The Insight Team

Partners

Back: Myf Rigby and Peter Crothers
Sitting: Allan Vickers and Richard Hawker

Toowoomba Team

L-R: Rebecca Cornes, Ingrid Lindsay-Smith,Tanya Blacker, Allan Vickers, Jazzmin Muller and Duane Granzien

Peter Crothers

Peter Crothers is the founder and a partner of Insight Business and Financial Services. He established the progressive business, taxation and accounting firm in August 2000.

Peter is a Certified Practicing Accountant with 16 years experience. He is an Authorised Representative of Count Financial Limited. Peter has worked as an Accountant in Goondiwindi since 1991.

Peter's vision for Insight Business and Financial Services is to provide a full range of services to assist clients in the operation of their businesses and achievement of personal wealth creation goals. He has a strong commercial and financial background and enjoys sharing this with clients.

Peter and his wife Sarah have two sons, Harry and George. Peter remains actively involved in the family's cotton, grain and cattle property at Dirranbandi.

Allan Vickers

Allan Vickers is a partner of Insight Business and Financial Services. He is a Certified Practicing Accountant and has been working as a Tax Accountant and Business Advisor since 1992, gaining his experience while working in his home town of Toowoomba and also in Clermont.

Allan moved to Goondiwindi and joined Insight Business and Financial Services in January 2001. His interests include business management and planning, taxation and investment advice.

Allan is an Authorised Representative of Count Wealth Accountants and, along with Peter and Myf, supports Richard Hawker in the financial planning arm of the business, Insight Financial Planners.

Allan is married to Sonya and they have a son, Robert. Sonya is from a sheep/cattle property between St George and Mitchell.

Myfanwy Rigby

Myfanwy Rigby is the third partner to join Insight Business Services. She is a Certified Practicing Accountant, holds a Public Practice Certificate and is a member of the Tax Agents Board of Australia. Myf is also an Authorised Representative of Count Financial Limited, allowing her to provide financial planning advice.

Myf has worked with the Insight team since 2002, bringing experience from running her own business on the Gold Coast and from being in the position of Financial Controller of other businesses.

Myf, her husband Greg and children Jordan and TJ have lived in the Goondiwindi area since 2000. Greg is employed on a cropping/grazing property in the area. Myf successfully balances her career with the pleasures of raising a young energetic family. Myf can regularly be found on the sidelines at junior rugby and little athletics supporting her children.

Richard Hawker

Richard is the dedicated Financial Planner for Insight Financial Planners. He is a co-founder and a Director of Insight Financial Planners Pty Ltd, which commenced business in August 2005. As an Authorised Representative of our Licencee, Count Financial Ltd, he is responsible for the delivery of financial services to our clients.

Prior to becoming a financial planner, Richard's background was in agriculture. Since 1990 he has managed his family's property "Kilbronae", 35 km north of Goondiwindi on the Millmerran Road. He has a Diploma of Financial Markets through the Securities Institute of Australia, and also holds an Associate Diploma in Farm Management through Marcus Oldham Farm Management College in Geelong, Victoria.

Richard is committed to providing the best in professional advice and personal service to his clients. He believes that a financial plan is a lifelong plan, and is focused on providing ongoing support to secure and grow client's wealth, to enable them to achieve their goals in life.

Richard and his wife, Margot have two daughters Isabella and Victoria. Margot is a dietitian and practices in both Goondiwindi and Millmerran. His interests include the share market and rugby.

Cherie Young

Cherie Young was employed at Insight Business and Financial Services as Business Manager in August 2006. Due to her extensive administrative experience from various positions held in Goondiwindi, Cherie manages many aspects of the practice including human resources, PR and marketing, seminar and function co-ordination, lodgement management, amongst other administration duties.

Cherie has lived in Goondiwindi for much of her life. After a stint of traveling overseas she returned home to meet her husband Darren and now has two beautiful daughters Bridget and Lily and son Samuel. Both Darren and Cherie couldn’t imagine raising their children anywhere else.

Natalie Rickard

Natalie joined Insight Financial Planners as the Financial Planning Trainee in December 2005. She comes with a degree in Business and a diverse background within the administration area.

In 2003 she left her hometown of Brisbane and moved to Goondiwindi after marrying Peter who grew up in the area.

Natalie will be undertaking post-graduate studies in 2006 to become a Financial Planner.

Jodi Elder

Jodi joined the Goondiwindi team in December 2007. She comes with six years previous experience working in a Dalby accounting practice.

Jodi has a Bachelor of Commerce - majoring in Accounting and Finance, and is a Certified Practicing Accountant.

Jodi grew up on her family’s stud and beef cattle property near Chinchilla, and has a keen interest in all rural aspects.

Jodi is a keen sportswoman and enjoys the many social aspects that Goondiwindi has to offer.

Kate Hardy

Kate joined the Insight team in June 2005 as an Accountant. She has extensive commercial experience working in Financial and Management Accounting roles for two publicly listed companies in North West of New South Wales, Sydney and Brisbane.

Kate has a degree in Commerce, majoring in Accounting and Marketing and is a Certified Practising Accountant.

