January 17, 2019

Key People

Jonathan VE Kennerley, CA (cpp
Director
Email: jonathan@kco.co.nz LinkedIn

Jonathan has been involved in the accounting industry his entire life, thanks to his father (Vernon) having his own practice.

With degrees obtained in both Accounting and Music from the University of Auckland, he started his full-time accounting career with a lengthy period at KPMG (one of the “Big Four” global accounting firms) where he developed a high level of professionalism and accounting expertise.

Apart from an invaluable three year stint in London – where he worked as a Project Manager in Risk Analytics with a major European bank – Jonathan has focused his career on public practice tax and business advisory services. As such he has accumulated many years of in depth experience and expertise in these areas.

A key strength of his is the ability to provide understandable, transparent and prompt results in an industry known for it’s complexity; his strong and long-standing relationships with his clients are testament to this.

Jonathan is a bit of a gym and health fanatic, is a serious cricket buff, and a member of both Mensa NZ and the Northern Club. He lives in Epsom with his wife Laura and their 6 young children.

Clifford Jones, CA (cpp)
Consultant
 

Clifford has been a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand since 1981. He entered the public practice arena after ten years employment with the Inland Revenue Department, and commenced his own Chartered Accountancy practice (Business Partners Limited) in 1992.

Cliff has a passion for honesty and integrity in business and is actively involved in community and charitable organisations. He has been happily married since 1979 and has four adult children.

With the merger of Business Partners into Kennerley & Co, he looks forward to spending more time with his young grandchildren, while remaining available to Jonathan as a consultant.

Angelique Henri, CA (cpp)
Senior Manager
Email: angelique@kco.co.nz LinkedIn 

Angelique is a highly experienced Chartered Accountant. Her efficiency, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills have endeared her to her clients, many of whom are very longstanding.

She holds accounting degrees from universities in South Africa and in New Zealand (Auckland University of Technology), is a fully qualified Chartered Accountant, and holds a Certificate of Public Practice.

Angelique has expertise in a wide variety of accounting software, and on a broad range of tax issues. As such she is up for a challenge and ready to assist clients whatever their accounting or tax related requirements.

With her two children now having left home to pursue their university goals, she enjoys spending as much time as possible at her 2nd home at Mount Maunganui with her husband.

Peter Meads, B.Com (Financial Accounting)
Senior Consultant
Email: peter@kco.co.nz LinkedIn

Peter has over 40 years of commercial experience in a wide range of industries both in New Zealand and overseas. He ran his own successful accounting firm (Property & Business Accounting Limited) for nearly 20 years, building up a sizeable and loyal client base due to the excellent service the firm provided.

With the aim of ensuring that his client base were well catered for in the future (and with the goal of spending more time with his young grandchildren), in mid 2021 Peter merged his operations with Kennerley & Co where he now provides consultancy services 3 to 4 days a week.

Like Jonathan, Peter is also a cricket fanatic; however he also has many years of first class and other high level cricketing experience – he still represents New Zealand in the national over 60s cricket squad. He is also the current long standing treasurer of Grafton Cricket Club.

Peter is of Ngai Tahu heritage.

Josie Pate
Senior Accountant
Email: josie@kco.co.nz LinkedIn

Josie brings to the practice over thirty years of accounting experience in both Chartered Accounting and Business.

She is extremely personable, and her longstanding relationships with her clients are indicative of this.

She is efficient in Xero and MYOB and is able to offer expert advice on both these accounting packages.

Josie enjoys life with her husband looking out on the beautiful Mangere Mountain while living in the city.

She is a supportive Mum to her adult children and looks forward to holidays with them and her grandchildren. As well as being a keen gardener and sewer, she also enjoys active involvement in her Church community.

Pam Lee, CA
Senior Accountant
Email: pam@kco.co.nz

Pam is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in the industry for more than 30 years – many of those with Clifford Jones at Business Partners, prior to the merger with Kennerley & Co.

Her many longstanding clients are a testament to her patience, care and expertise.

She has two adult children, and her four young grandchildren gives her great pleasure.

Kushal has a Masters in Professional Accounting from the Auckland University of Technology, and is a Provisional Member of CAANZ.

Kushal A Patel, M.Com (Accounting), M.Pa
Manager
Email: kp@kco.co.nz LinkedIn 

He has been an integral part of the firm more or less since the firm’s inception and like Jonathan, has also been exposed to accounting his entire life – his father is the Professor of Accounting at a prestigious university in Mumbai, India.

His intellect and broad range of accounting and tax related knowledge – including payroll, GST and income tax – make him a great asset to the firm.

A skilled cricketer, he has played semi-professionally in the UK, and continues to play competitively here in Auckland.

Nicola England, CA
Senior Accountant
Email: nicola@kco.co.nz

Nicola has a strong accounting background having worked in Chartered Accountancy since 2000. She worked along side Clifford Jones at Business Partners for 14 years, prior to the merger with Kennerley & Co.

Nicola completed her Bachelor of Business Studies in 2006 and a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies in 2010. She was accepted as a full member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

She is happily married with a young family, and enjoys rural life on the West Coast of Auckland.

