Newest Partners and Associate Directors 2021

“An entrepreneurial spirit combined with a direct market approach seemed like a great fit with the business-oriented and client-focused values at BDO. We are a firm that genuinely supports its people and believes in a set of values that enable business opportunities to progress in an ethical way.

My role at BDO involves using my previous experiences and talents to work with my colleagues to develop our projects and infrastructure expertise into a national practice with the expertise and capacity to work across the project spectrum for any size engagement. We have started strong with new engagements in Queensland and an extremely busy first six months for our Sydney office, where we have won several major mandates.

With a focus on training and developing capability from inside BDO and providing a platform where the best talent in the market aspires to work, I enjoy being part of a close team that deeply cares about clients and each other.”

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“Throughout my expansive career in intelligence and cyber security, my focus has been to achieve great outcomes for the organisations I support. This was one of the main attractions leading me to join BDO, as I experienced first-hand the level of care and attention BDO demonstrated, especially in comparison to other service providers.

Since joining BDO, I’ve come to learn this is true for all the service lines, with ‘people helping people’ as the principle in mind for every client and engagement.

I feel lucky to join a team of highly qualified and experienced individuals with a great attitude, who work cohesively as a team to help deliver the best result for every client. I find this to be a rare quality in itself, and I’m excited to help grow our cyber security capability and continue to provide great outcomes for clients.”

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“I have always thrived on helping clients own, operate, and expand organisations they are proud of. While I assist clients across various industries, my passion is the Food & Agribusiness industry (pre and post farm gate). This stems from being raised on a cattle farm in South East Queensland, which provided valuable insight into rural life. As a Partner, I look forward to leading and developing an exceptional Business Services Food & Agribusiness team who are equally passionate about helping people in the sector.

Driven by the relationships I foster with clients and staff through understanding who they are, I provide solution-focused guidance to develop and deliver on their organisational, family and individual goals in a collaborative, respectful and practical manner. As a Partner at BDO, I am excited to combine my leadership and agribusiness passions to create tangible outcomes for industry, clients and staff.”

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“I am passionate about creating relationships with business owners and entrepreneurs by providing expertise to help them achieve their business and personal goals. As a Partner in Business Services at BDO, I strive to deliver ideas that create value to clients through my tax and advisory expertise and by collaborating with my BDO colleagues locally and across the global BDO network.

My personal experience as part of a multigenerational family business drives me to deliver the same exceptional standard of advice and support that has helped my family throughout the years. I’m proud to be part of BDO and work with a group of exceptionally talented people. At BDO, we truly live our values every day and provide a culture that supports our people to grow and achieve their dreams. As a Partner, I aim to uphold these values and encourage the people around me to be their very best.”

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“I am passionate about supporting clients with their financial reporting needs. COVID-19 has certainly created a number of challenges, but also great opportunities when it comes to enhancing and streamlining corporate reporting. My objective is to continue the growth of the audit and assurance practice while developing innovative solutions and approaches that can provide added value for clients.

BDO's value of #Strive particularly resonated with me. I’m looking forward to being part of a firm that focuses on delivering the best possible outcomes to clients and takes pride in the quality of the services offered. I am also excited to be working on collaborative projects where I can bring my knowledge and experience learnt across Asia-Pacific and Europe to help our people to learn and grow.”

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“Returning to BDO was an easy decision for me – I’ve spent the majority of my career here, having started out as a graduate at BDO. When this opportunity came up, knowing the culture, along with the growth aspirations of the firm and the strong support from management to achieve our objectives, it was the obvious choice for me.

My goal is to lead a dedicated team focused on advising private business and their owners on their complex tax advisory needs to realise value. I’m also driven by seeing my team members realise their potential, so I’ll be working to provide the platform and opportunities for their career goals to be achieved.

I’m passionate about diversity & inclusion, and true collaboration. I believe we get the best of BDO when we bring unique viewpoints together to help solve clients’ problems, deliver great service and provide clients with real value.”

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“Since working as a detailer whilst completing university I’ve always loved the automotive industry. I’ve been fortunate enough to advise some of Australia’s leading motor dealer groups through the acquisition and disposal of businesses as well as complex tax and succession related matters.

After more than a decade working across Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne and being fortunate to reach partnership at a global accounting firm, I made the decision to join BDO’s market-leading automotive practice in order to focus on my passion of privately owned businesses.

I’m most excited to leverage the opportunities provided by a national practice that is wholly focused on the private and middle markets, valuing these relationships that are so critical to success.”

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“As a Partner I am passionate about helping my clients by being involved in all facets of their business, whether that be helping them to navigate through the complexities of the tax landscape, providing my views on broader business issues or co-developing commercial solutions. Importantly, my focus is on working with other leaders of the practice to instil the spirit of partnership and helping our people to develop and nurture their talents so they can aspire to reach their own professional and personal goals.

I’m excited to join BDO to continue to drive excellence in all we do, help our team deliver on our shared vision and strategy by living our values and injecting energy so we have fun and create a legacy for the next wave of business leaders.”

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“After a short hiatus, I am back at BDO – where I’ve spent more than thirty years of my working life. BDO is still a great place to work and provides an environment that offers opportunities for people to shine.

Now, I am focused to ensure that while we may be fast-growing, we continue to retain the culture that allows us to make an impact. I want to assist with providing a workplace that is fun to work at and nurturing at the same time. To create a firm that has a great reputation in the market, not just for its service to clients, but also for the possibilities and opportunities provided to our staff.

