Kay joins Deloitte from National Australia Bank, where she had an outstanding career over 14 years in Australia, the UK and the US. She was formerly Executive Program Director Basel II for NAB under the previous global structure. Previous positions included General Manager, Products and Services for NAB Europe and General Manager, Direct Retailing and Distribution in Australia.

"We are delighted to have such an experienced...

The head of Deloitte’s corporate governance practice, Annette Watson, said the service was launched to address one of the curious anomalies of the modern corporate world.

"It’s now accepted business practice in corporate Australia to objectively measure, analyse and plan just about everything that moves.

"But objectivity can go out the window when it comes to...

The 6th guide titled, 'Outsourcing: don't throw the baby out with the bathwater', highlights how, unlike their big end of town, mid market companies won't have to go through a frustrating learning process to understand what drives successful outsourcing decisions and what needs to be done...

The report found that 44 IPOs raising a total of $2.9 billion from investors were expected to list in the June quarter by the time it draws to a close next week.

This represents an increase of 52% from the 29 IPOs (raising a total of $1.6 billion) in the March 05 quarter, when the market begun to flag after a run of record activity.

Deloitte Corporate Finance partner, Steve Woosnam, said there was a surge in the number of...

The new partners have extensive expertise in many industry and market groups including Financial Services, Government Services, Telcos, Energy & Resources, Consumer, Mining, IFRS and Middle market . They specialise predominantly in corporate finance (8), risk management (8), tax (7), forensic (4), audit (4), consulting (3) and insolvency (2) as well as Deloitte’s middle market practice Growth Solutions (7). In addition two partners were appointed in marketing and people and...

They are in the process of finalising the paper work to the transaction.

Pacific Star Network owns the radio licence that SEN leased to broadcast its talkback sports radio station in Melbourne (1116 am).

Mr Algeri said the sale of the SEN business to Pacific Star meant 1116 am would continue to broadcast in Melbourne. SEN’s Adelaide station 1323 am was closed last week.

“The...

The Receiver of Sam’s Seafood, Deloitte Partner Mr John Greig, today advised that the offers received from potential buyers of the remaining Sam’s business contained terms which were not acceptable, forcing the closure of the wholesale seafood trading business located at Eagle Farm in Brisbane. The Brisbane wholesale division employs 67 people.

Mr Greig stated that the stock shortfall discovered in Sam’s main operating entity, Sam’s Seafood Hamilton Limited,...

David Willington, Head of Media at Deloitte, comments, “The most significant change occurring is the fragmentation of audiences and the consumption of content across an expanding...

Mr Pound who has been Chief Accountant with ASIC since 2002 is currently a member of the Financial Reporting Council, the AASB and the AuASB Consultative Groups. He is considered one of Australia’s leading authorities on auditing and financial reporting and has been an instrumental player in a large number of activities including committees and taskforces for the key professional accounting bodies...

Sam’s Seafood distributes and processes a wide range of fresh and frozen seafood for the local and export markets.  In addition, Sam’s operated restaurants on the Gold Coast and Brisbane, as well as a chain of fast food franchises located in Queensland and New South Wales.

Mr Greig said during his initial investigation into the business he uncovered significant stock shortfalls which had compromised his ability to trade the business in the short...