john@restructuringworks.com.au
LinkedInJohn has more than 30 years specialist experience in corporate recovery, restructuring and reorganisation. He was a Partner of one of the Big4 Accounting firms, Ernst & Young in the Transaction Advisory Services Division for 24 years and Leader of the firm’s National Corporate Restructuring practice.
John has focused on delivering optimum results for his clients by providing quality service, whether that be in the field of restructuring, receivership, administration, litigation support or investigation. This has been best demonstrated in a number of Australia’s largest and most complex corporate insolvencies.
- Bachelor of Economics
- Registered Liquidator
Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, Registered Liquidator
Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW)
Appointed Administrator of GRNSW under a statutory appointment by the NSW Racing Minister to co-ordinate and implement the closure of Greyhound racing in NSW. John had total responsibility for control of the Greyhound industry during this time including oversight of all integrity, wagering, racetrack maintenance, animal welfare and organisational issues.
HIH Insurance
An investigation into the HIH Insurance group, preceding the collapse of the organisation, which exposed significant financial and structural issues within the group, This involved a group wide review of operations, structure, trading performance and financial position within a severely constrained time frame.
Project Eagle
John was appointed by the NSW Supreme Court to conduct a forensic investigation into the circumstances surrounding a major defalcation in an Integrated Investment Fund. This involved an extensive tracing exercise on a significant number of transactions to determine their status and identify the impact of the fraudulent transactions on every participant in the FundOn the basis of John’s detailed report which incorporated a comprehensive analysis of all movements within the fund, the Court accepted John’s recommendation for the distribution of the fund among the respective clients.
- Corporate turnaround
- Credit risk management
- Business recovery
- Corporate restructuring
- Complex formal appointments
- Expert witness reports