The Acorn Team is made up of a team of dedicated professionals who wish only to do the best for you, our client.  And yes, in an industry dominated by men, we’re a team of fabulous, ‘go-getter’ women!  We didn’t plan it this way, it just happened.  Despite this, over 56% of our clients are men.  Give us a call, we’ll be happy to help you and do whatever we can to improve your financial picture.

Kenina Court - Director
kenina@acornsolutions.co.nz
Kenina started Acorn Solutions in August 2000 after a successful career in corporate accounting. Having worked in a number of industries including retail, wholesale, property, manufacturing and service, she has a wealth of experience to share with clients.

Kenina’s passion lies in the tax and entity structuring for clients and the strategic planning.  A property investor herself, Kenina loves to help clients create wealth and often feels she is on a mission to save the world from bad accountants and advisers.  Kenina’s creativity is let loose as she finds innovative solutions to the challenges that clients face.

Kenina is married with three sons and loves to travel, read, stretch her mind and spend time with her friends and family, including coaching school soccer teams and attending school camps!

Melinda Meaker - Client Services Manager
melinda@acornsolutions.co.nz
Melinda joined Acorn in July 2003 as our Client Services Manager after honing her skills and quickly passing through the “ranks” at one of the larger mid size tier firms in Auckland.  Her passion lies in solving the “how” question and with her analytical and systematic approach, is a natural in handling much of the detail that arises from the strategic planning process.  Melinda is married with two sons and loves to read, cook, have “braais” (even in winter) and is kept busy with all her boys’ sporting interests.

Madeleine Knill madeleine@acornsolutions.co.nz Madeleine is our wonderful 'Director of First Impressions' / Receptionist.  She is also Kenina and Melinda's Personal Assistant.  Madeleine looks after a myriad of responsibilities including company formations, our email newsletter and most of our company correspondence.  She’s also our resident Cordon Bleu chef and ‘F1’ in the cooking arena.

Tina Heelas tina@acornsolutions.co.nz Tina is our highly organised Client Services Manager.  Predominately, Tina manages the scheduling and flow of our clients’ work and is a key part in our quality control process.  Tina enjoys tax planning and trying to minimise client tax liability, and believes an essential part of our service is to have regular contact and meetings with our clients.  Tina is married with two gorgeous children who certainly keep her on her toes.

Arlene Macasaquit arlene@acornsolutions.co.nz Having migrated to New Zealand from the Philippines with her Certified Public Accountant Professional License, our committed and happy Arlene has continued her accounting career in the areas of financial and management accounting and taxation.  She is very proud that our clients can count on her to get the job done.  As a busy mother of three girls, Arlene makes a great job of balancing work and family life, finding this very rewarding.

Daisy Tsang daisy@acornsolutions.co.nz Diligent and supportive Daisy has a B.Com Honours from University of Auckland and is currently half way through her pursuit of  becoming an Australian Certified Public Accountant. On top of her accounting responsibilities, Daisy looks after trust gifting and is keen to provide high quality services. Daisy is good at drawing and singing and on the weekends, teaches Sunday school, plays badminton and enjoys hip hop dance.

Gene Irwin gene@acornsolutions.co.nz Gene is our amazing “File and Archive” Manager.   Gene does all the filing and archiving of all those important documents that accountants accumulate.  As her part-time job demands, she knows her alphabet really well and has a degree to prove it.   In her other part-time job, she also has an old pet duck called Donald.

Hayley Brown hayley@acornsolutions.co.nz Hayley is Acorn's outstanding Taxation System Administrator, also co-ordinating Banklink, MYOB and end user accounting packages.  With her first-rate experience, she enjoys preparing and completing all forms of accounting work and client contact.  Hayley has shown in her time with Acorn to be a motivated team member and as a mother of one, still manages to find the time to enjoy mutli-sports and is an excellent skier.

Karen Rodgers karen@acornsolutions.co.nz As our enthusiastic Client Services Co-ordinator, Karen has first class communication skills.  Whether it is dealing with annual returns, liaising with clients about service agreements, following up on outstanding questionnaires or a myriad of other queries, she is exceptional at assisting our clients and her friendly rapport puts clients at ease when they need to ask questions.  As a busy mother of two, Karen works part time.

Maha George maha@acornsolutions.co.nz With a degree in accounting from Baghdad University, Maha is a dedicated accountant with a calm and serene personality.  Her responsibilities include preparation of financial reports, tax returns, GST returns and annual minutes.   Maha is a successful mother to Mimi (21) & Fadi (18), and enjoys baby-sitting Nicholas for Kenina while she’s busy.