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Perth, Wa, Au

Perth, Wa, Au

The Zipform Group is a very successful 40-year-old private company consisting of two different divisions, Zipform Digital and Zipform Packaging.After a successful career in accounting, banking, finance and advisory, including 17 years with KPMG, I joined Zipform in 2016 to support the owner and founder with strategic direction and commercial decision making to ensure the continued growth of the group.Since 2016, I have immersed myself in each of the three divisions that form the Zipform Group, understanding the unique position they occupy in the marketplace, their competitive advantages, portfolio of loyal clients, their operations and our hardworking team of people who bring it all together.As Managing Director, my role is to continue to set strategic direction for the group and carefully preside over the execution of those strategies by paying close attention to how we best utilise our resources, mitigate risk and ensure the stakeholders in the business especially our staff and our customers are aligned. I continue to leverage the relationships I have forged during my time in financial services to ensure that Zipform Group has access to industry experts and to promote cross referral opportunities. The skills which I developed during my time in professional services, stand me in good stead to succeed in this dynamic, vibrant and very hands on role as we strive to continue to deliver value to our existing and future customers and support them with the challenges they face in their market place.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Director and Registered Liquidator based in Perth. Primary lead on complex Corporate Recovery and Corporate Advisory engagements for KPMG clients including banks, financiers and large corporations. Involved in a cross section of formal insolvency appointments, financial advisory engagements and dispute resolution matters.Responsibilities include business development activities with financiers, lawyers and accountants, financial and risk management, staff training and recruitment.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Perth office Director leading Corporate Recovery and Corporate Advisory engagements for clients including banks, financiers and large corporations. Involved in a cross section of formal insolvency appointments, financial advisory engagements and dispute resolution matters.Responsibilities include business development, financial and risk management, staff training and recruitment.

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Managed Corporate Recovery and Corporate Advisory engagements for major banks, financiers and large corporations.Heavily involved in business and professional practice development and risk management within the practice.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Managing turnaround customers with assistance from business bankers, credit officers and external advisors.

New York, Ny, Us

Various roles and responsibilities within the Corporate Recovery practice, including receiverships, liquidations, bankruptcies and individual voluntary arrangements.Worked in the Leeds, Sydney and Melbourne offices of KPMG.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Managed a portfolio of customers with trading difficulties where covenants had been breached. Worked closely with the customers, business bankers, NAB credit, legal services and external advisors with the ultimate aim of repatriating the relationship back to business bank.

Santo Domingo, Do

Junior accountant specialising in insolvency work including Receiverships, Liquidations, CVA, IVA and Bankruptcy engagements.Worked across a number of Baker Tilly (formerly Baker Rooke) offices in Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, York and Hull.

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