Everyone within our firm, no matter what level, has an important role to play in our success, yet our people look-up to leadership for guidance. I want to make sure we set a positive tone for our people and clients – excelling and always doing the right thing, even when no-one else is watching. This coupled with providing a workplace where our staff feel safe and where they are allowed to be their best selves every day. I also believe we need to ensure we give back to the community – the more we can do this, the better.”

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“As a senior Partner who has been working with automotive retail motor dealers across Australia and New Zealand for over 25 years, I bring a wealth of expertise to BDO.

Most dealers require ‘tax outcomes’ - I am a registered tax agent specialising in combining my tax, accounting (and audit), dealership and commercial experience to achieve such outcomes. More specifically, I will bring to BDO, expertise in motor dealer GST, income tax, FBT, cashflow management, accounting and corporate structure set up and reorganisation.

I will also continue to assist (and advise) dealers in seeking buyers for their dealership or helping them find a great dealership brand in their prime market area if they are entering the market.

Teaming up with the long-term existing BDO motor dealer practice in Queensland (led by Mark Ward) and Sam Venn in Victoria, the BDO retail motor practice is well placed to advise dealership businesses or groups.”

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“I have known and followed the respected brand of BDO for quite some time. So, when the opportunity came up to merge our practice, I was excited by it. Operating my own practice, I always strived to create a winning culture, revolving around the question - do clients love what we do?

This philosophy is what I see at BDO – they are about people helping people – and they have exceeded my expectations.

I had struggled with the fact that, while I had a great business, undertaking complex work – I was being constrained by the lack of resources and relied on outside support. Plus, without the scale, we were unable to take advantage of the opportunities we generated or realise our full potential.

Since joining BDO, this has changed. Now, we have the advantage of broader knowledge, resources, information, and multi-disciplinary teams – meaning we can provide our clients, and new clients with a scope of expertise, capacity and reputation that goes with being a global professional services firm.

I really believe that I’ve found what I had always set out to achieve – and our clients are winning. Our team enjoy the culture and are inspired to do good work, be part of a strong collaborative team and, help our clients achieve their dreams.”

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“I have joined BDO as a partner in the Sydney Audit and Assurance division at a time when they are experiencing significant growth. I will add value by bringing extensive audit experience and also an in-depth knowledge of the fast-growing Greater Western Sydney corridor.

BDO put the clients’ needs first - building strong relationships based on an understanding of what matters most to them. Not surprisingly, I have been impressed with the depth and breadth of services offered by BDO and I have total confidence in the ability of the broader BDO team to bring high quality audit, tax and advisory services to meet client needs. This is demonstrated by BDO’s values, in particular those of #One and #Strive. We take pride in our work which is built on quality and integrity, and we work collaboratively as a firm and with clients to deliver the best possible outcomes.

In taking a key role in building out the presence and profile of BDO in the Greater Western Sydney corridor, I am excited to be able to bring the best of BDO to clients and to work with business owners in order to support and help them achieve their business strategies. .”

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“BDO is unique compared with other professional services firms – it’s big enough to offer efficiency in scale, and provide holistic services across a range of knowledge areas. Yet, unlike many larger firms – it has an unbeatable culture engrained in the mentality of all of its people. This culture has exceeded my expectations and has really shone through since I started, including the team environment and the willingness to help, combined with an overall positive attitude.

This value-add of end-to-end services and great culture make BDO not only a great fit for me, but also a great fit for our clients. The current economic situation we find ourselves in makes it imperative for organisations to lead the recovery effort. During this time, our people within the business are key - culture is important - and working and leading other businesses to success is vital.

At BDO it’s #TimeToLead. BDO is leading its people, leading in business and leading in the success of an economic recovery through its collaborative culture and assistance and support for businesses through their depth of services.”

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“My recent move to BDO has given me an opportunity to establish and lead a new service line for BDO Australia’s Sydney practice – Infrastructure Advisory. Our local team come from a diverse range of backgrounds including urban planning, policy, transport planning, engineering, economic development and program/project management. We specialise in strategy, mobilisation and solving problems in the feasibility, business case, funding/financing and procurement stages of projects and planning initiatives.

To date, we have been supporting a range of government clients on major transport infrastructure, supply chain and precinct delivery projects in Metropolitan Sydney and regional NSW. These projects are important city building and regional development initiatives which will help shape communities and enable population and employment growth. Moving forward, we plan to broaden our transport capability and establish a presence in other infrastructure sectors such as education, health and major events.

Supporting the establishment of a strong pipeline of infrastructure projects across NSW is critical in the recovery from the economic downturn, bushfires, drought and pandemic in 2020. This is an area where we can continue to make a difference for our clients and society.”

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“I was attracted to BDO by their growth ambitions across cyber security and technology specialities. The opportunity to join the Partnership to build the cyber practice in Sydney and work with the other leaders nationally to grow the business was simply too good to turn down.

COVID-19 has created some of the most unprecedented, economical, sociological, and technical challenges for organisations globally. The threat of cyber security was heightened as organisations pivoted to meet these challenges. As we move into 2021, cyber security and secure digitisation are more important than ever.

I am excited to establish a team that will be able to provide services to both Australian start-ups who are disrupting the market with innovation and digital thinking, and the established organisations who are transforming their products and services to meet the needs of a digital world. ”

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