Jayden Coulston

Executive summary

Jayden is a Director in BDO’s Business Restructuring team based in Brisbane. He has extensive experience in debt advisory and restructuring engagements, working with clients across a range of industries to navigate complex financial situations and achieve sustainable outcomes.

Advising on debt and equity funding, refinancing strategies, and both informal and formal restructuring engagements, Jayden supports clients through periods of financial stress and growth by delivering practical solutions that stabilise and strengthen operations while preserving value.

Jayden has extensive experience working with agribusiness and primary production clients, as well as businesses across sectors such as construction, mining, hospitality, retail, and aviation logistics.

He is known for his pragmatic approach, taking the time to understand each client’s unique circumstances and working collaboratively to deliver clear, actionable outcomes.

Expertise

• Debt advisory and refinancing strategies for businesses undergoing financial stress, growth or transformation
• Business restructuring advisory, including informal workouts and formal insolvency processes across diverse industry sectors
• Financial modelling and scenario analysis to support decision-making, asset realisations, finance applications and investment outcomes
• Agribusiness advisory, including farm business analysis and debt restructuring support for primary producers
• Investigative accounting and stakeholder reporting, including the preparation of independent expert reports

Experience

Restructuring and business advisory engagements:

• Day-to-day trading management and facilitation of business sales across sectors including mining, hospitality, retail, aviation logistics, and agribusiness
• Mining – Oversight of operational transition from care and maintenance to active operations
• Hospitality – Operational restructuring and sale facilitation
• Agribusiness – Advisory support across horticultural and beef production enterprises including preparation of farm business analysis reports under the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority’s Farm Business Analysis Assistance

Transaction and financial advisory:

• Agribusiness – Vendor and acquisition due diligence assignments
• Cash flow modelling and financial performance reviews across retail, food and agribusiness, and construction sectors
• Major Australian banks – Pre-lend financial reviews, monitoring and risk assessments

Formal insolvency and reporting:

• Voluntary administration, receivership and liquidation engagements

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
• Member, CA ANZ