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State & NextGen Committees

NSW

Peter Cutler

Bankwest (Commonwealth Bank Australia Group)

General and credit risk management professional with 25+ years’ experience in investment, institutional, corporate and retail [...]

Aidan Gordon

Associate Director

Deloitte

Aidan is an Associate Director in Deloitte’s Restructuring Services practice based in Perth. Aidan has over [...]

Rebecca Wilson

Ernst & Young

Rebecca has over 11 years’ experience in insolvency and restructuring and is currently a Manager in [...]

Jenny Lai

National Australia Bank

Jessica Jedynak

FTI Consulting

Jessica is a Director in the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment of FTI Consulting. Jessica has [...]

Kelsey Moore

Relationship Manager

Macquarie Group

Andrew Boys

Assistant Manager

Andrew is an Assistant Manager at McGrathNicol and has 5 years’ experience in restructuring, turnaround and [...]

Cavan Reid

Bain Capital Credit (Australia) Pty Limited

Zoe Kaesehagen

King & Wood Mallesons

Zoe is a solicitor in the Banking & Finance team at King & Wood Mallesons. She [...]

Jonathan Chee

FTI Consulting

Simon Chiou

Senior Manager, Group Credit Structuring

Commonwealth Bank Australia

Simon is a Senior Manager within Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Group Credit Structuring department, which covers [...]

Amy Williams

Account Manager, Credit Restructuring WA

Westpac Group

Amy is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in the restructuring and turnaround industry for the [...]

Paul Gillies

Manager, Asset Management Group

Bank of Queensland

Paul has over 10 years professional experience across the financial services, commercial banking and risk management. [...]

Sera Erikozu

Associate

Norton Rose Fulbright

Sera Erikozu is a banking and insolvency lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright Australia. Sera’s practice focuses [...]

Ann Watson

Lawyer

McCullough Robertson Lawyers

Ann is a Senior Associate at McCullough Robertson, Brisbane and has particular focus on restructuring, corporate [...]

Glenn Caligaris

Partner

McInnes Wilson Lawyers

Glenn practises in the areas of commercial litigation and insolvency. He has expertise and experience in: [...]

Daniel Schweickle

Solicitor

Remagen Capital

Alison Robertson

Partner

Lavan Legal

For more than 20 years Alison has specialised in all aspects of insolvency, reconstruction and recovery. [...]

Saskia van Loon

Associate

Johnson Winter & Slattery

Jonathan Zipfinger

Senior Associate

Herbert Smith Freehills

Jonathan is a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills. He is an experienced finance lawyer with [...]

Paul Apathy

Partner

Herbert Smith Freehills

Paul has extensive experience in Australia and Europe advising creditors, companies, insolvency practitioners and investors in [...]

Nikki Smythe

Partner

Herbert Smith Freehills

Nikki is a finance Partner in the Sydney office of Herbert Smith Freehills. Nikki is an [...]

Monty Loughlin

Lawyer

Hamilton Locke

Monty is a Senior Associate at Hamilton Locke and is experienced in advising alternative lenders and [...]

Zina Edwards

Partner

Hamilton Locke

Zina is a founding partner of law firm Hamilton Locke. She is a finance and restructuring [...]

Talia Lirosi

Gilbert + Tobin

Talia is a lawyer in the restructuring and insolvency group at Gilbert + Tobin. Talia’s experience [...]

Peter Bowden

Partner

Gilbert + Tobin

Peter is a partner in Gilbert + Tobin’s Banking + Infrastructure group. He specialises in front-end [...]

Alisha Kennedy

Senior Associate

Dentons Australia

Alisha has broad experience in commercial litigation with a particular focus in corporate disputes, insolvency and [...]

Scott Guthrie

Partner

Dentons Australia

Scott Guthrie is a partner in our Restructuring & Insolvency team in Brisbane. Scott draws on [...]

Cameron Belyea

Partner

Clayton Utz

Cameron Belyea specialises in contested debt and capital restructuring, workouts, special situations assignments, banking and finance [...]

Nicholas Poole

Partner

Clayton Utz

Nick Poole is a partner in the national Restructuring and Insolvency Group. He specialises in the [...]

