December 2014 MGI Australasia Newsletter

MGI AUSTRALASIA NEWSLETTER Issue 12, December 2014

A WARM WELCOME TO ANOTHER ISSUE We have some exciting news to share with you in this issue. After nine months of searching, prospecting, and talking to a lot of firms about the benefits of joining MGI we are delighted to welcome MPR as our MGI Melbourne representative.

Located in the busy Southbank area of central Melbourne, MPR has 4 directors and partners and 21 staff. You can read more about MPR in the interview with Managing Partner, Matthew Murphy.

I would like to take this opportunity of welcoming the staff and partners from MPR. Everybody at MGI is genuinely thrilled to have you on board and we are looking forward to getting to know more about you through the conduit of our MGI activities.

Now that we have successfully completed the first stage of our network expansion activity, we will be targeting more potential firms in capital cities as well as key regional areas where we do not have representation.

We have achieved further growth as a result of MGI Sydney’s acquisition of Ruwald and Evans. We would also like to welcome all staff and directors from Ruwald and Evans to MGI. Find out more in Matt Moy’s article, Going for growth.

In this issue’s meet the partner feature we profile Angela Robins. Angela is a Director of MGI Adelaide.

She specialises in advising MGI Adelaide’s family businesses clients and is an expert in Research and Development tax incentives. She has also recently become an equity partner in her firm.

Ricardo Ruiz Betancourt, Director of P&P Asociados features in our MGI international profile for this issue.

Ricardo is a very busy accountant. He is not only a Director of his firm but he is also the MGI Area Coordinator as well as the MGI International Committee Representative for Latin America. Ricardo’s profile is inspirational and provides a view of how one accountant is determined to flourish despite adversity.

Debbie Venus was the recent recipient of the MGI Right Stuff. Debbie was hired by MGI Adelaide to be part of their administration team but she has rapidly proved that she has what it takes to have the right stuff. Congratulations Debbie!

We hope that you enjoy the newsletter and welcome any feedback for articles for the next edition.

The recent International AGM held on the 22 – 24 October saw a landmark vote on the much debated issue of whether or not MGI should become a network. The network versus association debate has its origins in the 2006 European Audit Directive and the IFAC ethical rules of about the same time. Given that globally many MGI firms exhibit network characteristics, the verdict was out as to whether we should be defined as a network and as a result need to comply with the legal implications. There is more information about the outcome of the AGM vote and its implications in the article, To be or not to be.

We have also had our MGI Australasian AGM in Perth on 16 – 18 July hosted by MGI Parkinson. The AGM was attended by partners/directors and senior managers from all the MGI firms. The prize for travelling the longest distance to the AGM goes to our friends in the Auckland office. Rachel Easton, MGI Auckland, writes about her AGM experience in the article, entitled, MGI Australasian AGM 2014, Back to the Future.

Grant Field Executive Chairman MGI Australasia

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MGI PARTNER PROFILE

uninterrupted and prepare the financials from start to finish.

What does it mean to be a director of an MGI firm?

Being a director of an MGI firm as opposed to any other accounting firm is quite special as we are part of something bigger than our own practices. This means we have the backing and support when we need it and yet we still have autonomy in our own firms.

What advice would you provide to recent graduates about how to become a director/partner?

Angela Robins Director, MGI Adelaide with her daughter, Gabriella

Why did you decide to become an accountant?

After commencing a Bachelor of Education majoring in secondary maths/science and rapidly coming to the realisation that I was not very good at advanced mathematics!

I think graduates need to first work hard on achieving really strong accounting skills, but also need to be committed to continuous learning in the broader area of the services we offer. The professional accounting space is continuing to evolve so they need to be ready to adapt to change but still able to rely on a solid grounding.

What one person would you like to invite to your place for a meal and why?

If you were not an accountant what would have been your next career choice? Why?

Jamie Oliver so he can cook and Jo Frost to look after the kids.

I originally wanted to become an economist. Looking back I don’t think I really understood at the time what it actually meant to be an economist and now think I probably would have hated it as a full time job!

If you were marooned on a desert island what one piece of music would you like to have with you and why?

What do you like about your role? Why? Building strong working relationships with clients. It is fun getting to know the people behind the business and pitching in next to them when they need help and celebrating wins alongside of them when they have success. It is really satisfying to be even a really small part of client’s success.

