Lynette Pearks

Lynette is a Tax and Advisory Partner with PKF Hamilton with extensive experience providing taxation, financial reporting, business advisory, governance, and trust services to privately owned businesses, family groups, trusts, and not-for-profit organisations. Her experience includes working for 30 years in Big 4 accounting firms, in both the taxation and business advisory teams.

Lynette is recognised for her specialist knowledge of deferred tax accounting under New Zealand financial reporting standards, assisting clients and audit teams with complex deferred tax calculations, business transactions, and financial statement disclosures.

She is tax consultant to one of Hamilton’s largest privately owned international companies, has been acting CFO for a number of companies, and is currently on the board of several local and national Not-For-Profit organisations.

Her specialist areas of expertise include:

• Taxation advisory and compliance
• Deferred tax accounting and financial reporting under NZ IFRS
• Governance and board advisory services
• Family trusts and trustee governance
• Not-for-profit and charitable organisations
• Business acquisitions and restructures
• Financial reporting and compliance

With a practical and solutions-focused approach, Lynette works closely with business owners, trustees, directors, and governing boards to help them navigate taxation, compliance, and governance matters. Lynette is known for translating technical issues into practical solutions and providing advice that is both commercially focused and technically robust.

Qualifications and Memberships

• Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Bachelor of Management Studies, University of Waikato
• Member, Institute of Directors New Zealand