Aaron Wallace

Business Improvement Director, B.Com, DipGrad (Fin), CA.

Aaron Wallace joined Hayes Knight in 1994 and quickly gained experience across a diverse range of accounting and business advisory disciplines. Aaron has been a Director since 2006 and leads Hayes Knight's Business Improvement Team.

Aaron's previous roles have included auditing, where he assisted clients implement best practice controls, and two years outside of public practice in a financial management leadership role of a FTSE listed entity.

During his career Aaron has learnt to understand and appreciate the practical issues facing business owners; developing expertise in the areas of due diligence, business valuations, wealth creation, succession planning and financial modelling.

Back in early 2004 Hayes Knight identified succession in business as a growing demographic issue facing the New Zealand and Australian economies. In response to this Aaron was one of the pioneers behind New Zealand's only publication to tackle prominent societal and business issues around succession planning and transition of ownership - Succeed magazine. Impressed by his experience, in 2005 and 2008 Aaron was invited by NZICA to head a national initiative aimed at up-skilling the accounting profession in this discipline in 2005 and 2008. The subsequent course work has since been acknowledged and published by Brookers (now Thomson Reuters).

Aaron is a member of the Institute of Directors and brings a sound knowledge of good governance practices to his clients. He is regularly invited to share his knowledge through various business publications and public speaking roles. Aaron specialises in working with clients operating in the manufacturing, food and beverage, health care, viticulture and construction sectors.

You can contact Aaron at the Auckland, Parnell office:

T: +64 9 379 1580
M: +64 21 711501
F: +64 9 307 0143
E: aaron.wallace@hayesknight.co.nz