Genevieve Rajakulendran

Executive summary

Genevieve is a Director in the Business Services team at BDO in Melbourne. She specialises in family enterprise with a strong focus on supporting family businesses and family offices.

Genevieve has more than 15 years’ experience in accounting, tax and advisory services. She regularly works with high-net-worth families and family groups, as well as small-to-medium enterprises and large corporates.

She has a particular passion for the not-for-profit sector, delivering business services that meet the unique needs of charities, not-for-profit entities and private ancillary funds.

Expertise

• Tax consulting and compliance
• Family governance and processes
• Estate planning for high-net-worth families
• Succession planning for family businesses
• Family office advisory services
• Family charters
• Family administration management
• Philanthropy set-up and management.

Experience

• Supporting ‘Next 5,000’ ATO reviews for large family groups
• Managing the transition and set-up of family offices
• Managing the financial, tax and accounting affairs of high-net-worth families and family groups
• Assisting not-for-profits with Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) registration and ATO income tax exemption applications.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Accounting and Bachelor of Management
• Affiliate member, CA ANZ
• Member, The Tax Institute.