QLD State Committee

Chairman

Allan Howe, Cash Resources Australia

Committee Members

Amanda Bird, Oxford Funding

Mathew Broderick, Gadens Lawyers

Glen Caligaris, McInnes Wilson

John Crossland, GE Commercial Finance

Michael Fingland, Vantage Performance

Peter Hall, Business Growth Specialist

Phil Jefferson, Vantage Performance

Darryl Kirk, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Peter Lucas, P.A. Lucas & Co

Russell Morrison, Westpac

Terry Van der Velde, SV Partners

 

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QLD Committee Chairman     Allan Howe   Cash Resources Australia   Member Profile

Allan Howe heads up Cash Resources office in Queensland. Allan brings to Cash Resources a wealth of experience, gained with a number of lending institutions including Westpac and the Kalgoorlie based Goldfields Credit Union (GCU) in WA.  In his role as CEO at GCU, Allan managed a substantial portfolio of small business. During the 14 years as CEO of GCU I gained a thorough understanding of issues and pressures facing small businesses.  This experience enables me to add greater value to the services Cash Resources provides to the SME sector in Queensland.

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QLD Committee Member

Mathew Broderick
Gadens Lawyers

Member Profile

Example projects undertaken by Matthew include:

• Acted for members of the committee of creditors of the Good Life Company and Friends Pty Ltd, referred to in “Scams and Swindlers – Investment Disasters and How to Avoid Them”, by Bruce Brown, ASIC, 1998, Sydney
• Acted in the receivership of Power Pacific Limited (formerly Power Brewing Company Limited) defending alleged uncommercial transactions in litigation commenced by the liquidators of various Powers Brewing Subsidiaries
• Acted for the liquidator of the Witan/Zarro Group of Companies in the mid to late 1990’s, then one of the largest liquidations in Queensland
• Acted for several major banks in fraud proceedings against former employees (unrelated incidents) involving tracing of assets to third parties, and mareva/property preservation orders.  One action resulted in the defrauded funds being recoverable under the employee’s mortgage with the very same bank which was defrauded, minimising the loss
• Acted for liquidators against a director and related entity in successfully caveating and recovering real property as an uncommercial transaction under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
• Acted for the receivers and managers of a large boat manufacturer.
• Acted for directors in a successful turnaround of a surfing clothes retailer under a deed of company arrangement.

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Glen Caligaris
McInnes Wilson

Member ProfileQLD Committee Member

Glenn practises in the areas of commercial litigation and insolvency.  He has expertise and experience in: international litigation and arbitration; acting for liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy; business structuring; franchising litigation; secured and unsecured recovery; professional liability; directors and officers liability; partnership and corporate dispute resolution; commercial litigation on behalf of insurers, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and private clients; trade practices litigation; and intellectual property litigation.

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QLD Committee Member   TMA Director     Michael Fingland   Vantage Performance   Member Profile

Michael is the founder and Managing Director of Vantage Performance, a specialist turnaround management and performance improvement firm.  With over fifteen years experience in the corporate restructuring, corporate finance and turnaround management industries. He has assisted numerous clients and worked extensively across a number of industries including transport and logistics, retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT, pharmaceutical, earth moving, construction, printing and professional services.  Prior to establishing Vantage Performance in June 2005, Michael was a Director with KordaMentha in Melbourne and a Senior Executive within Ernst & Young’s Corporate Turnaround practice in London.

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QLD Committee Member

Phil Jefferson 
Vantage Performance

Member Profile

Phil has been involved in the corporate restructuring industry for more than 30 years. His focus is on working with companies in distress and those who want to improve profits. An Official Liquidator and Registered Trustee in Bankruptcy, Phil has practiced in the United Kingdom, Brisbane, Melbourne and the Bahamas. A founding partner of Jefferson Stevenson & Co (now merged with PKF) he has provided advice to numerous companies, fellow professionals and financial institutions. Phil is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, has acted on various Audit Committees, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants committee that counsels other Chartered Accountants and is a member of ASIC's Company Auditors and Liquidator's Disciplinary Board. He has previously held positions with Coopers & Lybrand and Horwath and has acted as a consultant to the World Bank.

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Qld Committee Member     Peter Lucas   Kestrel Solutions Pty Limited   Member Profile

Peter Lucas has been a Chartered Accountant for approximately 26 years.  He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants as well being a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia and also a Queensland Committee Member of the Turnaround Management Association of Australia.

In late 1999 Peter commenced his own practice specialising in Turnaround Management and Insolvency Services.  Initially being a sole practitioner he has built the practice up to now in 2010 employing 20 staff.  During this period Peter has worked with a number of businesses that have suffered financial difficulty and has successfully turned those businesses around so that they are still operating today in a very profitable way.  Since 2003 he has also been working with ATSIC and now Indigenous Business Australia, initially assisting businesses that suffered financial difficulties to restructure themselves and enable them to continue as well as providing recovery work for those organisations.

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QLD Committee Member   TMA Director      Terry Van der Velde   SV Partners   Member Profile

I commenced work with Arthur Young in 1985 as a graduate in the Audit Division and transferred to the newly formed Insolvency Division in 1987. In 1988 I moved to Insolvency specialist firm of Brown Burns. In 1989 I moved, after completing Professional Year and becoming a Chartered Accountant, to Hall Chadwick as a supervisor in their Business Recovery and Insolvency Division. I was made a Partner of Hall Chadwick on 1 July 1996. The bankruptcy and insolvency division of Hall Chadwick demerged and SV Partners was formed on 13 June 2003. I was one of the founding directors of SV Partners.

I have had in excess of 19 years experience in the area of Corporate and Personal Insolvencies. SV Partners has four directors, and a total size of 38 staff including the four directors. At any one time, I would be appointed solely or jointly on some 500 corporate and personal insolvencies. During my 19 years experience I have covered all areas of corporate and personal insolvencies and have been appointed as Receiver and Statutory Trustee by the Court, on many occasions.  Given the nature of insolvency work I have to deal with many complex legal matters in a vast array of industries and disciplines. I strive to make commercial decisions based on the basis of competent advice to attain the best outcome for all stakeholders. This would include whether to continue with the actions, settle the matters or discontinue the action. 

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