About Us

Prior to immigrating to Australia Leslie was the Financial Controller for a large multinational automotive part manufacturing company. In his working life he has held various senior positions in both commerce and public practice. He has been married for 33 years and has 3 daughters and a son. Leslie is both an Australian Chartered Accountant as well as a South African Chartered Accountant; he was also a Chartered Tax Adviser with the Australian Tax Institute until cancelling his registration a few years ago. He is also a registered SMSF auditor, and recently completed his Master’s degree in Taxation. He has a keen interest in helping business owners grow their businesses, believing that their success is his success. He is the founding partner of North City Accounting which he started in about 2012 from scratch and without purchasing clients from other accounting firms. The experience he gained from building his own business has proven very valuable to his clients.


He enjoys the sport of judo and has represented Australia internationally (2023 World Championships – silver medal) and represented Western Australia multiple times in National Judo competitions.(Australian National Champion in age and weight division – 2012 and 2024)

Prior to immigrating to Australia in 2009, Bernadette was the Personal Assistant to the Executive Provincial Manager of one of the big four banks in South Africa. Prior to this she spent more than 20 years in the financial services and accounting industry where she built up a reputation for being exceptionally competent and reliable. Bernadette has now been with North City Accounting for the last 4 years and works together with her husband, Leslie Clarke as Practice Manager at the Joondalup branch.
Bernadette’s competence and reliability as well as her friendly nature has made her an asset to the business and clients often rely heavily on her abilities.

Peter has been with the North City team for 8 years after previously managing an accounting office. There are clients who have trusted Peter for well over a decade with their personal taxation needs. Peter prides himself on understanding our clients and helping them with all their tax accounting challenges and strategies. As a Joondalup resident for over 30 years Peter is well established and trusted within the local community and is a regular presenter to local groups and at shareholder meetings. He enjoys bringing his wealth of lifetime experience to the North City Accounting team.

Jacob has more than 10 years of experience providing accounting, auditing and advisory to both private and public companies. His expertise has been around the construction, property development and manufacturing industries. Jacob currently focusses on performing accounting and taxation, and business advisory services for his valued client in different industries including but not limited to hospitality, health care and professional service.

Jacob is a professional with extensive experience professionally in governance, risk management, forensic and business management. At the beginning of his career, Jacob worked for “Top Tier” accounting firm Ernst and Young and BDO that built up his professional knowledge and skills to be an advisor across all industries.