Your Leadership Team

YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Gay Burling - Practice Manager

Having been with the former Cummins and Wallace for several years, Gay was the obvious choice to be the Practice Manager of the merged firm. Gay has extensive IT knowledge, specialising in Phoenix and MYOB software applications and is also responsible for our internal practice software.

Gay, with husband Danny, has two grown up children – Todd who is a farm manager and Lauren, a registered nurse. Gay has five grandchildren whom she dearly enjoys having come stay with her.

Gay is passionate about gardening, she is an active member of the Moree Garden Club, and also enjoys travelling to enjoy other peoples garden creations.

Kellie Abrahamsen, CA, B. Comm

Kellie has been working in the field of business services and tax compliance since 2002, and with C&W Financial Services since 2007. She completed her Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Newcastle and became a qualified Chartered Accountant in 2007.

Kellie enjoys interacting with clients on a professional and personal level. By building relationships with clients she feels she is able to understand their individual needs and ensure any advice given is tailored to suit their circumstances.

Having grown up in Moree, Kellie has a strong sense of community and participates in many community events through her involvement with the Moree and District Brass Band. Outside work Kellie is a keen traveller and has an eclectic taste in music.

Kate Braithwaite, CA, B. Bus(Acct)

Kate joined C&W Financial Services in 2007 whilst completing her Bachelor of Business externally through University of Central Queensland. She graduated in 2008 and completed CA in 2011.

Kate likes the interaction she gets with clients, both professionally and socially, and enjoys helping them with their business needs and problems.

Fraser Brown, CA, B. Comm

Fraser completed his University studies in Brisbane and worked in various Accounting and Finance roles in Brisbane and Ireland, before moving to Moree in 2013 with his wife Elke.

Fraser is a Chartered Accountant who predominately works on Primary Production clients. He has significant experience in helping clients obtain assistance from both the Rural Assistance Authority and the Centrelink Farm Household Allowance.

Fraser is a keen Rugby player for Moree, who likes to spend his offseason playing Golf and trying to do Triathlons.

Rebecca Dewson

Rebecca joined Carrigan & Co in 2004 starting as receptionist and has progressed through the firm now completing major accounting work. Rebecca is completing her Bachelor in Accounting but has taken time out to raise her 2 year old son Nate.
Rebecca is a born and bred local of Wee Waa and is involved in the community and has a great rapport with our clients.
In her spare time Rebecca is involved Wee Waa Rugby League Club and is also planning her Wedding in October.

Lee-Anne Ferguson, B. Bus(Acct)

Lee-Anne has been an employee of the former Carrigan & Co firm since 2001. She has worked on a part-time basis in both the Wee Waa & Narrabri offices, where, over time, has developed many rewarding client relationships.
She has studied externally over the years, initially with TAFE and has recently completed her Bachelor of Business degree with Charles Sturt University.
She enjoys being busy and is certainly kept so currently balancing a full-time workload and two active teenage children.
Lee-Anne has a positive outlook toward a new merged firm structure and looks forward to the many challenges that lay before her.

Carita Lablack, CA, B. Bus(Acct)

Carita joined C&W Financial Services in 2007. Her primary roles include preparation of Financial Accounts and Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Audits.

Carita completed a Bachelor of Accounting in 2011 externally through the University of South Australia and is currently completing the Chartered Accountants Program.

What Carita most appreciates about working at C&W Financial Services is that the partners are very conscious of staff morale. For example, the firm is as flexible as possible with regards to working conditions and enjoys putting on social events for the staff to attend.

Carita was born in Moree but spent nine years in Tamworth before returning to Moree. She has come to the realisation that Moree is a great town and looks forward to starting a family here.

Melinda Leculier, DipFS(FP)

Melinda Leculier is our Financial Planner based in Narrabri. She has in excess of 10 years experience in the financial services industry and is currently attaining her Bachelor in Financial Advising.

Melinda commenced working with Colonial First State as an Investment Representative where she later moved on to broaden her experience in Self Managed Super Funds. She has also worked with Zurich Investments where she provided support to Financial Advisers.

Having a keen desire to help people with their personal financial goals Melinda left the corporate world behind and began working for a Financial Planning Firm and it was here that she was able to gain an understanding of particular strategies aimed at helping people achieve their financial goals.

Melinda is able to provide financial planning services to our many individual clients. She has a particular interest in risk management, estate planning and wealth management.

Jan Lude, CA, B. Bus

Jan is a Chartered Accountant who moved from Toowoomba to Moree in 2010. She has over 35 years experience in public accounting and has a keen interest in small business and primary production. Jan operated her own business for two years and was a partner in a large accounting firm for ten years. She is fascinated with the latest technology but, at times, very frustrated as well.

Jan has two adult children, one recent wedding but, as yet, no grandchildren – although pressure and bribes are now occurring. She loves her life in Moree and appreciates the sense of community that is so strong here.

Emily Robinson, CA, B. Fin Admin

Emily started with Carrigan & Co in 2009. Since then, she has completed her B. Fin. Admin. with UNE, and her Grad. Dip. of Chartered Accounting. She joined our management team in 2014 and has enjoyed building client relationships, and the team development roles the position provides.

Emily is a Certified Xero Consultant, and also has a working knowledge of MYOB and Reckon accounting products.

Emily is a Narrabri local with a passion for horses, her family, and the local community.

Wayne Ryan, CA, B. Fin Admin

Wayne joined C&W Financial Services in 2014 when he moved from Gunnedah to Wee Waa. Wayne has worked in the field of business services and tax compliance since 1995 predominantly with a primary producer client base.

Wayne graduated from the University of New England with a Bachelor of Financial Administration in 1995 and became a Chartered Accountant in 1999. Wayne is enjoying the interaction with the staff and clients of C&W Financial Services.

Ella Williams, CA, B. Fin Admin

Ella joined C&W Financial Services in 2007 as an intern. In 2009 Ella completed her Bachelor of Financial Administration from the University of New England and became a full time employee. Since then, she has also completed her Chartered Accountancy.

Ella has recently returned after spending 6 months in the UK & Europe. She enjoys the friendly, social culture of C&W Financial Partners and their ongoing support of her professional development, and is very excited about the future with the firm.