Qualifications
Chartered Accountant (Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand)
RITANZ Licensed Insolvency Practitioner by Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
Executive Summary
As a specialist in the Insolvency area, Ken has a keen and genuine understanding of the pressures many businesses face. Since the 1980s, Ken has handled more than one thousand receiverships and/or liquidations in his name, and helped out on hundreds of others.
After experiencing the business world first hand, Ken honed his insolvency skills in Auckland, Melbourne and Tauranga with the Big 4 firms.
Ken’s real-world business experience enables him to recognise the signs of a business in trouble and his hands-on knowledge gives him the ability to formulate a precise plan of action.
The workload has taken Ken into most business sectors, including retail, manufacturing, service sector and farms. He strives to keep businesses trading for as long as possible, working closely with staff and other interested parties. Ken enjoys dealing with the real-time changes and challenges that are part of insolvency work.
Ken is well supported by a team of qualified accountants and administrators who are ready and able to assist clients.
Professional Affiliations
Chartered Secretaries New Zealand Incorporated
The New Zealand Credit & Finance Institute Incorporated
Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association New Zealand Incorporated (RITANZ)
Community Involvement
Honorary auditor for the Tauranga Rugby Sports JMC
Current treasurer for the local branch of the National Party
Chairman, Bay of Plenty Community Trust
Vice President, 6th Hauraki Regiment Association
Treasurer, Bay of Plenty Officers Club Incorporated