Annabelle Browne

Senior Associate

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Annabelle is a Senior Associate at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, specialising in insolvency, banking and financial services [...]

Jillian Robertson

Senior Associate

Clayton Utz

Jillian is a Senior Associate at Clayton Utz and specialises in debt restructuring and insolvency. Jillian [...]

Jordana Komesaroff

Lawyer

Clayton Utz

Jordana is a lawyer in the Restructuring and Insolvency group at Clayton Utz. She focuses on [...]

Melissa Ferreira

Lawyer

Clayton Utz

Melissa Ferreira advises on complex commercial litigation and large corporate insolvencies, restructures, and PPSR disputes for [...]

Kate Edwards

Lawyer

Clayton Utz

Kate is a member of the Restructuring and Insolvency team at Clayton Utz. Her experience includes [...]

Timothy Sackar

Partner

Clayton Utz

With a strong international practice, Timothy Sackar specialises in business restructuring, distressed investing and insolvency. He [...]

Jennifer Ball

Partner

Clayton Utz

Jennifer is a key member of Clayton Utz’ Restructuring and Insolvency team, and is a recognised [...]

Scott Sharry

Partner

Clayton Utz

Scott is an experienced commercial litigator and insolvency practitioner having acted for a variety of private [...]

Christopher Pearce

Partner

Blackwall Legal

Chris has experience across a diverse range of practice areas, encompassing listed company reconstructions, corporate structuring, [...]

Michael Sloan

Partner

Ashurst

Michael’s experience includes acting for liquidators, administrators and affected creditors in major insolvency administrations including Waterford [...]

Tony Ryan

Partner

Ashurst

Tony Ryan is a partner in Ashurst’s restructuring, insolvency and special situations practice. Tony advises on [...]

Meredith Bennett

Partner

Ashurst

Meredith Bennett is a partner in Ashurst dispute resolution practice Meredith has a broad practice which [...]

Ged Kane

Associate

Ashurst

Ged Kane is a senior associate in Ashurst’s restructuring, insolvency and special situations group practice. Ged [...]

Jason Salman

Partner

Ashurst

Jason is a partner in the Perth office of Ashurst in its Restructuring and Special Situations [...]

Anna Schwartz

Gilbert + Tobin

Anna is a Senior Lawyer in the Gilbert +Tobin Restructuring and Insolvency Team with over ten [...]

Kevin Higgins

Executive Director

Vantage Performance

Everything I do is aimed at improving the rate of business success. I commenced my career [...]

Megan Stewart

Client Director

Vantage Performance

Megan adds value to her clients by bringing a fresh perspective to the table. Her diversified [...]

Sam Marsden

Partner

Deloitte Financial Advisory Pty Ltd

Sam has over 20 year’s experience in both Australia and the UK specializing in the field [...]

Tim Akers

Director

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tim has over thirteen years’ experience working on a wide range of restructuring and turnaround assignments, [...]

Courtney McLean

Senior Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Courtney is a part of the Business Restructuring Services team at PwC. A part of the [...]

Johnathan Ingold

Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Johnathan is a Manager in PwC’s Brisbane Business Recovery & Strategy practice (BR&S) and has over [...]

Rob Brauer

Partner

McGrathNicol

I am a turnaround and restructuring specialist, as well as a registered liquidator, with over 15 [...]

Selina Gerner

Director

McGrathNicol

Selina has more than 10 years experience as a restructuring, turnaround and financial advisory specialist. She [...]

Dave Hardy

Partner

KPMG

David has more than 10 years’ experience in Australia and the United Kingdom partnering with clients [...]

Clint Joseph

Director

KPMG

Clint has more than 15 years’ experience in assisting businesses in distress and providing turnaround and [...]

Gayle Dickerson

Partner

KPMG

Gayle has over 15 years of experience in both the UK and Australia in corporate turnaround, [...]

Emma Boucher

Director

McGrathNicol

Emma has substantial experience in developing and implementing strategies to deliver client needs. She specialises in [...]

Daniel Power

Manager

McGrathNicol

Daniel joined McGrathNicol as a Graduate in 2013. During his time at McGrathNicol, Daniel has focussed [...]

Stuart Johnstone

Manager

McGrathNicol

Jonathan Henry

Partner

McGrathNicol

Jonathan is a corporate advisor with over 15 years professional experience advising boards and debt/equity investors [...]

