Our Team

Tony is the Managing Director and owner of KTS.

He has 2 children, Kyle, the oldest who has completed his Architectural degree and works in Sydney, and Elyse his daughter who has completed her Arts degree and works in Japan. Tony is married to Jenny, her son Morgan has completed his degree at University in Dunedin studying Science and is now working towards his PHD.

Tony is involved in many aspects of local community life which he believes is very important to him and to KTS. This includes Rotary, and he is also the past chairman of the Board of North West Country (previously called BID) which is a council initiative to promote local business.

He is passionate about KTS and proud of his staff, together they strive to give all clients their absolute best service at all times.

As senior accountant and account manager, Ngaire is involved in not only working closely with the clients but also with the rest of the team at KTS in a support and management position.

Ngaire lives in the area, with her husband Glenn and their two adult children.

Outside of work she is the Treasurer for the West Harbour Volunteer Fire Brigade, plays badminton through the Waitakere Association, runs a little to keep fit, enjoys supporting her children in their sports and cooking for friends & family when she has time.

Ngaire is a valuable addition to the KTS team, she adds depth of knowledge and expertise to the existing services that we offer to our clients.

Jasmine lives right on the Kaipara Harbour in South Head with her husband  and son . They have 5 acres of land and a stunning view, and it makes the travelling all worth it.

Jasmine is animal crazy and has 4 dogs, 3 cats plus the farm animals that keep her on her toes.

In her spare time, Jasmine enjoys baking, cooking and sitting on her deck overlooking the harbour reading a book.

Beth’s role at KTS involves preparing clients’ accounts, doing financial statements and tax returns, and generally dealing with clients on a day-by-day basis. She also works with the team at KTS in a support and managerial position. Beth has worked at KTS as an accountant since 2012.

She is married to Peter and has 2 sons who both live at home.

Her great interest is sewing, making a lot of her own clothes, and also making costumes for productions, the latter of which keeps her very occupied.

Beth and Peter have their own boat and love going fishing on the Manukau, cooking is also an interest of Beth’s when she has the time, especially cooking the fish and shellfish they have caught

Cherie lives in Waitakere township with her husband Anthony and her two daughters.

Outside of work Cherie enjoys cooking, Pilates, her adorable dog Hazel and watching the silver ferns.

Cherie’s family is actively involved with the Waitakere Volunteer Fire Brigade and have been for the past 20 years.

Anecia is an experienced BAS Accountant with thirty years’ accounting experience in a wide range of small, medium and large businesses, Partnerships, Sole traders and Trusts. She also did contract work for KTS in 2013.

Anecia has been married to her husband Andre since 1985, and they have a daughter and a son. The family immigrated to New Zealand in 2005, became citizens in 2010, and have lived in Albany since 2006.

She loves sewing and making clothes for herself and her family. The other love that she has is quilting as this is very relaxing and provides lots of satisfaction when you finish a quilt. With her family, she enjoys New Zealand winters and skiing at Mt Ruapehu.

Julie has a wide range of experience with Partnerships, Trusts, Sole Traders, and small businesses. She was an owner/operator of a craft shop in Coromandel Town before having her twins.

Julie enjoys swimming, paddle boarding and spending time at the beach.

Now that her children are independent she lives in Riverhead with her partner, Brian and German Shepard, Harry.

They enjoy cooking, going to museums and art galleries and op shopping together and especially discovering new places to walk with Harry.

Kim’s degree, which she has done through the Open Polytechnic, is in Business with Accounting as her major. She is currently working towards becoming a Chartered Accountant.

Kim is married to Mike, they live locally in Taupaki on their own 20 acre family farm and they have one primary school-aged son.

Her interests are gardening, furniture building and constructing Lego as she enjoys working with her hands.

She enjoys going for walks with her Huntaway Bella and has recently taken up bouldering (rock climbing but without safety ropes).

Jane has been part of the team at KTS since 2010, working both in the accounting service team and then more recently as practice manager.

In May 2023 Jane and her husband relocated to the sunny south island and she is now working back in the accounting team on a part time basis, remotely.

Jane loves discovering all the beautiful places to visit in the south, spending time with her dogs and enjoying a good work/life balance.

Lilian works at KTS in the area of Media and Graphics. Her job involves the design of all the company stationery, logo, and other products.

Keeping the clients up to date with new information is key to her job, so all the newsletters and Facebook posts came from her desk.

Website design and maintenance are also part of her job.
Lilian works off-site in her office in Hobsonville.