OUR TEAMbusiness needs change, so do best practices.
We invest in our staff training and stay abreast of the latest and most successful practices in accounting. This means you can rely on Murchisons to remain at the cutting edge of Accounting and Advisory.
Our team
Principal Director
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Luke is a seasoned accounting professional with 27 years of experience, dedicated to building strong, results-driven relationships with commercial clients. Leveraging his extensive expertise, he predicts future outcomes and challenges businesses to enhance their performance. As Principal Director of Murchisons for the past 10 years, Luke specialises in international structuring, treasury functions, property industry structuring, asset protection, professional services management, board advisory, and delivering tailored solutions in taxation, accounting, and advisory services for the SME market and family groups.
Luke serves a diverse clientele, including commercial and family clients, while also contributing his accounting skills to the not-for-profit sector, supporting organisations such as Women’s Community Shelters and private ancillary funds. His advisory expertise includes management reporting, developing strategies to free cash flow for businesses, and succession planning. Luke excels in strategic planning, aligning the personal goals of key stakeholders with the objectives of the business to drive sustainable growth.
Outside of work, Luke enjoys spending time with his three children, playing cricket, and is an avid supporter of the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.
With a keen focus on empowering businesses, Luke provides actionable insights through robust management reporting systems, enabling clients to make informed decisions. His strategies to optimise cash flow involve identifying operational efficiencies, restructuring financial obligations, and implementing cost-effective measures that enhance liquidity without compromising growth. In succession planning, Luke takes a holistic approach, ensuring smooth transitions by preparing businesses for future leadership changes while preserving their legacy and financial stability. His expertise in property industry structuring and asset protection helps clients safeguard their investments and optimise returns through strategic structuring and risk management.
Luke’s expertise in international structuring, treasury functions, professional services management, and board advisory allows him to guide clients through complex global and domestic financial landscapes. He designs tax-efficient structures for cross-border operations and property investments, advises on currency management, risk mitigation, and asset protection strategies to safeguard client assets. As a board advisor, Luke provides strategic guidance to enhance governance and operational efficiency, while his professional services management experience ensures streamlined operations for service-oriented businesses. His commitment to aligning stakeholder aspirations with business goals fosters cohesive strategies that drive long-term success, making him a trusted partner for clients navigating both domestic and international markets.
Principal Director
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Steven is passionate about understanding his clients’ business and personal affairs. By drawing upon 18 years of experience, it allows him to offer clients technically sound and practical solutions to the challenges they confront while also providing realistic advice for future growth.
Steven is privileged to act as trusted advisor for clients, providing holistic advice on taxation, business advisory, asset protection and succession planning. With broad experience in servicing local and international businesses across an array of industry sectors, his experience extends to assisting high net worth families, primary producers, information technology providers, manufacturers, property developers, and not-for-profit organisations.
Principal Director
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As Principal Director of Murchisons, Sam is distinguished for delivering customised solutions to intricate business and financial challenges. His approach hinges on a profound understanding of clients’ professional and personal goals, enabling him to devise strategic options and partner closely to secure exceptional results.
At Murchisons, Sam and his team specialise in crafting innovative, alternative strategies, presenting clients with a range of tailored options to address their unique objectives. Sam champions a client-first ethos, instilling in his team the core belief that clients are the foundation of the business and that exceeding their expectations is the firm’s foremost priority.
Drawing on his extensive expertise as a Chartered Accountant, Sam leads his team in providing authoritative guidance on critical issues, such as restructuring business and family entities to safeguard personal assets, forecasting financial performance to optimise cashflow, and structuring investments and debt to drive growth while facilitating profit distribution for shareholders. His strategic tax and business counsel equips clients to navigate complex financial environments with clarity and confidence.
Sam possesses deep expertise and a passion for property development, delivering specialised structuring and ongoing advisory services that empower developers to achieve sustainable success. He also advises clients across diverse sectors, designing structures that ensure robust asset protection, tax efficiency, and alignment with long-term ambitions. His proactive approach drives strategic and sustainable business operations, fostering resilience and growth. By staying attuned to what is happening in this space, Sam ensures his advice remains forward-thinking and impactful.
Beyond his leadership at Murchisons, Sam serves as a non-executive director for organisations across multiple industries. These roles fuel his commitment to business strategy, continuous learning, and cross-sector engagement, enhancing his ability to deliver high-value advice. Through his dedication to reinforcing Murchisons’ client-centric culture, Sam ensures the firm consistently delivers transformative solutions that delight clients and secure their long-term prosperity.
Director
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Dominic embarked on his career in public practice in 2005, dedicating himself to developing his knowledge and skills to become a trusted advisor for his clients. His committed approach and attention to detail ensures every client receives tailored, comprehensive solutions designed to meet their goals.
Dominic is a Chartered Accountant and accredited self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) specialist. Dominic’s clients include privately owned SMEs, high net wealth individuals and families. Whether he is navigating the intricacies of superannuation regulations or optimising tax outcomes, Dominic is committed to achieving exception results and building enduring client relationships.
Associate Director
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With a career dedicated to boutique accounting firms since graduating in 2010, Fiona has come to specialise in the intricacies of business structuring, as well as SME and Group Tax Advice—areas where she can support and secure the success of her clients.
She has a deep interest in nurturing the growth of small- to medium-sized businesses as well as laying foundations to help them achieve their immediate and long-term financial goals. Fiona is passionate about sports, particularly resistance training and skiing, and interested in playing the piano and violin.
Director, Murchisons Audit & Assurance
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As a Certified Public Accountant, with more than 15 years of experience in ‘Big 4’ and mid-tier consulting, Nazneen is Murchisons’ expert in audit, assurance engagements, and advisory services. With global experience, she has helped clients in a wide range of complex industries, as well as across borders.
Nazneen strives to add value to all her services through excellent stakeholder relationships, proactive engagement, and always empathising with a client. Outside of her time supporting people and their financial goals, she can be found outdoors with family, exploring new places, and listening to music.
Associate Director
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Jason Cantore is a business services associate director with extensive experience in the accounting profession. As a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Jason has experience in all aspects of accounting, including statutory and management accounting, structuring, superannuation, taxation compliance and advice. Jason brings deep experience creating tailored solutions for small to medium businesses and high net worth individuals in a wide range of industries, including construction, professional services, hospitality, medical professionals, and many others.
Jason is passionate about giving practical and proactive advice to private businesses, their owners and their families to ensure their prosperity, whilst protecting their assets.
Jason can work with businesses in fine detail to achieve optimal outcomes. When he’s off the clock, he spends his free time with family, watching sports and keeping active.
Chief Operating Officer
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After a career in HR and payroll, diverting to build a family and then going into creative industries, Lorraine rekindled her love of HR and all things organisational at Murchisons.
Starting as receptionist and building her way up through Office Manager and Practice/HR Manager, and by gaining qualifications along the way, Lorraine has grown with the practice and its clients. With 11 years of experience at Murchisons, through office moves, software transitions, and major growth, Lorraine understands the business and its culture, whilst retaining her passion for people and organisation.
In her role as COO, she manages the day-to-day running of the practice and the people who make it possible.
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