About Us

Making the benefits of the tax system available to all

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Our mission

Making the benefits of the tax system available to all.

We are a group of accountants, tax experts, marketers, and technology innovators united by a common belief that to truly support New Zealand, we must empower its businesses. By bringing the finest elements of the accounting, compliance and technology worlds together, we aspire to foster the growth of Kiwi businesses and those who support them.

With Taxi, we are making the benefits of  New Zealand’s tax system available to all, levelling the playing field for businesses of every size.

Our Team

Here to help your business

Nicola Taylor
Nicola Taylor
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Co-founder

Lawyer and tax-tech entrepreneur on a mission for justice, equity, and a tax system that works for everyone. Co-founder of Tax Traders and Taxi.

Josh Taylor
Josh Taylor
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Co-founder

Co-founder of Tax Traders and now Taxi, reshaping provisional tax for NZ businesses and using technology for profitability, efficiency, and social good.

Dan Faris
Dan Faris
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Co-CEO

Driven product leader, dedicated to building human-centred businesses that are a force for good. Expert in taking defining insights to commercially-successful reality.

Tim Kirkpatrick

A Co-CEO of Tax Traders and Chartered Accountant. Tim has been a driving force behind Taxi with his considerable tax pooling and accounting expertise.

Allen Liu
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Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Developer, building software since 2009. Keeps the tools you use every day and the services quietly behind them simply working.

Amelia Hooper
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Group Head of Marketing

Strategic, people-focused marketer and leader, using technology and communications to build better ways of working and drive positive change.

Brodie Sutton
Brodie Sutton
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Group Marketing Manager

Took Taxi through its launch and now covers marketing for the wider Taxi and Tax Traders group, with a knack for building systems that keep paying off over time.

Carla Haugh
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People Lead

People Lead with a passion for wellbeing at work and real depth of empathy. Looks after the people who build, run and answer the phones for Taxi.

Chloe Kyrke-Smith (CA)
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Head of Product

Head of Product and Chartered Accountant, with 15 years building technology for accountants and an eye for the problem actually worth solving.

Duncan Rumbold
Duncan Rumbold
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Software Development Lead

Experienced Technology Lead and architect of the Taxi application and digital infrastructure. Leads Taxi's development with technical expertise and empathy.

Ellisha Houghton
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Workplace Experience Specialist

People and culture specialist who turns our values into everyday practice, because looking after people properly is what makes the work good.

Hamish MacDonald
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Client Solutions Expert

Your first port of call for any question, with a talent for finding simple answers to complicated problems. Also leads our scholarship and charity work.

Hannah Cave
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Marketing Coordinator

Marketing Coordinator with a love of organisation and an eye for detail, keeping Taxi's message clear, current and focused on the goal.

Libby O'Toole
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Customer Experience Specialist

User experience specialist with a background in customer success and financial services, here to make Taxi simple right from your first click.

Logan Jessop
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Client Solutions Expert

Client solutions expert with start-up product and strategy experience, on a mission to put good financial tools in the hands of every Kiwi business.

Melissa Stehlik
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Group Finance Director

Leads Taxi's finance team, bringing 10 years of finance experience to the group's cash flow, P&L and financial strategy.

Sam Ahn
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Senior Software Developer

Full-stack developer with 19 years across fintech, government and media. A designer first, so he weighs up the person on the other end, not just the code.

Sony Pradhan
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Senior QA

Quality assurance and business analyst, with 13 years across banking, healthcare and fintech. Makes sure what we build works the way you expect.

Tara Daly
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Head of People & Culture

Builds a workplace where people are set up to do their best work. Also a driving force behind our sustainability work and B Corp certification.

Tom Stehlik
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Chief Information Officer

Experienced IT leader and security architect, responsible for protecting your business information and governing the technology behind Taxi.

We’re here to give NZ a multi-billion dollar boost to productivity

Imagine what could happen when we unlock $17 billion of unused taxpayer funds and place them into the hands of hard-working and ambitious Kiwi business owners, like you. We're determined to cut overdraft expenses up to 50% for every business across the nation.

At Taxi, we're driven by the knowledge that cash flow management is the most pressing concern for businesses.
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Together, we're empowering New Zealand's growth and providing the tools for success to every tax-paying business.

Learn more about how we're set to change the Kiwi business funding landscape by reading NZ Institute of Economic Research's report on the benefits of Taxi.