Education

A University of Adelaide graduate, Mark has a Bachelor of Economics majoring in accounting. He is a member of the Australian Chartered Accountants professional body (CA), has qualified in Advanced Insolvency Law & Practice, University of Southern Queensland is a member of the Insolvency Practitioners of Australia, the peak Australian restructuring and insolvency body.

Professional Experience

Mark is an experienced finance executive with over 15 years in corporate finance and restructuring together with 5 years in M&A, strategy and corporate finance in the banking sector. He is a former partner of Ferrier Hodgson, one of the region's largest and most respected restructuring firms.

He has lead and managed large restructuring and resolution of non performing debt and assets. His involvement in large restructuring assignments has included coordinating the negotiation of multi-million dollar sale transactions and complex restructuring deals. He has also developed extensive experience in managing, operating, restructuring and selling assets and companies, often in difficult circumstances. His skills include the rapid assessment of key performance drivers in businesses and the development of simple but effective action plans to restore distressed businesses to vitality, and/or to maximize the sale potential.

Mark gained invaluable experience in the Banking sector where he was responsible for strategy and development for a funds manager identifying targets and managing the M&A process. He also worked in corporate and structured finance advising large corporate clients on effective balance sheet structuring.

Mark’s banking career took him to London and Germany on transactions and due diligence matters. Experienced in the automotive sector he has also worked in Europe assisting with the restructuring of a large Pan-European business in the transport sector.

The sectors where Mark has specialized include Airlines, Mining & Resources, Automotive & Transport.

Well known matters in which he has been involved include Ansett Australia Limited, Flight West Airlines Pty Limited, Trans Australian Airlines, Gympie Gold Limited, Black Range Metals Limited, Ansett Aviation Engineering Services and Collins & Aikman (Europe).