Experience

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  Borellas Chartered Accountants

  • Level 6, 110 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Principal

    • 2012 - Present
    • Level 6, 110 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Advice on business structuring including taxation issues.

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  Gateway Partners Group

  • Sydney & London

  • Associate Director

    • 2007 - 2012
    • Sydney & London

    As a result of my combined high level accounting and taxation skills when coupled with my experience with a wide range of business transactions, I performed a troubleshooting role for the Gateway Partners Group – such role which encompassed work on the major clients of the Group out of both the S...

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  Wallace & Barrow

  • Professional Accounting Practice Partner

    • 1995 - 2007

    Although an extent of time was devoted to involvement in customary compliance accounting and income tax related work for clients of the firm, significant amounts of time were devoted to the following special assignments: • Consultancy projects in relation to the establishment of a general ledge...

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  Corporate Impacts Group

  • Financial Controller

    • 1992 - 1994

    Following the winning of a major Commonwealth government contract resulting in a quadrupling of personnel and revenues on the part of a private client, overall responsibility for the concept design and subsequent creation of a new and fully integrated contract accounting system including implemen...

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  Wallace & Barrow

  • Sydney

  • Professional Accounting Practice Partner

    • 1984 - 1991
    • Sydney

    Whilst some time was devoted clients in what would be regarded as the traditional SME sector, more significant elements of time were devoted to special assignments - examples of which being the following:• Flotation of public companies and participation, as a Board member, in Boards of publicly ...

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  Ernst & Whinney (now part of Ernst & Young)

  • Senior Audit Manager

    • 1982 - 1983

    Transferred back to Sydney office of the firm to become the audit executive in charge of major clients of the firm in that office (all such clients being publicly listed entities) with those clients engaged in the following business areas:• Oil exploration• Retailing• Finance

  • Audit Supervisor

    • 1981 - 1982

    As part of a program specifically for targeted employees of the firm and being an extractive industries specialist, transferred to the Houston office of the firm specifically for the purpose of working on clients engaged in the oil exploration industry. Involvement in, at audit executive level, the audit and special assignments on a major US independent oil and gas exploration corporation – Amino USA inc. which reported annual profits of US$200 million and had assets in excess of US$1.5 billion.

  • Senior Audit Manager

    • 1977 - 1981

    Principal involvement as the Ernst & Whinney audit executive responsible for audits conducted into Clutha Development Pty Ltd – the then second largest coal miner in Australia. Special investigations and negotiations with respect to the merger/acquisition of Clutha Development Pty Ltd by BP Australia from the Daniel K Ludwig Group. Other special investigations with respect to the financial aspects of the joint venture participation by BP Australia together with Oakridge Limited in the development of the Clarence Underground Colliery project. As a result of such experience, becoming extractive industries specialist for the firm.Other responsibilities included:• Administration and planning of an audit group comprising 20 accounting professional staff;• Participation as a senior leader in the firm’s formal professional development program;• Personnel co-ordinator of the Ernst & Whinney international exchange program involving the transfer of targeted employees of the US firm working for a period in the Australian firm; and• Tutor, for three years, in the Professional Year Program conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

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  Riverina Machinery Group (a multi location fran...

  • Financial Controller

    • 1976 - 1977

    Responsible for the total financial administration and associated financial reporting of the group. Implementation of a monthly financial reporting and cash flow monitoring for multi locations and profit centres.

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  Ernst & Whinney (now part of Ernst & Yo...

  • Sydney

  • Audit Senior

    • 1973 - 1976
    • Sydney

    Performance of audit and accountancy assignments in the areas of a significant life company including its property development arm (AXA now merged with AMP), a major wool buying entity and organisations in the licensed club industry. Special assignments regarding the consolidation of a major list...