What do you not like about your role? Why? Reviewing! I still review some accounting jobs and it’s sometimes frustrating to see the way some jobs are put together. It also makes me miss (just a little) actually doing accounting work from scratch.

Sometimes I would really love to sit down with a job

Probably some David Guetta or Avicii so I can truly dance like no one is watching!

And what one movie would you like to have with you and why?

Castaway so I can copy his raft and work out how to get off the darn island.

What book are you currently reading?

I am reading the BFG by Roald Dahl to my girls each night before bed. Unfortunately that’s about all the non-fictional reading I have time for these days.

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What is your favourite past time outside work?

Getting out to the park or café with the family. Our weeks are really rushed so it is nice to spend some time in the sun and be together.

If you could have any business or person in the world as a client who would it be and why?

Floris Van Bommel – The Van Bommel brothers gave the keynote presentation at the recent FBA National Conference. Floris and his two brothers run a shoe making business which is in its ninth generation and they have some really interesting approaches to marketing. Essentially, they presented that their marketing strategy is based around the things they enjoy most in life, being Music, Football and Food.

They use the business to do things they love so that they tie having fun into everything they do and have been hugely successful as a result.

Do you follow a national sporting code? If so which one and which team?

“Follow” is a very loose term as I don’t get to games any more and rarely watch TV but if I had to declare any allegiance I would say the AFL and the Adelaide Crows from a historical perspective and probably a little more begrudgingly Port Adelaide as Bill, my husband is a huge Port Fan.  THOUGHTS FROM THE LATIN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER, RICARDO RUIZ BETANCOURT What inspired you to become an accountant?

I really did not want to be an accountant as it was a profession about which I knew nothing. I wanted to be a forensic doctor. There was a succession of events related to my country (Venezuela), politics at university education, careers and available positions, locations, the economics, and my political activities and affiliations that led me to choose this profession.

Though in the end both career options are very similar people say that auditors are like forensic doctors - they always arrive after the crime is done...it is a joke

Ricardo Ruiz Betancourt Partner, P&P Asociados, Venezuela

What would you be if you weren't an accountant?

A guitar player… a musician, no doubt about it! And I did it in fact not too many years ago take up guitar lessons. I learned to play “Hotel California”, and another 10 mixed songs (classical and pop) and played in a band just one time. It was an awesome experience.

Tell us about your firm and how you made it successful?

P&P ASOCIADOS is a 15 year-old firm. Our main partners Luis and Zandra Pedraza came from Deloitte and Arthur Andersen respectively; while another partner Adolfo García came from KPMG. This has meant that right from the beginning of our firm, we have had an international profile while still emphasizing the personal touch with our clients due to our relationship with business owners and people working in senior positions.

When I commenced with the firm in 2002, after working for Deloitte, our main objective was to strengthen the professional staff, to have membership of an international alliance and to attract corporate clients. And we have accomplished this.

Our success has came from the personal attention given to clients, the good and non-conflictive relationship we have with them and our inclination to help them to solve their problems and accompanying them in their good as well as their bad times has also been important. This advice is not quantum physics, but our experience proves that it still works.

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What does being the Managing Partner of your firm mean?

I am not really the Managing Partner This role is undertaken by Zandra Pedraza. However after Luis Pedraza passed away in 2012, Miguel Paredes, another partner, and I took on the leadership of our firm. Again we focused on the strength of our staff, keeping our old clients, attracting new clients and improving the quality of our work. Since then we have worked, actually we are still working, on getting more national and international exposure by taking part in international networking and promotional activities. I feel more like a manager and a leader learning to delegate more technical work to the staff so I can focus on building our business. At the moment we are coping with difficult times in our country and this is affecting our firm. It is a huge responsibility and commitment.

What are three things you should never do in this business?

Sell something that the client really does not need.

They will buy it from you the first time but never again as they will have lost confidence in your abilities.

Never lie.

Not to speak frankly and openly.

What have you accomplished that makes you most proud?

Being a father to my daughter.

But my other accomplishment of which I am proud is contributing to P&P ASOCIADOS. Back in 1998 I experienced some difficult times with my career. But since then I have strengthened my career, worked for Deloitte where I became a manager, completed a finance specialization degree and corporate management studies, started work with P&P ASOCIADOS and made a huge contribution in taking P&P ASOCIADOS from a small firm to being the well known and highly reputable firm that it is today. I am also proud of my MGI accomplishments having, served my fellow area members as their Area Coordinator and then being elected by them to represent them on the MGI International Committee. I am proud to be a leader in my firm and in MGI particularly in these hard times.

