Staff Profile: Craig Nevatt

Staff Profile: Craig Nevatt

The early years

In 2002 shortly after the Palmerston North firm of PwC split away from the international firm, Craig Nevatt moved to the Auckland office of PwC, continuing to work in Business Advisory. However, Craig soon realised he missed the opportunity to be more involved in his client’s businesses.

In late 2005, Craig was seconded to Elders New Zealand to assist with the sale of 50% of the business to Elders Australia. He met the then-owners of Elders New Zealand, Eric Spencer and Stuart Chapman.

Spencer and Chapman offered Craig a job as the Financial Controller of their private investment company, Sredle New Zealand. Craig’s interest and skills in the dairy industry developed from this opportunity.

Agribiz and the dairy industry

Time evolved, and Craig became involved in overseeing the management of Sredle’s 550-ha dairy farm in Northland and is a Director of Chilterra S.A., a 4,000-ha dairy farming company based in the south of Chile.

In early 2013, Craig and Sredle came to an agreement whereby Craig formed his own business advisory and chartered accountant practice but continued to provide contract CFO and accounting services to Sredle and its subsidiaries, and hence Agribiz Consulting was born. The relationship with the principals of Sredle continues today.

Craig was appointed to the part-time role of contract CFO for Dairy Farms NZ in November 2015, which now owned five dairy farms in Southland and two in South Canterbury. This appointment further broadened Craig’s skills and experience in the dairy industry.

Drumm Nevatt & Associates

In October 2016, Craig Nevatt joined forces with Bernie Drumm and Drumm Nevatt & Associates (DNA) was born.

Craig and the DNA team ensure you receive high-quality professional advice and ongoing support to help your business thrive.

“We aim to inspire people to build better businesses, to help our clients have a purpose in building their businesses – to grow and succeed”.

DNA provides business essential products and services for your business

• Financial Accounting
• Tax Compliance
• Management Accounting
• Coaching
• Business Planning
• Forecasting

Drumm Nevatt & Associates Limited are a well-established Chartered Accountancy firm based in Tauranga and Howick, Auckland.

“Our vision is to be the most preferred Chartered Accountants, to develop personal relationships and go the extra mile to help our clients sleep at night”.

Are you ready to talk to a professional, progressive, and innovative accountancy firm about how we can build your business?

Then let’s chat.