David Drake

David is our Tax Specialist and has worked in the tax and accounting field since 1982. David spent several years early in his career working in the ATO. He joined the Abbotts Group in 1997 and became a Partner of the practice in July 2000. His responsibilities include staff training and quality review.

David holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Western Australia, he is a Chartered Accountant, a registered Tax Agent and a Chartered Tax Adviser. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law from Curtin University and a Certificate in Financial Planning from the Securities Institute of Australia. David enjoys building strong long term client relationships and being able to assist them through both the good and not so good times.

As well as solving compliance issues, David has assisted clients in many aspects of their business and personal lives. He enjoys the challenges of keeping his and the Abbotts team’s knowledge and skills up to date in a world of constant change.

David is married with two children and enjoys water sports, golf, cycling and going to the gym.