Lauren Pickard

Manager

KPMG

Lauren is has over 12 years’ experience within the professional sector, with 5 years in financial [...]

David Hacker

Executive

KPMG

David is an executive in the Restructuring Services team at KPMG. David has experience in providing [...]

Chris Giddens

Director

KPMG

Chris is a Partner in KPMG’s Deal Advisory team in Brisbane. He joined the Australian practice [...]

Thomas Austin

Manager

KPMG

Thomas is a restructuring manager at KPMG specialising in advisory engagements and is particularly interested in [...]

Sebastian Hams

Executive Director

KordaMentha

Sebastian has twenty years experience in commerce, business advisory, restructuring and recovery, with involvement in a [...]

Darsun Naran

Associate Director

KPMG

Paul Hewson

Associate Director

KordaMentha

Paul is a Director at KordaMentha and has over ten years’ experience working on formal and [...]

Paula Joseph

Manager

KordaMentha

Paula is a Manager in the Restructuring team at KordaMentha. She has worked across the KordaMentha [...]

Jane Ayers

Associate Director

KordaMentha

Jane works closely and collaboratively with clients to develop and execute a strategy which results in [...]

Matthew Chivers

FTI Consulting

Matthew Chivers is a Managing Director in the FTI Consulting Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment and [...]

Stewart McCallum

Partner

Ernst & Young

Stewart’s experience spans corporate restructuring and turnaround, insolvency and forensic accounting. Stewart is a Chartered Accountant, [...]

Adam Nikitins

Partner

Ernst & Young

Sarah Cook

Associate Director

Ernst & Young

Sarah is an Associate Director at EY with a focus on informal restructuring and turnaround advisory [...]

Anna Julius

Manager

Deloitte

Anna has experience across a wide range of clients and industries from global and Australian listed [...]

Tim Norman

Partner

Deloitte

Tim is a partner of Financial advisory with nearly 20 years’ corporate reorganization and restructuring experience. [...]

Vaughan Strawbridge

Partner

Deloitte

Vaughan has more than 17 years experience in reorganisation services, 14 of these with Deloitte encompassing [...]

Richard Hughes

Partner

Deloitte

Richard is the Queensland Restructuring Services Lead Partner. He specialises in corporate insolvency and business turnaround [...]

Darryl Kirk

Partner

Cor Cordis

Darryl specialises in creative solutions for distressed business. This includes managing and negotiating outcome positions for [...]

Darren Stacey

Executive Director

BDO

I have previously worked for many years with the Lloyds Banking Group (and subsidiaries) within a [...]

Marcus Derwin

Managing Director

R Cubed Group

Marcus is a highly experienced corporate executive with an extensive background in corporate restructuring, turnaround consulting [...]

Simon Vertullo

Principal

Integral Financial

I am an experienced CFO and consultant working in situations that require a senior finance executive [...]

Steve Conolly

General Manager Defence, Australia & New Zealand

Atos (Australia) Pty Ltd

Steve has worked for MNC’s for most of his career, primarily with Engineering and Technology based [...]

John Nestel

Partner

Faraday Associates

John co-founded Faraday in 2018 having retired from the partnership at Herbert Smith Freehills. John had [...]

Lachlan Edwards

Managing Director

Faraday Associates

Lachlan founded Faraday Associates in July 2018 having been at Lazard Australia for five years where [...]

Premjit Kaur

Managing Director

Fortress Investment Group (Australia) Pty Ltd

Premjit Kaur is a Managing Director in the Sydney office of Fortress Investment Group which she [...]

Miki Cvijetic

Investment Director

Helmsman Capital

Miki is an Investment Director at Helmsman Capital and has ten years of experience, primarily in [...]

Johan Krynauw

Investment Director

Allegro Funds

Johan joined Allegro in 2007 and has 9 years’ investment experience, background in private equity, corporate finance and turnaround investing [...]

Merrick Howes

Anchorage Capital Group Australia

Jeffrey Largier

Investment Director

Allegro Funds

Jeffrey has over ten years of experience in investment banking and private equity. Jeffrey commenced his [...]

