WALLACE DIACK CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS - Key Persons

Beth Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Administration Manager
Born in Marlborough, I joined the Wallace Diack Administration Team in September 2014.

Janeen Hippolite

Job Titles:
  • Manager
Janeen works with a large range of clients from small family business to foreign owned wine companies. She studied at Canterbury University and worked as an auditor for a number of years with Chartered Accountant firms in Christchurch and Blenheim. She joined Wallace Diack in 2015. Janeen has extensive knowledge of tax and compliance issues, and hands on experience with Xero. Due to her auditing background and community involvement she has a passion for the Not for Profit sector.

Karen Draper

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Director
Karen was appointed as director of Wallace Diack team in April 2022. Karen is a Chartered Accountant, has a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) degree and a Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting. She has broad accountancy and taxation experience across a range of industries and is a member of the Institute of Directors. Karen is on the board of several community and professional organisations.

Michelle Gammie-Catterick

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Manager
Michelle joined Wallace Diack in June 2014 as a Manager after 14 years of experience in the Chartered Accountancy environment. Michelle is an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) and uses her experience and knowledge to assist clients in general and management accounting while providing them with taxation advice. Michelle and her husband Tony have raised their three children (now young adults) in Blenheim. They share a passion for cycling with two of their children spending many hours riding around the country roads of Marlborough. When not on their bikes, they are kept busy spending time with their first grandchild.

Tony de Reeper

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior Partner
  • Founding Trustee of Marlborough College Charitable Foundation
Tony heads the Wallace Diack team. He balances his time between leading and developing the practice, and working closely with number of Wallace Diack clients assisting with their company growth and expansion or restructuring. Tony joined Wallace Diack Chartered Accountants as a senior partner in 2000, from Wellington where he worked with a major accounting firm. Prior to this, he spent five years in London working as a European financial controller. Tony is a Founding trustee of Marlborough College Charitable Foundation and is a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Marlborough Boys College. Tony is a senior black belt (as are his three sons) at the Blenheim Ryuku Kempo Karate Dojo.