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:: Duncan Taylor

Duncan (40) graduated from the University of Natal with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accountancy. Duncan joined PricewaterhouseCoopers to complete his training contract. During this period he passed his board exam and, after completing his training contract, he was admitted to The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1995. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he became a manager and was responsible for the accounting and taxation, with his main focus being farming taxation. In 1999 he joined Porter Purbrick and the Harvard House Group and is responsible for assisting clients with their annual and monthly accounting, auditing, general business advice, tax compliance and tax and estate planning needs.

:: Peter Smith

Pete (41) graduated from the University of Natal with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accountancy. Pete joined PricewaterhouseCoopers to complete his training contract. During this period he passed his Postgraduate Diploma in Accountancy, the Qualifying exam, and was admitted to the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1995.

On completing his training contract, Pete was appointed as manager of the audit department, a position which he held for four years before joining Porter Purbrick as a partner in 1999. Pete is responsible for assisting clients with their annual and monthly accounting, auditing, general business advice, tax compliance, and tax and estate planning needs. Pete is also involved with business consulting and company restructuring.

:: Kim Martin

Kim Martin graduated from the University of Natal with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accountancy.  Kim joined PricewaterhouseCoopers to complete her training contract.  During this period she passed the Board exam, and was admitted to the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1997. 

After completing her training contract, Kim remained at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Supervisor, specializing in Internal Audit.  She joined South African Revenue Service (SARS) shortly thereafter to enhance her tax knowledge.  She remained at SARS for a period of 8 years, where she gained invaluable knowledge in taxation and the inner workings of the Revenue office.  In 2005, she joined Barloworld Armstrong Pietermaritzburg, a branch of Barloworld Motor (Pty) Ltd, as their Financial Manager.  After two and half years of running the administration and finance of the branch, Kim decided to return to public practice.  She joined Porter Purbrick, in October 2007 with the object of taking over all audit work.

:: Peter Laithwaite

Peter qualified as a chartered Accountant in 1966 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (Now Harare, Zimbabwe). He then spent two years in America, obtaining a Master of Business Administration Degree and lecturing in accountancy. At the end of this period he moved to Cape Town and was employed at the head office of Mobil and then as Administration Manager of Sharp Electronics. After passing examinations in South African law and tax he was admitted as a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1971.

In 1978 he was ordained as a minister in the Anglican Church and was in charge of churched in Cape Town and Johannesburg, after twenty years in full-time church work he moved back into the accounting world with positions in two micro finance organisations and then as Financial Director of a large manufacturing company in Johannesburg.

On moving to Howick in 2003, Peter joined Porter Purbrick, managing the accounting department. In 2009 he was appointed a Partner in Harvard House Chartered Accountants with responsibility for the monthly and annual accounting work as well as tax

 

 
   
 
 
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