Experience

• Key roles in strategic financial and management accounting in Brisbane, Mackay, Melbourne, London

• Family business executive as CFO and Company Secretary for 12 years ($50m turnover)

• Retail, Wholesale, FMCG, Building and Construction, Banking and Finance, Charity and Not For Profit sectors.

Impact

Significantly enhanced the strategic business planning, reporting, budgeting and forecasting process for a $50m private business during both boom and bust economic cycles to assist in protecting profitability and liquidity. International experience in strategic planning and budgeting in multinational organisations.

Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing, Banking, Finance, FMCG

Led the repositioning of business finances and overhead structures including employment costs in a large and complex family-owned business to ensure long term survival following a significant local economic downturn which resulted in the loss of 50% of revenue.

Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing

Successful completion of debt restructuring with a major alternative lender of $10m in facilities during tough economic conditions resulting in major improvements in working capital financing and reduction of interest.

Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing

Responsible for planning and leading the implementation and upgrade of numerous electronic business reporting systems enhancements across trade, retail and manufacturing sectors to assist operations in improving financial performance. Involvement in consulting on international banking and finance reporting system upgrades.

Banking, Finance, FMCG

Implementation of governance and risk management policies and procedures to assist in the management of business risk, particularly in relation to insurance, credit, cyber and risk. Hands-on experience successfully navigating a business through a significant cyber security event.

Banking, Finance, FMCG

Let’s talk

gavan@gspadvisory.co

+61 408 812 120