What do you do to relax?

Listening to music, playing the guitar, watching movies, and recently, doing exercise like climbing mountains, well…climbing is too optimistic, perhaps I should say walking the short ones not the tallest, near home.

Tell us a bit about Venezuela? The economy?

That´s a complex question. Venezuela is in bad shape. Even though the protests and riots that took place a few months ago have quietened, the country is facing a huge (monster is a better word) devaluation (up to 1,000%), and it is here to stay: high inflation (around 70-100% this year, the world’s highest), recession, shortages, scarcity and deficiency in basic products, violence and insecurity (Venezuela is among the most violent countries in the whole world.) are also issues which we are now facing. We have a problem to get air tickets to get out of the country. People, the youngest and well educated, are fleeing the country, literally. Recent reports from international banks indicate that the Venezuelan government has intentions to take measures to bring order in managing the economic distortions by issuing bonds and getting international financing. Maybe the government can do that, but I don´t expect any improvement in the economy in the next year or even few years; an opinion shared amongst my colleagues as well as by our analysts.

We also have an autocratic, military and a not so democratically oriented government. Unfortunately we are losing liberties, but worst of all, we are losing our civilization, our manners, our values. Sorry, there is no good news. But, countries survive despite hardships and those of us who have decided to stay or for other reasons are living in Venezuela and facing these troubled times, are individually fighting to make our country better through doing our professional jobs, helping in social responsibility and giving positive support to our young professionals.

What would advice do you have for Australian firms with South American clients? Way of doing business? Cultural nuances?

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Pacific countries. Called the Trans Pacific Partnership, the signing countries are Chile, Peru, México, USA and Canada, and Australia of course.

This is a great opportunity for our firms to do business together. Additionally, there are a lot of young professional people coming to Australia from Latin America. If Australian firms hire professionals from Latin America eventually this will strengthen the relations between us; helping us to get to know one another better.

Given your role on the International Committee where do you hope to see MGI in 10 years?

I envisage MGI as a solid and well known global network that can take pride in the quality of its members. I would also like to see an MGI with a bigger geographical presence and more international profiled members. I believe MGI will be an active, internationally speaking organization, specifically in the Latin American case, with more international, more global firms, providing better services.

In keeping with the future theme of the conference I was taken “back to the future” over the course of my week in Perth. The variety of weather that we were treated to (sun - dazzling, wind - cyclone like, rain torrential) was reminiscent of Melbourne in July 2013.

But seriously, Perth was a wonderful location for this year’s conference. It’s a beautiful city, very green, with lots of great walking and running trails along the river, spectacular views from Kings Park, as well as some fabulous chocolate to sample (and wine apparently, if you like that kind of thing).

As mentioned, looking towards the future was the focus of the conference: the theme being “The Tomorrow and Beyond of the Business and Financial Services Industry”. To assist us with this journey to the future, Morris Miselowski, one of Australia’s leading futurists, joined us for a day.

As an accounting entrepreneur what advice do you have for accountants starting out in the profession?

When you are young it is hard sometimes, to envisage or even to know what you want to do or what exactly you want to be. But absolutely you need to find it out. So, plan your career, define your profile and get the job that best fills your expectations. Make an entrepreneurial project of your own career and job. Of course, there is no easy way to do this either.

Simple changes around us such as our personality and technology will constantly challenge us. I would recommend a book “The intelligent entrepreneur, the 10 rules of successful business” by Bill Murphy to anyone starting out on their career.  MGI AUSTRALASIAN AGM 2014 – Back to the Future Written by Rachel Easton, MGI Auckland I was excited when I heard that the 2014 AGM would be held in Perth, having never visited the city before.

I believed the stories I was told of Perth being warm, even in winter. [I now suspect this is something that Aussies tell gullible Kiwis to entice them away from a cold / wet winter in NZ!]

Morris Miselowski

He did not, as we might have thought, bring a crystal ball and some tarot cards, but instead facilitated a thought-provoking session on key trends in society, technology, business and consumer behaviour. He challenged us to consider how these trends might shape the Accounting Profession and how MGI Australasia might respond to the challenge and prepare our businesses to cope with the rapid changes that we can expect to see.