Christopher Koeck

Investment Manager

Allegro Funds

Chris is an Investment Manager at Allegro Funds which is a private equity fund manager investing [...]

Jane Starkins

State General Manager

Scottish Pacific

An innovative financial services leader with hands on experience in relationship and credit management, having led [...]

Amanda Bird

Business Development Manager - QLD

Scottish Pacific

Amanda specialises in helping businesses improve their cash flow. She has more than 20 years of [...]

Nelson Kennedy

Associate

Gordon Brothers

Nelson Kennedy is an associate in Gordon Brother’s Perth Office. Prior to joining Gordon Brothers, Nelson [...]

Luke Santostefano

Senior Associate

Gordon Brothers

Luke is a Senior Associate in Gordon Brothers Melbourne office and is responsible for the delivery [...]

Ben Gibson

Director

Gordon Brothers

Ben Gibson is responsible for the leadership and oversight of Gordon Brothers’ Perth office. Ben has [...]

James Leos

Executive Director

IFM Investors

James is responsible for the sourcing, due diligence and subsequent selection of private equity managers and [...]

James Simpson

Associate Director

Gresham Partners Limited

Amika Morriss

Director, Lending Services

ANZ

Matt Berger

Senior Executive Manager Institutional

Commonwealth Bank Australia

Matt is an Executive Manager with the Commonwealth Bank. His role is to manage the credit [...]

Carl Gunther

TMA Australia President

Carl is an accomplished senior executive with turnaround and financial restructuring expertise with corporate strategy, finance, M&A [...]

Ian Sutherland

Senior Manager

KPMG

Ian is a Director with KPMG Australia based in Sydney with over 12 years’ experience in [...]

Tran Hong

Westpac

Chris Turvey

Team Leader Banking Recovery

Suncorp

David Tozer

Founder & Managing Director

Tozer and Co/

David specializes in advising clients on event driven M&A, debt and equity financings, capital structuring, special [...]

Siba Diqer

Investment Manager

Litigation Capital Management

Investment Manager at Litigation Capital Management, Melbourne, Australia (July 2018 – current) Senior Associate at Herbert [...]

Rick Drury

Chief Lending Officer - Commercial

La Trobe Financial

Rick is a globally experienced Finance Industry senior leader with proven capabilities to deliver outstanding turnaround [...]

Paul Shew

Head of Debt Advisory and Restructuring

Rothschild & Co

Paul heads the Debt Advisory and Restructuring team at Rothschild & Co in Australia. The team [...]

State & NextGen Committees

NSW

Regional Committee Member

Peter Cutler

Regional Committee Member

Aidan Gordon

NextGen Committee Member

Rebecca Wilson

NextGen Committee Member

Jenny Lai

NextGen Committee Member

Jessica Jedynak

NextGen Committee Member

Kelsey Moore

NextGen Committee Member

Andrew Boys

NextGen Committee Member

Cavan Reid

NextGen Committee Member

Zoe Kaesehagen

NextGen Committee Member

Jonathan Chee

NextGen Committee Member

Simon Chiou

NextGen Committee Member

Amy Williams

NextGen Committee Member

Paul Gillies

NextGen Committee Member

Sera Erikozu

Ann Watson

Regional Committee Member

Glenn Caligaris

NextGen Committee Member

Daniel Schweickle

Regional Committee Member

Alison Robertson

NextGen Committee Member

Saskia van Loon

NextGen Committee Member

Jonathan Zipfinger

Vice Chair

Paul Apathy

Regional Committee Member

Nikki Smythe

NextGen Committee Member

Monty Loughlin

Regional Committee Member

Zina Edwards

NextGen Committee Member

Talia Lirosi

Regional Committee Member

Peter Bowden

Alisha Kennedy

Vice Chair

Scott Guthrie

Chair

Cameron Belyea

Regional Committee Member

Nicholas Poole

NextGen Committee Member

Annabelle Browne

NextGen Committee Member

Jillian Robertson

NextGen Committee Member

Jordana Komesaroff

Regional Committee Member

Melissa Ferreira

Regional Committee Member

Kate Edwards

Regional Committee Member

Timothy Sackar

Director

Jennifer Ball

Chair

Scott Sharry

Regional Committee Member

Christopher Pearce

DirectorRegional Committee Member

Michael Sloan