Experience

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  DRP Consulting Pty Ltd

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Director, Trusted Advisor, Chartered Accountant, Chartered Taxation Advisor, ...

    • Apr 1990 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Established in 1990, DRP Consulting Pty Ltd (previously trading as David Polonsky & Co) provides business advisory and professional services for various private clients in Melbourne.Specialties:> accounting and compliance> income tax and capital gains tax (CGT)> financial reporting a...

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  BioGrid Australia Ltd

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Non Executive Director, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    In 2009 BioGrid became an independent not-for-profit company limited by guarantee with deductible gift recipient status. It's members are health services, universities and research institutes represented by 40 institutions representing 79 sites across every Australian state and the ACT. This ...

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  Coraggio

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Advisory Board Member - Accounting

    • Jul 2019 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Established in 2011, Coraggio is a well-established community that thrives from the collective knowledge and expertise of our chairs and board members. We provide peer-to-peer mentoring, bringing private business owners who are at various stages of their company's lifecycle together to share,...

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  Spirit of Australia Foundation

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Non Executive Director - Finance, Governance

    • Sep 2018 - Present
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Established in 2005, the Spirit of Australia Foundation (SoAF) was established to remember and commemorate Australia’s heritage. The aim is to educate Australians, especially school students, about great Australian role models who have made a significant contribution to our country in a variety o...

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  Moore Stephens Victoria formerly Nexia Australia

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Business Advisory Director and Trusted Advisor

    • Sep 2011 - Nov 2017
    • Melbourne, Australia

    I merged my Chartered Accounting Practice trading as David Polonsky & Co with Nexia ASR (as it was pre-change of network affiliations to Moore Stephens in October 2015) and was appointed as a Director in the Business Advisory division.Moore Stephens services clients from small to medium enter...

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  Bourne Griffiths

  • Melbourne

  • Business Services Manager

    • Nov 1986 - Apr 1990
    • Melbourne

    Established in the 1980's, Bourne Griffiths was a reputable chartered accounting and advisory firm specialising in accounting, compliance, income tax and superannuation to high net wealth families and SMEs.Tasks> providing advisory services> accounting, income tax and superannuation advice

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  EY

  • Melbourne

  • Business Services and Tax Accountant

    • Nov 1983 - Nov 1986
    • Melbourne

    Worked with Arthur Young that was later merged with Ernst and Whinney which became EY in 1989.Tasks> business advisory, accounting, income tax and superannuation advicehttps://www.ey.com

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  KPMG

  • Melbourne

  • Audit Assistant

    • 1981 - 1983
    • Melbourne

    Worked with Touche Ross which was later merged with KPMG.Tasks> junior member of the audit teamhttps://kpmg.com.au