I grew up in the Nelson area where my parents owned motels. I graduated from Canterbury University with a B.Com in 1978 and have been a C A since 1985. On leaving university I moved to Wellington where I worked as assistant Financial Accountant for Ford Motor Co NZ.  Two years later I travelled overseas, working at various jobs.  On my return to NZ, I worked as Company Accountant for Turners Office Products, in Christchurch, for 13 years. Marrying my husband Jim, meant moving to Mid Canterbury and an obvious diversification and interest in farm accounting.

I have been working at Croys since 1996. Outside of work, a lot of my spare time is involved with my son’s interest in sport. I particularly enjoy his love of skiing and water sports, so this is no onerous task. When spare time allows I like to play golf, garden and various hand crafts.