Practice history

GHR Accounting Group carries on the accounting practice initially established by Garry Gleeson in the early 1970’s, when Garry, formerly a life insurance agent, decided to provide taxation preparation services to individuals and partnerships. As the business grew, Garry enlisted the services of Robert ‘Bob’ Gordon to provide further services for companies and trust clients of the practice. Bob’s son David came on board in 1988 and the practice became known as Gleeson & Gordon. Bob decided to continue as a sole practitioner in 1991; in April 1992 Ian Rae was employed with the intention of becoming a partner in the practice. In July 1993 Garry Gleeson retired from the practice. In July 1996 Brian Hrnjak became a partner and the business was rebranded as Gordon Hrnjak & Rae. With the acquisition of the accounting practices of Beale Gaertner & Young and W A Nunn & Co in July 2001, and G C Olsen & Co in September 2002, GHR Group Pty Ltd was established along with the introduction of Bernadette Gore and Barbara Scott into the business as stakeholders. The current entity was established in 2006 to merge the operations of all businesses under a combined banner. Brad Cuss replaced Bernadette Gore in 2010 to become the newest partner at GHR. The firm has consistently ranked in BRW’s Top 100 Accounting Practices in Australia and today continues to offer taxation and accounting services from its office in Mona Vale on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The practice has recently established a presence in Sydney in the AMP tower to cater for the needs of its city clientele.

Our sister company, GHR Financial Planning Pty Ltd was established in 1993 to cater for the financial planning needs of the accounting clients of the practice. The company became a corporate respresentative of COUNT Financial Group until July 2000 when the Directors of the company in conjunction with nine other financial planning practices created Premium Wealth Management Ltd (formerly Premium Accounting Group Ltd). Premium holds an Australian Financial Services Licence, issued by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) number 237498. The Practice is now a Corporate Authorised Representative of Premium.