Meet The Senior Management Team
Russell Bourke Director (BCom, CA, CPP)
Russell has been a partner since 1986, and specialises in farm and commercial accounting. Russell also has a special interest in business valuations and a passion for commercial property. He has a strong focus on wealth creation for his clients.
Email: russell@csca.co.nz
Trish Foy Director (B.M.S, A.C.I.S., CA, CPP)
Trish has been a partner since 1988 and has extensive experience in taxation, farm, trust and commercial accounting. Trish is committed to advancing your business and getting the right solutions for your needs. Having lived in Huntly all her life, Trish has a strong rapport with the community and gives her time freely to many organisations. Email: Email: trish@csca.co.nz
Andrea Jamieson CA
Andrea is our newly appointed Client Manager after passing her final Bachelor of Business Studies exams in 2022 to becoming a qualified Chartered Accountant.Andrea has a background in dairy farming and a passion for horses with previous thoroughbred racing stable experience. Andrea has an interest in both farming and commercial accounting and is experienced with Xero, MYOB and other popular software programs.
Maree Richardson Client Manager (Adv Dip Accounting CA)
Maree has been dairy farming for over 20 years and currently owns and operates a farm with her husband just south of Te Awamutu. Maree qualified in 1989 as a chartered accountant and has been offering specialist farm accounting advice since 1985. She has an extensive understanding and wealth of knowledge in farming and business accounting, and works closely with farming clients, in both their day to day farming operations and long term plans and goals. As a dairy farmer Maree understands the unique issues that a farmer faces. Email: maree@csca.co.nz
The Rest of the Team
Margaret Brown
Margaret is in charge of IT at Cowley Stanich and as well as ensuring all areas of technology at Cowley Stanich & Co are running smoothly, she can offer training and advice to our clients on various software and hardware questions.
As a dairy farmer herself, Margaret is a long-term user of Cashmanager Rural as well as being familiar with Xero.
Margaret is also responsible for preparing financial statements and processing GST.
Scott Gleeson
Scott joined Cowley Stanich & Co in November 2017 and is a qualified chartered accountant. Born and bred in Hamilton he also has a Bachelor of Management Studies from Waikato University. Scott has expertise in a variety of business types, and has worked with accounting programs including Xero and MYOB along with several other software programs.
Megan Hucker
Megan is our wage specialist and handles all client's payrolls where we act on behalf of clients using the IMS payroll package. She is available to contact for any queries that our client employers may have. Her current days of work are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays.
Her expertise and interest in IT areas Megan is also very proficient at website and desktop publishing.
Wendy Horrox
Wendy manages our tax base, liaising with the IRD over all tax types on behalf of our clients. Her expertise has seen many IRD penalties reversed and hundreds of dollars saved for our clients.
ACC is also managed by Wendy, checking and confirming all invoices before they are sent out to clients as well as Coverplus Extra applications.
Wendy also manages the petrol rebates claims, liaising with NZTA on behalf of our registered clients. Married to local builder Bruce, Wendy understands the compliance demands put on the self employed. Wendy is familiar with Xero as she uses this for her own business.
Catherine Brien