Mark Whittaker

Mark Whittaker

National Leader, Valuation Services
Partner, Deal Advisory

Deal Advisory

Financial Services

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Executive Summary

Executive summary

Mark is a Partner in BDO’s Deal Advisory team in Brisbane. He is a senior deal advisory specialist who has worked with a wide range of clients across multiple industries.

Mark typically focuses on BDO engagements’ technical and analytical aspects, and has a proven record in resolving complex issues.He collaborates with clients to provide them with innovative and practical solutions, allowing them to achieve their objectives.The transactions Mark has been involved with range from small projects of less than $10 million to larger projects in excess of $500 million.

He has been a Deal Advisory team member since commencing with BDO in 2004.

Expertise

Experience

Valuations of:

  • Capital and fund management companies
  • Natural resources companies and projects
  • Healthcare, farming, diagnostic, and technology solutions companies
  • Food and agribusiness companies
  • Professional and legal services companies
  • Family trusts and family-owned businesses
  • Property groups
  • Financial and payment services companies
  • Manufacturing groups
  • Not-for-profits.

Independent expert reports (IERs):

  • IER to shareholders in relation to a resource company’s debt restructure, which included the issue of a significant amount of convertible preference shares to the debt holders
  • IER to shareholders in relation to a mineral’s explorer’s proposed takeover by a global resource group
  • IER to shareholders in relation to the redomicile of a software and venture capital company under a scheme of arrangement
  • IER to a fruit co-operative’s members in relation to a cash investment to occur in conjunction with a proposed restructure (from co-operative to private company).

Qualifications and affiliations

  • Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
  • Chartered Accountant, CA ANZ
  • CFA Charterholder, CFA Institute

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