David combines his experience as a business leader and a practitioner in public practice of more than 40 years in his role leading the association of independent firms that make up Hall Chadwick nationally. He also serves in a consulting capacity at Hall Chadwick Melbourne of which he was a founding director.

David has had a significant impact on the firm’s service deliverables as we see them today. First and foremost, he led the Audit and Assurance, and the Accounting Services practices. Through his extensive network of local and international professional connections, David helped shaped the firm’s service offering to Asian markets most particularly in the Indian, Sri Lankan and Vietnamese business communities.

David has mentored a significant number of the firm’s graduate and junior accountants to senior positions. He currently mentors a number of young accountants as they undertake their CA professional year. He has also played a prominent role in practice management, marketing and strategy.

David holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University, is a Fellow of the CPA, an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, a Registered Company Auditor and a Registered Superannuation Fund Auditor. In addition David was a Registered Tax Agent, a former Foundation Peer Reviewer for CPA Australia and past member of CPA’s Quality Review Assurance Committee (QRAC).

Contributing to the community is a value of great importance to David. He is a past Chairman, President and Treasurer of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation Incorporation; Past Treasurer and Board Member of Hadassah Australia and a past honorary auditor for the Alopecia Support Association.

David currently advises C-Care, a volunteer-driven organization which seeks to improve the lives of individuals living in isolation and need. David is a past board member of Channel 31 Community Television and currently acts as liaison Director between a number of local Indigenous organizations and the firm.

Eunice Tong specialises in tax and joined the Hall Chadwick Division in 2012.

In a career spanning 20 years, Eunice started as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, moving to business services before finally making the decision to specialise in tax in 2005. Eunice is qualified as a Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Tax Advisor (TIA), and completed her Master of Tax with the University of Sydney in 2005.

Eunice has broad experience in tax, business services, and audit and this “gives me the ability to speak the language of an auditor, an accountant, and a tax advisor. I have leveraged this ability to successfully support clients holistically to manage their taxation, audit and accounting issues with practical commercial solutions, rather than just a solution for tax. This also enabled me to identify and assist with non-tax issues that arise for clients (such as a need for audit, accounting and due diligence) and assist them with their entire business”.

Eunice provides specialist tax advice in a wide range of areas, including income tax, GST, small business CGT concessions, CGT rollovers, tax consolidations, employee share schemes, restructuring, international tax planning and transfer pricing, reporting for significant global entities, payroll tax, landholder duties, and also provides tax due diligence services, to a broad range of industries and micro to large listed businesses.

Eunice regularly presents at professional groups to educate practitioners on current topics and provide tax updates, including tax implications of liquidations, international transactions and latest ATO activities and reviews.

Kay has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 2001 and has served as the Managing Partner at Sungjee Accounting Corp since 2005.  From 1993 to 1998, he worked at Samsung C&T, gaining extensive experience in global business operations.  Additionally, from 2005 to 2007, he served as CFO at a company based in Berlin, Germany, where he developed a deep understanding of European business culture and corporate management.  With extensive expertise in accounting and financial consulting, Kay provides strategic financial insights, audit services , and international business advisory support.

Kay emphasises accessibility, quickness, and a strong sense of engagement when working with clients, which is also the very corporate culture embodied by Sungjee.