Kate grew up in Burren Junction, NSW on a farming/grazing property and has a keen interest in the agricultural industry.

Duane Granzien

Duane began working with Insight at our Goondiwindi office in May 2001. In July 2007, Duane and his family moved to Toowoomba to begin working as the Client Manager at our Toowoomba Office. Duane is currently undertaking further study in the Accounting field.

Duane assists with the preparation of financial statements and Income Tax Returns from client records. He came to us with 11 years of banking experience with Westpac. Duane has an extensive knowledge of computer hardware and Quickbooks and Phoenix Accounting software.

Duane and his wife Simone are blessed with twins, Jackson and Abbey.

Helen Anderson

Helen joined Insight Business and Financial Services in August 2005, as a Trainee Accountant. Helen is half way through her Diploma of Accounting.

Prior to moving west, Helen worked in Brisbane for Whittaker Macnaught (Financial Advisors) as an assistant to the Financial Controller. Helen decided to move to Goondiwindi after three and a half years in Brisbane.

Helen grew up on a property near Cecil Plains before moving to Brisbane after completing Grade 12.

Ingrid Lindsay-Smith

Ingrid joined Insight in June 2008 with previous experience in accounting and financial services. She moved to Toowoomba from South Africa with her husband, George and two children, Liam and Sian, at the end of 2006.

She commenced a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) in South Africa, and is now completing her studies through the University of Southern Queensland.

Ingrid and her family are loving life in Toowoomba.

Alinna Butler

Alinna commenced at Insight in April 2007, after deciding to return home after completing her University studies and gaining two years commercial experience, working as the Management Accountant of a publicly listed company in their Toowoomba office.

Alinna has a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Financial Accounting and Accounting and Finance for Managers, and also a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales. In February 2007 she commenced her post-graduate studies enrolling in a Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting.

In 2008 Alinna was promoted to the position of Professional Development Manager. While Alinna will continue handling some client work, she will also focus on the training and development of our new staff members.

Che Ross

Che moved to Goondiwindi in June 2004 and began work with the Westpac Bank. More recently, Che has been working for a large agricultural company as their Office Manager.

Che joined Insight in July 2007 as a "Client Services Assistant". With a keen interest in accounting, Che is eager to further develop her career with study.

Che enjoys attending the many social events here in Gundy and is a keen sportswoman.

Rebecca Cornes

Rebecca Cornes commenced work as a Client Services Assistant in our Goondiwindi Office in August 2000, after having previously worked with partner, Peter Crothers.

In 2002, Rebecca left the firm to relocate to her family’s cattle grazing enterprise at Augathella where she ran an independent publishing company.

After spending six months in Ecuador traveling and teaching English in 2007, Rebecca settled in Toowoomba in November and began employment as a Client Services Assistant at our Toowoomba office.

Prue Wehl

After the completion of a Bachelor in Agriculture, Prue went on to gain 3 years commercial experience in the Agricultural field. This experience was based around the Goondiwindi region with two individually well respected and successful family operations.

Prue started with Insight Business and Financial Services in January 2008 with the vision to develop her accounting and bookkeeping skills and knowledge.

Prue grew up on a family owned and operated sheep and cattle property south west of Blackall.

Jazzmin Muller

Stacey Sheldrake

Stacey moved to Goondiwindi from Zimbabwe with her family at the beginning of 2007. During this year she completed her final year of high school at Goondiwindi State High and in September started part time work as a Junior Administration Officer with our firm.

At the end of 2007 Stacey was awarded a place within the Insight Trainee Program and commenced full time employment with us in January 2008. Stacey has begun her employment as a Trainee Client Service Assistant, and has also commenced studies through the University of Queensland to attain a Bachelor of Commerce.

Katrina Welsh

Katrina joined the Insight team in June 2002 as our Receptionist. She is now our Senior Administration Officer and is responsible for the office finances and record keeping.

Katrina is also responsible for attending to ASIC requirements for companies.

She comes to us with broad administrative experience acquired from several business houses in Goondiwindi.

Tanya Blacker

Tanya joined our team in August 2004 as an Administration Officer/Receptionist. Prior to joining our team Tanya had many years experience within the banking industry.

Tanya, her husband Brendan and their two daughters Kaela and Keeley, moved to Goondiwindi in March 2004 after living in Emerald and Blackall. They have all settled in very well and plan to remain in Goondiwindi for many years to come.

Amy Wren

Amy moved to Goondiwindi with her family in 1997 at the tender age of 8 years.

Amy joined Insight in her final year of high school as a casual Junior Administration Assistant, working afternoons.

She became full time late in 2006 after completing Year 12.

Amy enjoys TaeKwon-Do which she has been training for 5 years now. She has attained the level of 1st dan which is a 1st degree black belt. She trains regularly and enjoys going away to tournaments.

Amy loves Goondiwindi and intends to spend many more years here.

Jaid Adams

Jaid joined the Insight team at the end of 2007 as our Receptionist. Prior to joining our team, Jaid worked for various businesses in Goondiwindi.

Jaid is a local girl, growing up on the family property located just outside of Goondiwindi.

Her interests include cattle work, catching up with friends and watching and socialising at a good game of Rugby Union.