On the second day of the conference, we had updates from Clive Bennett (CEO MGI World) and Grant Field on the future of MGI World and MGI Australasia respectively. Clive summarised the 5|Page

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issues MGI faces in the Network vs Alliance debate, where we are looking to increase our representation and what other initiatives are underway to enhance our global brand.

Grant gave us an overview of MGI Australasia’s current marketing and building the brand initiatives, as well as updating us on initiatives to grow representation in Australasia.

Finally, Anne Stubbs (Marketing Co-ordinator – MGI South Queensland), presented us with MGI Australasia’s plan to use Social Marketing to build our network and brand, as well as positioning ourselves as family business experts.

Looking to the future, it will be good to see everyone again next year at the AGM!  THE LOW DOWN ON MPR – OUR NEWEST RECRUIT The recent departure of our previous Melbourne firm provided us with an opportunity to carefully select a replacement firm to fill this important vacancy in our network. After a nine month search for a suitable firm, we are delighted to welcome MPR as our newest member. Matt Murphy, MPR’s Managing Partner talks about his firm and the reasons why they chose to join MGI.

We were again fortunate to have MYOB and Accountancy Insurance sponsoring the conference.

Victor Jahja from Accountancy Insurance and Tim Reed from MYOB Australia talked to us about how they are positioning their businesses to assist us in the future.

Matt Murphy, Managing Partner, MPR

Can you give us a quick overview about MPR?

Tim Reed, CEO, MYOB

Saving the best for last, we were also treated to some delicious food and wine at some beautiful venues in and around Perth. This provided a great opportunity for everyone to relax, catch up with and get to know colleagues and their families from across Australasia.

A big thanks to Sam, Rocco, Dave, Sam and Lindsay from MGI Perth for hosting a fantastic conference. I think I speak for all delegates and accompanying persons when I say we really appreciated your hospitality and the great choice of venues for the conference, the dinners and other activities, which really showcased Perth and all it has to offer.

MPR is boutique firm situated in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne’s CBD. Our office is right next to Melbourne’s Yarra River. We really enjoy this location as we have the benefits of being 5 minutes from city’s CBD while being right in the heart of one of Melbourne’s arts and restaurant areas.

How many directors are there at MPR? We currently have about 25 staff in our firm. We have four directors, 18 professional staff and 3 support staff. The four partners at the firm are – Marc Peskett, Founding Partner, myself Matt Murphy Managing Partner and Brendan Brown, Partner of our R&D and Grants Division and our recent addition out of PwC, Mark Wilson Partner Corporate Tax and Advisory.

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What is the history of MPR?

What factors influenced your decision to join MGI?

Marc Peskett started the firm in 2000 and I joined in 2003. Since then, together Marc and I have created a vision for our firm based on growth and innovation.

We have been able to achieve this over the years and the addition of Brendan and Mark as partners, has added to our firm’s capabilities in the areas of Grants and Tax Concessions as well as Corporate Tax and Advisory, respectively.

For us MGI seemed like a natural fit. This is a strategic move for us. We serve businesses ranging from SMEs to family businesses to large public entities. MGI brings a lot to the table for all of these clients. We also compete against the big 4 so MGI’s reach across 85 countries will be a key benefit to some of our clients as they pursue their global expansion.

What are the areas of expertise for MPR? We offer our clients services across the spectrum of Accounting tax and compliance, Corporate tax and advisory, Transactions and restructuring, Start up services, Management advisory, Outsourced/Virtual CFO and accounting services, Capital raising and finance, Director and Board Services, Grants and tax concessions including R&D and EMDG. From what I understand about the other MGI Australasian firms we have similar services but we also differ with our emphasis on servicing start ups and businesses focusing on developing technology, predominantly in the Information Technology and Biotechnology sectors. Further, we have a significant R&D and EMDG (Export Market Development Grant) Grants division within the firm. In fact, we are one of the leading EMDG providers in the country and look forward to assisting MGI firms with their ability to access these grants within the MGI network.

What type of businesses does MPR seek as clients? Are there specific industries that are of interest to MPR? Like the other MGI firms we target SME and family business clients as their needs match our skills and expertise. However over the last decade MPR has quietly been building an expertise, Venture Capital network and client base in the start up, tech, software innovation and life sciences space.

I believe that MPR has something unique to bring to the MGI table. With clients from Melbourne to New York to Silicon Valley our focus on technology, biotech and innovation is attractive. We can further develop MGI’s capabilities and credibility in these sectors. We will be able to leverage and build off that growth together.

