Our Team
Nicole Watson, CA, CPA, TEP
Owner/Founder
Born in Chetwynd, BC, raised in Kamloops, BC and moved to Kelowna in 2003. She has played soccer for 30 years and is currently still playing.
Nicole worked as Senior Manager at KPMG for 20 years specializing in tax planning services. She founded Watson CPA in 2022 to focus on providing specialized tax planning services to her clients along with working with other CPA firms. Her specialized tax services include restructuring the business, transitioning the family business to the next generation, mergers and acquisitions, sales of your business, estate planning, and real estate, as well as a client focused approach to your annual accounting and tax compliance needs.
Nicole is heavily involved in various organizations including Treasurer and Academy soccer coach of Kelowna Youth Soccer Association, President of Kelowna Estate Planning Society, Member of Canadian Tax Foundation, Society of Estates and Trusts Practitioners (“STEP”) and KGH Planned Giving Society and teaches tax courses at Okanagan College.
In her free time, Nicole enjoys walking, hiking, soccer and drinking wine.
Phone:236-420-6886 Email:nicole@watsoncpaservices.ca
Sara Regier
Operations Manager
Born in the small town of Humboldt, SK, raised in Airdrie, AB and moved to Kelowna, BC in 2006. She played hockey for 20 years along with soccer, basketball and softball.
Sara graduated from Okanagan College in 2010 earning her Business Administration Diploma majoring in Management.
Sara and Nicole met while worked together at KPMG. Although, she spent the last eight years raising her kids, she is excited to be back working with Nicole. Her prior work experience, as office manager and coordinating KPMG’s big office relocation, perfectly aligns with her position. Sara is responsible for IT related items and purchasing equipment, software, hiring and onboarding employees, office processes, system organization and all business operations requirements. Sara also oversees the office and completes general tax related item.
In her free time, Sara enjoys spending time with her husband and three boys. She enjoys camping, playing games, spending time with friends and family and is an avid homebody.
Phone:236-420-6887 Email:sara@watsoncpaservices.ca
Nghi “Nee” Ho, CPA, CA
Associate
Born and raised in Vietnam, Nghi moved to the Okanagan in 1999. Nghi joined our firm as an associate in November 2022. She has been working in accounting firms/public practice for over 15 years (11 years with KPMG and 4 years with a local firm) with primary focus on providing accounting and tax services to small-medium size companies as well as personal tax services.
Nghi began her accounting career and earned her CPA, CA designation at KPMG, where she gained extensive corporate and personal accounting and tax experience. She has worked alongside some of the most knowledgeable and experienced chartered professional accountants and has had valuable exposure to a wide range of industries.
Nghi also taught accounting courses at the Okanagan College as a term professor between 2012 - 2014. She returned to public practice full time in 2015. She is committed to providing exceptional services to clients with her knowledge, experience and dedication to the field.
In her free time, Nghi enjoys outdoors activities (running, walking, hiking), cooking (trying new recipes) and spending time with family and friends.
Phone:236-420-6845 Email:nghi@watsoncpaservices.ca
Rhiannon Jones
Office Accounting Technician
Born in Nuneaton, England and immigrated to Kelowna, BC in 2006. She competed provincially and nationally in karate and plays flute professionally.
Rhiannon graduated from the University of Victoria with a bachelor’s in music and a business minor. She then played golf professionally while completing the accounting and bookkeeping certificate at Okanagan College.
Rhiannon worked at Tommy Guns Corporate Office as a bookkeeper until moving to Watson CPA Services to learn more about accounting principles. Rhiannon is responsible for internal bookkeeping, setting up client files and preparing accounting documents.
When not at working, Rhiannon enjoys spending time playing music and going on walks with her dog.
Phone:236-420-6788 Email:rhiannon@watsoncpaservices.ca
Mandy Gold-Bourget
Administrative Assistant
Born and raised in Kamloops, BC and moved to Kelowna, BC in 2015.
Mandy graduated from Sprott-Shaw College in 2009 earning her Administrative Assistant Certificate. From 2015-2020, she studied nutrition with a focus on mental health. Mandy is often the first face you’ll see in the office. She is responsible for all our administrative needs and keeps us on top of things.
In her free time Mandy enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter. She enjoys gardening, cooking, camping, and hiking.
Phone:236-420-6954 Email:mandy@watsoncpaservices.ca
Marlys Kaufhold, CPA
Senior Manager
Born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Marlys moved to Kelowna in 2010, following her graduation from the University of Saskatchewan, where she obtained a Bachelor of Commerce. Marlys has over 11 years of accounting experience, of which 6 of those years were spent working with KPMG.
Marlys began her accounting career while working for a local property developer, where she gained significant knowledge in the construction, property management and property development industries. It was under the guidance and mentorship of the CFO at the time that she began to pursue her CPA designation and was able to make the move to KPMG, where she completed and earned her designation. While working for KPMG Marlys gained extensive knowledge in corporate and personal accounting, tax compliance, tax planning and specialized tax services, as well as, exposure to a wide range of industries. She is currently in her third year of the CPA in-depth tax program which will further enable her to provide specialized tax services to her clients.
Marlys is heavily involved in the Kelowna ringette community. She began playing ringette at the age of 9 and continues to play today. She coaches multiple teams each season and is a member of the Kelowna Ringette Association board of directors, as the Director for U14 Club to Open. She was named coach of the year for U14 and up for the 2022/2023 season.
In her free time, Marlys enjoys camping, fishing, paddle boarding, spending time with friends and family, trying new local restaurants, ringette, reading and drinking whiskey.
Phone:236-420-7254 Email:marlys@watsoncpaservices.ca
Anthony Carrigan CPA
Born in Plymouth, England, Anthony moved to Canada in 2002 having lived and worked mostly in and around London UK.
After graduating in economics at City University, he joined a London accounting firm and went on to become an English FCA. He has worked both in the profession and in commerce, becoming familiar with a wide variety of people, businesses, and industries including senior financial positions with some multi-nationals. On arrival in Vancouver, Canada, and being a keen boater, Anthony soon joined a sailing club and became a fully qualified skipper and also owned and managed a local retail marine store.
In 2014, he and his Swiss wife moved to Kelowna where he returned to professional accounting and tax work commencing as a personal tax professional. He then joined an accounting firm in Lake Country BC dealing with a wide variety of personal and business clients on all aspects of tax and accounting whilst also working towards his CPA qualification. Anthony enjoys problem solving and developing good understandings of clients and their activities to build positive relationships.
They both enjoy traveling, music, walking and cycling the many trails and local wineries that the Okanagan has to offer. With family in Vancouver, occasional weekend visits are firm favorites during most of the year now accompanied by their bicycles. Other travels include the UK, Switzerland, USA, Europe, Hawaii, Panama and Mexico.
Phone:236-420-5067 Email:anthony@watsoncpaservices.ca
