STEM RURAL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Accountant
- Stem As a Senior Accountant
Hayley joined Stem as a Senior Accountant in November 2020. She came from a Chartered Accountancy firm in Tauranga who she was with for 14 years.
Hayley lives in Tauranga with her 3 young daughters.
In her limited spare time Hayley enjoys socialising with her friends or spending time at the family bach in Omaio.
Kate comes from a bookkeeping background so is well versed in the needs of our clients. She's also got plenty of experience with Xero so can help out with all your queries.
Leonie started with Stem in 2006 and is the backbone of our organisation having built great relationships with many of our clients. Prior to working at Stem Leonie had spent 11 years as PA to the CEO of Comvita.
Leonie's current role sees her providing bookkeepping support to our clients with their wages & accounts receivable & payables. Leonie also looks after our clients Company & Trust records.
Sporting activities have been the main ‘spare time' focus of the Hinaki household for many years with Kim being a rugby obsessed husband and their two sporty kids. Leonie is still waging war with the constant battle to ‘keep fit!'
Lesley joined us in June 2015. She is currently studying to become an Accounting Technician as well as completing an Accounting Degree.
Lesley & her husband have a love for fishing and anything beach related. She was born and bred at Waihi Beach, just up the coast, and has a young son which keeps her on her toes.
Martin grew up on a dairy farm in the small farming community of Reporoa before moving to Hamilton to attend the University of Waikato. After completing a Bachelor of Management Studies he started his Chartered Accounting career at Staples Rodway Hamilton, where he gained entry to the Chartered Accountants (C.A) College. Martin joined Stem in 2012.
His passion for chartered accountancy lies in assisting clients to develop and grow their business. The arrival of cloud technology has changed the playing field for small business and Chartered Accountants. This technology allows easy interaction for clients where regular engagement with them stimulates growth and profitability within their business.
Martin enjoys family time with his two young daughters, listening to music, mountain biking, water sports and getting to the mountain with the snowboard.
Nick joined the team in February 2015. He graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance. Nick qualified as a Chartered Accountant in April 2019 and became a Director of Stem in May 2019.
Nick's first career in the UK was working in a national telecommunications company as a fibre optic engineer and then as a contracts manager.
On arriving in New Zealand twenty years ago Nick initially worked on his brother-in-laws dairy farm in the Waikato for a calving season and then spent time relief milking. He then joined a local Putaruru rural accounting firm before moving on to Tauranga.
Nick specialises with Xero add-on software such as Figured & Spotlight Reporting.
He is married to Julie and they have one son.
Nicholas joined Stem in October 2016. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Analysis (Financial) majoring in Finance and Accounting from Waikato University. Nick is currently studying for his C.A qualification.
In his spare time he play's lawn bowls and represents Bay of Plenty.
Nicholas was born and raised in the Western Bay of Plenty in the McLaren falls area.
Nikki Joined Stem in November 2018. She graduated from Waikato University with a Bachelor of Management Studies degree. Nikki started her career at Deloitte in Hamilton where she gained her Chartered Accountants qualification before transferring to the Deloitte office in London. On returning from London Nikki has been based in the Eastern Bay of Plenty area and has worked for Chartered Accountancy practices in Whakatane before moving to Tauranga three years ago.
In her spare time Nikki loves playing masters hockey, walking and attending pilates and yoga classes.
Sarah is your first point of contact with Stem. Sarah runs reception & also provides fantastic support to the Stem team looking after our client invoicing, client onboarding and ‘delivering' of final accounts.
Tracy joined us in January 2019 as a Senior Accountant. She has over 30 years of experience with Chartered Accountancy firms in New Zealand, during which she has achieved her qualification as an Associate Chartered Accountant.
She lives in Tauranga with her teenage daughter.
Trudi grew up on a dairy farm just north of Whangarei. She went to Northland Polytechnic to attain her Chartered Accounting qualification. Trudi is married to Pete and they have two grown children. They moved to Te Puke in 2001 where she started working at Stem. In 2003 Trudi became a partner and in 2012 became the sole owner of the business, until April 2014 when Martin also joined Trudi as an owner.
Dairy Farm accounting is a real passion for Trudi. She has been able to take the practical knowledge gained from growing up on a dairy farm and apply that when talking to her clients. Trudi sees an important role is to come up with practical and innovative solutions to help her clients through the challenges and joys of owning and operating a business.
During her spare time Trudi enjoys reading, relaxing by the beach and exploring in her campervan.
2016 saw Trudi awarded with the prestigious Fellowship Award by CAANZ. The award recognises members who are role models for trusted leadership in business and finance.
Vicki became part of the Stem Accounting Team in late 2001 and as such is very much part of the Stem team. She has good all round knowledge in all aspects of day to day accounting - plus she keeps the tidiest desk in the office!