VIC State Committee

Committee Chairman

Michael Sloan, Blake Dawson 

Committee Members

Rick Drury, Committee Chairman

Anthony Jenkins, GE - Membership

Byron Ko, Albany Capital - Membership

Tom Lesnikowski, BDO - Networking

Mike McCreadie, PwC - Professional Development

Damian Templeton, KPMG

Gary Tescher, Promentor - Membership

 

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Victoria Committee Chairman  TMA Director     Michael Sloan   Blake Dawson   Member Profile

 Michael's experience includes acting for liquidators, administrators and affected creditors in major insolvency administrations including Waterford Wedgwood, Bridgecorp, Bidgee, Pan Pharmaceuticals, New Tel, Enron, HIH, Huon and Pasminco.  He has also led teams on both national and international listed company restructurings in the property, telecommunications, managed investment scheme and energy and resources sectors.  Michael has assisted his clients to resolve matters quickly and cost-effectively by developing innovative solutions to enable companies to continue to trade (eg pre-packs, loan to own and introduction of distressed investors).

An international consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Michael also manages a major law reform project in the region aimed at promoting insolvency law reform in Asia. Michael has drafted a Model Agreement to Promote Company Restructuring for the 140 member Asian Bankers' Association.

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Victoria Committee Member       Rick Drury   National Australia Bank   Member Profile

Rick qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a member firm of KPMG in the United Kingdom in 1987. Following qualification, he specialised in business turnaround and corporate recovery work in practices of KPMG in London, Hong Kong and Melbourne.  He joined the National Australia Bank in 1999 within its Strategic Business Services unit providing advice internally within the bank on impaired asset management and leading a workout and recovery team. Rick is currently a Director within the National's Group Strategic Business Services area with a key responsibility in managing some of the bank's high risk corporate banking exposures. He has had involvement in a number of high profile cases both in Australia and overseas including Pasminco, Ion, Henry Walker Eltin and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.

He joined the Victorian Committee of the TMA in 2006 and became chair of that Committee in December 2007.

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Victoria Committee Chairman

Byron Ko
Albany Capital

Member Profile

Byron is responsible for the investment activities of Albany Capital Investors Pty Ltd, a Melbourne based private family investment office (PFO). We are predominately focused on investments in real assets (such as property) and alternative investments (such as private equity, distress investing and hedge fund investing). Albany Capital is interesting in co-investing with other investors in a passive capacity and also actively leads investments on behalf of like minded investors. We invest our own proprietary capital in all transactions.

Byron Specialties:
Hedge fund investing, property investment and management (commercial, retail and agricultural), private equity and special situations investments.

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Victoria Committee Chairman
 
Gary Tescher 
Promentor

Member Profile

Gary was the founder and CEO of Newtronics Pty Ltd. Gary created this electronics company from a shell to annual sales of A$30M per annum, employing 150 people and holding 80% of the market share. Gary has also lead projects in mergers, acquisitions and operations improvement. He has a solid understanding of telecommunications and manufacturing industry, restructuring many Telco’s, multinational manufacturing and service companies owned by large overseas organisations. Gary holds an MBA and an Engineering Degree.

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