss having Kirsty in the Whangarei office, we suppose walking Rosie the dog down the beach on a clear Canterbury day has some appeal!
Contacts
Direct Line:09 430 4896
Email: kirsty@sudburys.co.nz
Accountant
Read moreAs a kid, Maree wanted to be a number cruncher so she’s living the dream!
Maree first joined Sudburys in 2001 for a five-year stint before moving to Australia. While there were probably other reasons for moving back to NZ, we like to think we were top of the list and in 2017 Maree leapt back across the pond and re-joined Sudburys.
Not a lot gets past Maree. Known for her attention to detail, she is thorough, accurate and provides her clients with a high level of service - the perfect person to have working on your accounts.
What you may not know about Maree is that she’s a closet petrol head. If she never had to work a day in her life, you’d find her driving a bonneted Kenworth truck!
Contacts
Direct Line:09 470 0740
Email: maree@sudburys.co.nz
Accountant
Read moreLife isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon. At some point in his life, Michael realized this, trading in his dream of being a 100m Olympic sprint champion for pounding the pavement to clock up eye watering amounts of kilometres in one go.
Along with his love of running, Michael Johnson brings his solid work ethic and commitment to delivering solutions for his clients to the Sudburys fold. His self-confessed favourite part of his role is solving problems for his clients – we suspect this is because he’s really good at it!
Michael’s experience spans both New Zealand and South Africa and includes the full breadth of accounting services from tax preparation and cashflow forecasting to complex reconciliations and more.
As well as being a fan of running trails, Michael has a deep appreciation for Nelson Mandela, craft beer, a good steak and a healthy dose of workplace banter!
Contact Michael
DDI: 09 470 0748
Email: michael.johnson@sudburys.co.nz
Accountant
Read moreClaire Lee wanted to be an architect growing up. Realising her skill didn’t lie in drawing, she instead directed her passion for detail, precision and problem solving toward accounting and hasn’t looked back.
Contributing to her clients lives always puts a smile on Claire’s face. From bookkeeping to payroll and annual accounts, Claire does it all adding her insight and analysis along the way.
Claire has completed her Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) qualifications so now that she’s not studying, you’ll find her hunting down good coffee and great eateries in central Auckland where she is based.
Claire’s favourite part of Northland is our Sudburys office (we’re not kidding, she really said that) which is all part of our not so sneaky plan to lure her north from the big smoke.
Contacts
Direct Line:09 430 4899
Email: claire@sudburys.co.nz
Accountant
Read moreContact
Direct Line:09 430 4893
Email: boyd@sudburys.co.nz
Accountant
Read moreContacts
Direct Line:09 470 0743
Email: tania@sudburys.co.nz
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Administrator / Executive Assistant
Read moreWe might start calling her Nicola ‘Sort it out’ Smith quite simply because there’s no problem too big and she gets stuff done!
One of our newest recruits, Nicola has wasted no time applying her 14-year background in banking and eye for excellence and efficiency to her work here at Sudburys.
Nicola is one of our administrators at Sudburys but also has the unenviable task of keeping our Directors, Steve and Nikita, in line. Given she wanted to be a policewoman growing up, we think she’s up for it!
When she’s not at work you might just find her milking cows on the family dairy farm with husband, Brian, and their three children.
Contacts
Email: nicola@sudburys.co.nz
Client Service and Tax Administrator
Read moreWhen Nikki is not playing farmer, or working in her garden, she is using her accounting skills to deliver the highest standard of financial accounts to our clients.
As an associate chartered accountant, her eye for detail and extensive knowledge of the New Zealand tax system provides clients with peace of mind, balancing accuracy with a strategic approach to tax management.
While Nikki brings a very professional approach to her work, outside of the office it’s gumboots on spending time with her family, her animals, horse riding and everything that our outdoor Northland environment has to offer.
Nikki gravitated to Sudburys because of its reputation for team building and nurturing. It’s not common to find an accounting firm with such as strong focus on culture and people and for Nikki, it was an opportunity she couldn’t pass up.
Contacts
Email: nikki@sudburys.co.nz
Client Service Administrator
Read moreJules wins the award for the most colourful desk in the Sudburys office!
If she wasn’t in her current role, Jules might just have trained as a chef! It might not be food, but you’ll still find her serving up excellent customer service and generous portions of a job well done in her role as our Client Service Administrator.
Jules has been a valuable part of the team since 2014 and still gets a kick out of finishing a job and getting it out the door to our clients.
Outside of work, you’ll find Jules unleashing her creativity doing crochet, gardening or DIY at home where her cats, Simba and Pebbles, rule the roost!
Contacts
Email: jules@sudburys.co.nz
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Administrator / Marketing Assistant
Read moreNot only is Ayla a ray of sunshine at the front desk or on the end of the phone, she’s also a creative genius.
Many will know Ayla as the smiling face at our Sudburys reception. What you may not know is that she’s also our graphic designer extraordinaire.
Ayla cares deeply about the customer experience, loves working with people and seeing our clients succeed. Always positive and ready to help, Ayla is an essential part of the Sudburys team.
She’ll also make you a killer cup of coffee next time you’re in for an appointment with our Sudburys team!
Contacts
Email: ayla@sudburys.co.nz