Experience

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  McDonald Vague Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Senior Insolvency Manager

    • Mar 2016 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Responsible for managing business recovery assignments; liquidations and Receiverships and advise on other business matters.

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  David Taylforth Limited

  • Auckland and Bay of Plenty region

  • Director

    • Jan 1992 - Mar 2016
    • Auckland and Bay of Plenty region

    Insolvency consultant handling Receiverships and liquidations for a range of businesses in the construction industry, wine industry, education sector, and transport.Chartered Accountant providing Business advisory services and tax advise to a range of clients in the building industry, manufacturing, hospitality service industry and retail sectors.Responsible for a range of insolvency receiverships and liquidations, business financial advise, financial statement preparation and reporting, cash flow budgetting, forecasting, finance applications to lenders, tax advice and tax reporting for a range of companies, partnerships and sole traders

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  McGrath Nicol

  • Associate director

    • Oct 2007 - Oct 2008

    Managed the finalisation of the liquidation of the HIH Insurance collapse- a significant insurance liquidation

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  Mc Donald Vague

  • Auckland

  • Insolvency Manager

    • Feb 2005 - Oct 2008
    • Auckland

    Insolvency Manager responsible for various Receivership and liquidation assignments involved in the construction, motor vehicle, hospitality, apartment rentals, timber industry and a court appointed liquidation in the dairy industry

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  Ernst & Young

  • Auckland

  • Audit Manager

    • Jan 1976 - Mar 1983
    • Auckland

    Audit Manager responsible for public and private company audits for the Auckland office from 1981 to 1983. Previously in the audit team and spent two years on secondment to Ernst & Young, Jakarta, Indonesia and then to an associate firm in Bermuda for one year