Accounting / Insolvency
Melanie Hamilton
Melanie is the Managing Director of Hamilton Taggart Business Advisors.
Melanie founded genXwomen (now Gen Collective) in 2008 as an avenue where young business professionals could connect with like-minded women. Since then the network has grown and evolved including a change of name in 2016.
Melanie is a member of CPA Australia, and joined the Taggart team more than 15 years ago while studying a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Newcastle. She is active in the local business community as the Founder of Gen Collective.
Kate Tayler
Kate Tayler aims to help businesses large and small achieve their goals and get to where they want to be in the most efficient way possible.
She is an experienced Business Analyst with a demonstrated history of working with businesses to improve systems, processes and output. Skilled in Financial and managerial finance with excellent team leadership skills. Strong business development professional with a Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting focused in Taxation and Financial accounting from Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia.
Linda Oliver
Senior Manager in the Private Business and Family Advisory Division of Pitcher Partners with 15 years experience. I'm driven to understanding my clients business in order to provide practical and commercial advice to help them grow and achieve their goals.
Katelyn Stokes
Katelyn is an insolvency and restructuring expert at PKF Accountants and Business Advisers. In her day-to-day role, Katelyn faces everything from fast-paced, complex legal proceedings, to disgruntled shareholders and creditors, to emotional former-employees of organisations that have become insolvent. Her daily work life is a mix of approaching situations with empathy, resilience, practicality and genuine interest, all polished with the professionalism that makes her great at her job. For Katelyn, keeping her cup full means not only being a Mum but also embracing her work-life and professional development and allowing herself to enjoy both without guilt.
Heather Moore
15 years of experience in the Hospitality industry has lead me to a unique Client Relations, Hospitality Consultancy and Practice Management role in a boutique family owned Accountancy firm in Hamilton NSW.
Annette Pulbrook
I am focused on client outcomes by taking the time to listen and understand their goals and aspirations. I get a 'buzz' out of helping people and making a difference in their lives.
Gemma Williams
As a person who grew up as part of a Hunter family business, Gemma uses her experience and her professional accounting skills to help Lambourne Partners’ clients build agile and sustainable business strategies. Gemma is passionate about accounting and the role that professional accounting firms have to support local business as part of the region’s economic and cultural landscape. Her skills and experience extend well beyond the traditional areas of taxation and include self-managed superannuation funds and business advisory services including business structures, budgeting, forecast management and strategic planning. Gemma specialises in working with clients to ensure that they have logical and ‘clever’ solutions for day to day operations while keeping an eye on the future by having strategies that support the business to be agile and diversified when needed.
Gemma Williams
Gemma is a Chartered Accountant and Business Advisor at Lambourne Partners with 5 years’ experience providing tax and business advice. She is passionate about small business and helping local businesses reach their full potential. She also has a keenness to affect change in our community demonstrated by her involvement in the Bean Counters Ball charity committee.
Amy Etherton
Partner at PwC. With over 10 years of experience as a tax advisor, I am passionate about providing clients, including small to medium business, large corporates and high net wealth individuals, with advice on a broad range of Australian and international tax issues. This includes due diligence, employee incentives, financing, international structuring, mergers & acquisitions, restructures, tax accounting and tax compliance.
Katie McCool
Katie is the Managing Director of Booksmart Accounting Solutions. Katie has a strong history and solid background in business management and creating positive workplaces. She has a keen eye for detail and a genuine love for organisation and policies/procedures. She thrives on watching those around her grow and excel, whether it be as an individual or in business. Her mission is to get to know her clients businesses inside and out, manage the books in the most efficient way and ultimately give business owners the time to work on their business and not in it.