MGI also brings the critical advantage of a much larger group. Advantages like great leadership and management programmes, conferences and career expansion for our key people, shared business development and marketing efforts, scale in the marketplace and the leverage of a global network of relationships.

Given the size, scope and expertise within the network - the ability to say ‘yes’ we can help any client on any matter anywhere in the world we think is absolutely critical to being competitive in today’s market.

What does MPR hope to get from its relationship with MGI? Our observation is that MGI has an attitude of “thinking big but acting locally” and the benefits that this will bring to our clients and out team are invaluable. We are very much looking forward to forging ahead and making a bigger difference to business together.

Do you have any observations so far about MGI? A major influencing factor of our decision to join MGI was the cultural fit that I experienced meeting Grant Field, Chairman MGI Australasia. We have been very comfortable from our initial enquiries that there is a very strong alignment of values between our firm and MGI. We also believe the group to be progressive, forward looking and interested in what’s possible – we have high hopes for the future with MGI. What do you see as the main challenges for the industry in Australia and Asia Pacific?

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our view, the best way to overcome these threats is to provide more value through the provision of specialised services offered by the larger firms but not previously accessible to the SME market to expand our reach and results for clients.

Do you see any immediate potential collaboration areas with other MGI firms?

We currently do not have an audit division for our practice; however a number of our clients require these services. So we are looking forward to being able to offer our clients assistance with their audit requirements by using the MGI network.

As I mentioned, we are one of the largest providers of specialised services in the areas of R&D Tax Concessions and EMDG Grants outside the big four accounting firms. We are looking forward to being able to provide these services to the clients of MGI. Beyond that, we believe our experience in start up, tech, life sciences and innovation space could also be of value to MGI firms.  GOING FOR GROWTH Written Matt Moy, MGI Sydney MGI Sydney is pleased to announce that we have recently acquired the firm Ruwald and Evans. Ruwald and Evans were based in Sydney’s CBD and commenced trading in 1937. They have a long and proud history of offering high service levels and building value for their clients. The firm’s clients complement and add to the group of clients that we are proud to call MGI Sydney’s.

This recent growth in MGI Sydney has been exciting and afforded us new opportunities, which adds to the strength and capabilities of MGI Sydney.  TO BE OR NOT TO BE The International AGM held in Chicago on 22 – 24 October has been perhaps the most important AGM since 2007 when the current MGI logo and branding was voted in worldwide.

In 2008 MGI Australasia adopted this logo and branding and as a region agreed that the names of all our firms would be based on the format of “MGI” followed by a city or region name. The MGI Australasia region along with the MGI Latin America region became the only two out of the eight MGI areas to adopt this naming convention. In Australasia we went even further in terms of integrating aspects of our firms through the sharing of marketing, training, inter-firm data and staff. The use of the MGI name and branding combined with our level of firm integration possibly defines our MGI region as being structured as a “network” rather than having the much looser and informal structure of an “association”: the more common structure amongst other MGI regions.

Due to the successful history of Ruwald and Evans it is very pleasing to see that some of the family groups that have joined MGI Sydney have been with Ruwald and Evans since the firm’s formative years.

As part of the acquisition we are delighted to welcome the Ruwald and Evans staff to MGI Sydney; in particular our new Directors Neale Olney and Martin Bocxe. Neale has over 35 years’ experience and is a Registered Company Auditor, Registered Company Liquidator, and Tax Agent. Being a Registered Auditor Martin has a strong focus on high profile audits including listed entities. Martin has over 20 years’ experience.

Des Caulfield, MGI Adelaide, AGM Attendee

The debate about how MGI defines itself, as either a network or an association, dates back to 2006. At that time the European Audit Directive (the so called eighth directive) and the IFAC ethical rules determined that a network of audit firms had special responsibilities and as a result liabilities. For audit firms the word “network” ceased to be a merely a 8|Page

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descriptive marketing term and now had significant legal connotations

Europe. Clearly a resolution to this predicament was required.

MGI International took advice and decided that the existing branding vote of 2007 and the newly introduced peer review quality control programmes should be rolled back because two of the key triggers making a group of auditors a network and subject to the new rules were a shared brand name and a common quality control system. As a consequence a large proportion of members in Europe and North America took the MGI brand off their names, many only having adopted it in 2008. MGI International declared itself to be an Association. However this roll back policy was incomplete as areas such as Australasia and Latin America continued with the MGI prefix for firm names and more particularly in our case the sharing of marketing programmes and other activities. This clearly meant that MGI Australasia was for all intents and purposes a regional network within the confines of an international association.

