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Our Team

In July 1995 Foster & Company (established in 1978) and Raffan & Company (established in 1992) merged to establish Foster Raffan. 

In addition to Taxation, Accounting and Compliance Service, the Partners' areas of special interest and expertise are:

  • Graeme McLean - tax planning and advice and financial planning (investment advice and management). His career in tax started in 1977 with Price Waterhouse in Sydney. He joined Ernst & Young as a senior tax manager in 1986. 
  • George Raffan - business improvement, valuations, mergers, acquisitions and disposals. A partner in Coopers & Lybrand, Johannesburg, from 1973 (audit) and then in Ernst & Young in Sydney (business services) from 1986. 
  • Doug Wood - audit and valuations, mergers, acquisitions and disposals. He was an audit partner in Coopers & Lybrand in Papua New Guinea from 1985 and in Chatswood from 1989. 

The Partners by are supported by 2 administration staff and 3 Teams of 4 or 5.

A Team typically consists of a Team Leader, a Senior Accountant and 2 or 3 Trainee Accountants.

The Team Leaders and Senior Accountants are qualified Chartered Accountants (CAs) or Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) with commerce/business degrees. The Trainee Accountants are commerce/business graduates who are in the process if qualifying as CAs.