Jared Slade
Partner
B.Bus, B.Com (Acc), CA
Jared became a partner of Gateway Financial Partners in 2010. It would not be inaccurate to say that working with Gateway has changed the way Jared thinks about accounting.
Our People
Our team at Gateway Financial Partners
Gateway Financial Partners have have a dedicated and experienced team of partners, accountants and support staff ready to help you in a range of accounting and business advisory areas.
Ivan Willey
Partner
Ivan is the non-accounting partner at Gateway Financial Partners. He brings over 25 years experience in sales, marketing, management and commerce gained while working in a wide variety of businesses.
Emma McClenahan
Graduate Accountant
B.Bus (Acc with distinction), BMATH
Emma works as an accountant at Gateway Financial Partners. Her organisational skills allow her to work efficiently and thoroughly, allowing her to concentrate on her client's needs. Emma prides herself on being able to liaise with clients sincerely and with understanding.
Christine Cooper
Accountant
B.Acc
Christine has been a valued member of the accounting team at Gateway Financial Partners for over six years. Christine works with clients on a one-to-one basis and communicates with external agencies on their behalf. She is also involved in the tax accounting field and administration.
Fred Chang
Accountant
CA, B. Com. (Acc)
Fred is a long-standing, valued member of the accounting team at Gateway Financial Partners. His work encompasses a range of specialised accounting areas including business start-up, self-managed superannuation funds, Income tax returns, financial statements and quarterly business activity statements (BAS).
Dale Edwards
Accountant
CA, B. Com
Dale has been with Gateway Financial Partners since early 2009 after extensive experience within the Brisbane accounting industry since completing High School.
Smiljan Jankovic
Accountant
Smiljan joined Gateway in 2009 and has proven to be an extremely capable member of the team. He has more than five years’ accounting experience and specialises in providing expert tax and business advice to a diverse range of small to medium sized businesses. Smiljan is a member of a CPA Australia and is currently undertaking the CPA program. Before joining Gateway, he worked with a number of small Brisbane based accountancy firms.
Phil Jensen
Client Service Team Leader
Phil has re-joined our Gateway team this year as manager of the Client Services Team.
Neil Roberts
Client Service Team
Originally from Cambridge, England, Neil moved to Brisbane in 2007 and lives in West End.
After completing his education at a business college in England, Neil worked for 10 years as a warehouse manager for a supermarket chain.
Joseph del Rosario
Client Service Team
New to the Gateway team in 2012, Joseph has six years’ experience in customer service, prior to this he studied network engineering.
Tony Fookes
Client Service Team
Tony joined Gateway Financial Partners in 2011 as a valued member of our client services team. Tony’s previous experiences in the banking and telecommunication sector have provided him with excellent communications skills enabling him to fulfil his role within our proactive company.
Dee Willey
Administrator
Denise has been an integral part of the Gateway team for 6 years and plays an important part in the smooth 'day to day' operations of the administration within our company. Dee enjoys being part of our friendly team and is always willing to help both her colleagues and clients wherever possible.
Samantha Bennett
Administrator
Samantha is the newest member of the Gateway team and a fresh face to the accounting industry. Sam brings with her a variety of administrative skills gained through previous experiences such as efficient use of software and reporting. Sam has refined her client services skills having worked as a Major Account Manager (Admin) within an apprenticeship centre, she has developed communication skills to a high level liaising with both State and Federal Governments as well as National clients
Johnny Grohovaz
Excess Fee Specialist
B.Sc., BA, MBA, LLM
Johnny pioneered a web-based system that significantly reduces excess fees "big bank" clients may be paying. Gateway offers a service using this custom-built system. The fee savings service is available to individuals or organisations with large databases of potential customers. The offering is set up to comply with the APES 230 standard.