
“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)