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Who stands behind Monsoon

Monsoon was developed by people who do audit and accounting work, together with a technical team that builds and runs the platform. This page sets out where it came from, who is responsible for it and how to reach them.

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Who will support us, and who is accountable?

Monsoon is developed and supported by confirm: PEAQ (Pty) Ltd?. RAiN Chartered Accountants Inc. provides engagement support to firms that want it. Your firm reviews and signs off.

  • For the platform and its certifications

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  • For licences and contracts

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  • For support

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  • For engagement support

    RAiN Chartered Accountants Inc., on Route 3. confirm

  • For review and sign-off

    Your firm, under your quality management system.

Our story

The aim was practical: to let professionals test more completely and spend their time on judgement rather than on repetitive procedures – while keeping review and sign-off where they belong.

Monsoon originated within RAiN Chartered Accountants, a South African audit and advisory firm, where it was first used on the firm's own engagements. confirm: legal ownership of Monsoon; role of PEAQ as the Monsoon entity; contracting entity for licences

RAiN was founded in 1995 by Ian Pierce as an independent practice and adopted the RAiN Chartered Accountants name in 2016. confirm: dates and wording; resolve "21-year-old firm" in the storyline vs 1995 founding The firm began investing in technology in 2022 and in 2025 acquired an IT engineering business with more than 25 years' experience. confirm: dates and whether to name the business

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Monsoon is developed and supported by confirm: PEAQ (Pty) Ltd?. It originated within RAiN Chartered Accountants Inc., which remains its first user. RAiN also provides engagement support to firms using Monsoon.
  1. 1995 confirmFounded by Ian Pierce as an independent practice
  2. 2016 confirmAdopts the RAiN Chartered Accountants name
  3. 2022 confirmBegins investing in technology
  4. 2025 confirmAcquires an IT engineering business
  5. confirm yearMonsoon first used on RAiN engagements
  6. confirm yearISO/IEC 27001 and 42001 certification

The team

The people responsible for Monsoon, by name and role. confirm: consent to publish names, photos and profiles

People responsible for Monsoon
NameRoleBackgroundProfile
Lenske Höllconfirm: titleconfirm: qualifications and relevant experienceLinkedIn confirm URL
Brian Whitakerconfirm: title; PEAQ roleconfirmLinkedIn confirm URL
Jacqueline Steinschadenconfirm: titleconfirmLinkedIn confirm URL
confirm: technical lead nameTechnical leadconfirm: engineering team experienceLinkedIn confirm URL
confirm: professional lead / partner nameProfessional leadconfirm: CA(SA) / RA, audit experienceLinkedIn confirm URL

Affiliations

RAiN Chartered Accountants is a member firm of MSI Global Alliance, an international alliance of independent legal and accounting firms. This membership is RAiN's. MSI Global Alliance does not endorse or distribute Monsoon. confirm: approved MSI description and logo-use rules; whether to show at all

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