| Paul Jorgensen | |
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Employment History Paul commenced his career with D G Scott & Co, Chartered Accountants, in January 1988. He commenced employment with Edwards, Marshall & Co, Chartered Accountants, in May 1989. During the period 1988 to 1989 Paul worked as an assistant on audit and business services assignments. After that Paul worked in Corporate Recovery Services, Litigation Support Services and Business Services for Edwards, Marshall & Co until December 1995. In January 1996 Paul commenced temporary employment doing corporate finance work with Hays Accountancy Personnel in London. In April 1996, Paul commenced employment in the Corporate Recovery and Insolvency division of BDO Stoy Hayward, Chartered Accountants in London. In September 1996 Paul commenced employment with MRS Environmental Services Limited, a private environmental services company in London. In March 1997 Paul returned to Australia and commenced employment with Kennedy & Co, Chartered Accountant. Paul
obtained extensive experience in the areas of Corporate Recovery
Services and Litigation Support Services at Edwards, Marshall &
Co. Litigation Support assignments included a number of high profile court actions involving banks and large diversified corporate entities as well as many smaller matters. These assignments included assisting in the investigation of negligence of auditors, experts’ reports, fraud, responsibilities of directors, compliance with accounting standards, trade practices and family law matters, drafting of reports on those matters and the preparation of materials to be used by expert witnesses when giving evidence to the Court. Paul was also involved in financial reporting and management reporting assignments including preparation of statutory financial statements and income tax returns and the preparation of management reports. Paul
has excellent computer skills including the design of spreadsheets
using Microsoft Excel and Lotus 123. Paul has also been involved
in the design and production of database management programs for
the use of Edwards, Marshall & Co and for a large chain of Supermarkets
using Microsoft Access. During
January 1996 Paul did temporary corporate finance work for a client
of Hays Accountancy Personnel in London (MRS Environmental Services
Limited) which was the subject of Due Diligence Investigations and
negotiations by a potential purchaser. This involved the preparation
of profit and loss and cash flow budgets and preparing financial
information for Coopers & Lybrand who were acting as independent
accountants. This led to a further assignment for the same client
as financial controller of one of its regional divisions. Paul’s employment at BDO Stoy Hayward, the seventh largest Chartered Accounting Firm in London during the six months ended September 1996 involved the running of a number of Corporate Voluntary Liquidations, Receiverships, Bankruptcies, Individual Voluntary Arrangements and Partnership Voluntary Arrangements. In
September 1996 Paul commenced work for MRS Environmental Services
Limited in charge of the preparation of tenders for contracts, the
disposal of one division for strategic purposes, the review of possible
investment opportunities and the financial control of one of its
regional divisions. MRS Environmental Services Limited is a contractor
which provides services to London Boroughs and Councils through
out the UK with a turnover of £20 million. In
March 1997 Paul returned to Australia and commenced employment with
Kennedy & Co where he works in the areas of Litigation Support
and Forensic Accounting, Insolvency, Management Consulting and Income
Tax Advice. Paul
was appointed as a partner of Kennedy & Co, Chartered Accountants
on 1 July 1998. Paul has been registered as a Liquidator and a Tax
Agent since becoming a partner. Since
becoming a partner Paul has authored a number of experts reports
in his own name and has given evidence as an expert witness. GST Paul has presented seminars on the business implications of GST and was on the GST implementation committees of two medium sized clients. Corporate
Recovery & Insolvency Paul is a registered liquidator has experience in a wide range of insolvency administrations, involving formal administrations, including Official Liquidations, Receivership's, Members' and Creditors' Voluntary Windings Up, Voluntary Administrations and Deeds of Company Arrangements. He also has experience in Agent for Mortgagees in Possession appointments. In addition Paul has been involved in similar administrations in the UK as well as personal insolvency appointments. Paul has also been involved in reports on various insolvency-related issues and situations, including advice to bankers in relation to security reviews and possible turnaround strategies. Litigation Support Paul
has been involved in a wide range of litigation support assignments
including consequential loss as a result of fires, professional
liability, commercial disputes, proving of fraudulent claims, personal
injury claims and matrimonial property settlements. In matters of
commercial litigation, he has assisted solicitors representing both
plaintiffs and defendants. Paul’s experience includes both
small to medium sized clients as well as involvement in a number
of very large corporate litigation's. In
family law matters, Paul has assisted in valuing the interests of
spouses in business assets on numerous occasions. Paul has given
evidence to the Family Court in matrimonial matters and the District
Court of South Australia. Audit Paul has been involved in the audit of a number of small to medium sized entities. Interests Outside of the Profession, Paul enjoys family, triathlons, theatre, reading and movies. |