Julie Massey, B.Com, (Accounting), B.A, M.Sw
Senior Accountant
Email: julie@kco.co.nz

Julie is more than just a senior accountant – she has a Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics and German) and a Masters of Social Work, along with her Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), all from the University of Auckland.

She started her accounting career in 2008 working part-time whilst studying, moving to a full-time role upon graduation in 2010.

Julie lives in north of Auckland with her husband, 2 young daughters and their dog.

Vikash Prasad, B.Com, (Financial Accounting) Post Grad Dip. (Advanced Taxation)
Senior Accountant
Email: vikash@kco.co.nz


Vikash has worked in Chartered Accountancy practices since 2001. He joined Kennerley & Co upon the merger with Simpson Mar Limited, and he brings with him many years of high quality accounting experience.

Highly motivated and exceptionally personable, he is a great fit for the team and a great asset to the firm.

Vik is married and has a daughter at Uni, and a son at high school. Outside of the office, he spends much of his time supporting his teenage son’s burgeoning football career – which is now paying dividends given his recent selection for the Fijian under-21 squad.

Helen Wu, CA
Senior Accountant
Email: helen@kco.co.nz Linkedin

Helen joined Kennerley & Co in early 2023 and from the start has provided a very high level of care and expertise to her clients.

She has excellent communication skills, and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Originally from China, she completed both her high school education and university degrees in Auckland. She is fully qualified as a Chartered Accountant, and has 15 years of public practice experience.

Outside of the office her time is devoted primarily to her husband and her young daughter.

Marco Moriones, B.Sc (Business Administration)
Senior Accountant
Email: marco@kco.co.nz

Marco completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (majoring in Accounting) in the Philippines, and has been working in public practice accounting in New Zealand since 2009.

Marco used to play competitive basketball (but now prefers watching). He lives with his wife and two children, and these days his spare time is primarily spent looking after his son with special needs.


Daniel joined Kennerley & Co while completing his Bachelor of Business degree and Auckland University of Technology, where he majored in accounting and finance (with a minor in data analytics).

Daniel Dao, B.Bus (Accounting)
Accountant
Email: daniel@kco.co.nz Linkedin

Being a high achiever academically shows through in his attention to detail in his work. And this despite maintaining high efficiency levels.

Born and raised in Auckland, Daniel is also fluent in Vietnamese. He takes his computer gaming seriously, which translates to strong computer and software skills in general.

Dan is a Provisional Member of CAANZ, and is working towards becoming a full member.

Chase Lines, B.Bus (Accounting)
Accountant
Email: chase@kco.co.nz Linkedin

Chase also joined the firm while completing his Bachelor of Business degree (also at AUT) where he majored in accounting (with a minor in information systems).

Born and raised in Auckland, Chase is of Swedish and Filipino descent.

Chase is extremely tech savvy and in fact has a successful history in professional computer gaming competitions (with particular specialties in Fortnite and Apex Legends). He is currently holds the 4th fastest speed run score in the world for Tetris.

The ability to function at a very high level under pressure, coupled with his past experience in customer service roles serves him well in his role at Kennerley & Co.

Jason Anuson, B.Bus (Accounting)
Accountant
Email: jason@kco.co.nz Linkedin

Jason is another of the firm’s graduate hires, taking on full time employment after a work experience placement. He subsequently completed his Bachelor of Business degree at the Auckland University of Technology at the end of 2023.

Of Thai descent, Jason is Auckland born and bred. Outside of work, Jason is a serious gym junkie.

You will likely hear Jason’s cheerful greeting whenever you call the office phone line, and he also currently mans the front desk.

Laura Kennerley, B.SE
IT & Systems Support
Email: info@kco.co.nz

Laura provides IT, website and systems support to the firm.

With a life long hands-on interest in information technology coupled with a degree in Software Engineering from Massey University, she is more than qualified for the role – a role which has only steadily increased as the firm has grown in size.

Apart from assisting with the firm’s IT needs, Laura has her hands full as a mother looking after her (and Jonathan’s) 6 young children.


Maurice has been heavily involved in the public practice accounting world for over 40 years. Prior to setting up his Chartered Accountancy practice (Simpson Mar Limited) in Newmarket, Auckland over 30 years ago, he was a partner in one of Auckland’s largest accounting firms (which would eventually become to be known as Ernst & Young – one of the “Big Four” accounting firms). And even prior to this, he was a partner in Fiji’s largest accounting firm at the time.

Maurice Mar, CA (cpp)
Consultant

His expertise in all things accounting have led to him accumulating a large, loyal and diverse client base covering all industries and entity types.

Maurice officially retired from general accountancy work from the end of March 2023, with his long serving senior staff joining Kennerley & Co to continue on with the high standards of service and expertise that his clients have come to expect and appreciate.

Maurice remains available as a consultant to Jonathan.

Raymond Khouri
Consultant

Raymond has over 30 years’ experience providing accounting and tax services to business owners and trusts. These include tradespeople, doctors, lawyers, property investors and service providers.

Ray’s consulting experience includes tax planning, business and trust restructuring, managing commercial rental property and tax audits.

With the aim of spending more quality time with his adult children and his young grandchildren, Raymond merged his practice with Kennerley & Co. His long serving senior accountant (Helen Wu) moved to Kennerley & Co as part of this merger.

Raymond remains available to Jonathan as a consultant.