Brigitte Lonie

Director | Brisbane

Restructuring

Brigitte Lonie
“Employing commercial knowledge to improve financial outcomes.”

Brigitte Lonie

About

Brigitte’s formal accounting qualifications, combined with her recent experience in government and ASX-listed companies, and background in retail, hospitality, agriculture and property means that the restructuring team is able to draw on her knowledge across a wide range of appointment types.

Brigitte has eight years of experience in insolvency and restructuring and has recently returned from a three-month secondment with Cleanaway where she was leading an EBITDA improvement program. Prior to that, she worked with the KordaMentha Performance Improvement team in providing management advice a large healthcare provider in Queensland on a financially material government contract. She has also completed a 12-month period working in internal finance at Queensland Health where she managed a large asset portfolio.

Brigitte’s prior experience at KordaMentha was also health focused, with the management of two trading receiverships of pharmacy groups. On these matters, Brigitte managed the day-to-day business trading and worked with the senior team to financially stabilise the businesses before preparing them for successful sale campaigns.

Expertise

  • Dealings with government departments (specifically, health related)
  • Analysis and interpretation of large data sets
  • Management consulting advice (performance/EBITDA improvement)
  • Sale of business and asset realisation
  • Business trade on
  • Allied health business matters (veterinary, medical training and pharmacy)

Education and accreditations

  • Justice of the Peace (Qualified)
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) (University of Queensland)
  • Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting (CAANZ)
  • Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Advanced Certification (ARITA)

Significant Engagements

  • Cleanaway (Solid waste QLD) – 3 month management consulting secondment
  • Mater Health (QLD) – 7 months management consulting regarding large government contract
  • Queensland Health – 12 month contract (internal finance)
  • Coomber Pharmacy group – Receivership (trade on)
  • Choice Pharmacy – Receivership (trade on)