Earlier this year Clive Bennett, CEO for MGI World, along with members of the MGI International Committee developed a model which would allow for the formation of a network to co-exist alongside an association. This provided a way forward for all members to stay within the MGI organisation when a vote was taken at this year’s international AGM as to whether or not MGI was to become a network. The dual structure would provide members with a choice of belonging to either an association or network depending on each firm’s inclinations.

However as a result of adopting this dual model there are branding implications that the experts have advised need to be considered by both the network and association organisations: the association will be required to change its name and logo to something totally unrelated to the current MGI branding.

The result of the AGM vote in October was overwhelmingly in favour of MGI formalising the network structure and putting into place the necessary network safeguards required to be developed over the next two years. Firms will have until mid 2015 to decide whether they will join either the network or the association organisations

(l – r) Ken Ray, Kirsch Kohn Bridge, USA and Matt Moy, MGI Sydney, AGM attendees

The “is MGI a network or an association” debate continued throughout 2012 into 2013 fuelled by the behaviour of our region as a network, the commencement of shared marketing activities in Latin America, the sharing of marketing and training activities in the UK and Ireland region and the continued use of the MGI prefix in naming firms in both Europe and Northern America. This last being particularly dangerous given that these two regions are where the legal implications of being a network have the highest impact. Expert advice was sought to resolve the debate but the conclusion was that MGI’s status was at best confused and at worst in a risky situation of being a network without the necessary safeguards and procedures in place, especially in

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Erik Emilsson, Revideco, outgoing Chairman, MGI World

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Committee have been managing our inter-firm activities over the last seven years.

Chicago’s world leading architecture with breathtaking views of the skyline, great sporting events, art museums and music, were a fantastic backdrop for the AGM event this year. MGI delegates attended from all corners of the globe with representatives from all of our 8 Areas including 8 new members.

With Debbie’s initiative her role has significantly evolved during her time and she has managed to assist the entire senior team with whatever is required. She has moved into a “para accountant” role, processing individual tax returns in addition to her administrative duties. She has arranged various clients for the firm being prepared to go well above and beyond what is expected in both input and time commitments.

Well done Debbie!

Next year’s AGM will be held in London on the 21 – th 23 October.

Our thanks to William Wiegel and his colleagues and staff at Seldon Fox for hosting this year’s AGM. Having hosted last year’s AGM in Sydney we know what a big commitment this was.

 WELCOME TO MGI.....

MGI Auckland  

 MGI RIGHT STUFF WINNER

Raelene Clemmett Megan Barwell

MGI Adelaide

The winner of the MIG Right Stuff award that we are celebrating in this issue is Debbie Venus, MGI Adelaide.

Debbie started work with MGI Adelaide in the Administration team in late 2013. Her contribution to the team has created enormous efficiencies in the administration of the firm. She has also rapidly taken on greater and more technical responsibilities volunteering for more complex tasks and prepared to take on greater responsibility.

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Brett Jeffree Tim Broadbent

MGI Sydney       

Neale Olney Martin Bocxe Lyndal Bellamy Nitika Lal Elizaveta Lewis Rohit Shenoy Carol Dagher

MGI South Queensland Brisbane     

Renee Simons Stacey Regan Carole Muir Nikala Chenoweth Amanda Salmon

Gold Coast  

Holly Dillon Anne Simona

Debbie Venus, MGI Adelaide

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MGI Cairns 

IMPORTANT DATES MGI Australasian AGM Gold Coast, 9 – 10 July 2015

Caitlin Hinsch

Ruwald and Evans and MPR Welcome to all Ruwald and Evans and MPR staff and directors AND CONGRATULATIONS ON CA/CPA MEMBERSHIP

Tax Conference TBA

Lauren Sinclair

MGI Parkinson  

Audit Conference TBA

Arif Khandwalla Phil Stocker

 Editor’s Note If you would like to provide any feedback or ideas for further articles, please contact Christine Greiser: (0421 499 028 or christine.greiser@mgiaust.com)

MGI South Queensland 

MGI International AGM London, 21 – 23 October 2015 Managers Conference TBA

MGI Sydney 

Future Leaders Conference Sydney, 20 – 21 February 2015

Brendan Priest 

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