Our Team
Our consultants are experienced finance professionals with extensive experience in business sales, public and private company management, and professional services.
Western Australia
Ross Goldstein
Perth
Managing Director WA, Group Director
Ross has been involved with Mergers & Acquisitions for 20 years. He had previously held senior positions in sales and marketing with a number of world leading companies and worked out of the UK, South Africa and Australia.
Following accounting and legal studies, Ross started one of Australia’s largest business broking operations that he later sold to a public listed company.
Ross has attended conferences around the world on subjects that impact upon this industry and has been a regular lecturer and trainer on the subject.
Jeff Roberts
Perth
Director WA, Group Director - B.Bus, G. Cert. App Fin (Sec Inst), CPA
Jeff is a member of CPA Australia, has a Bachelor of Business Degree and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment.
He has a strong background in commerce including around 16 years in senior Accounting, Finance and Company Secretarial positions in a number of public listed companies. These were involved in mining, exploration, resources services, merchant banking, stockbroking, insurance broking, R&D and manufacturing.
Jeff has a great deal of experience in public company takeovers and large business sales and acquisitions, and valuations across a wide range of industries.
Jeff has been with Mergers & Acquisitions for 10 years and specialises in large business sales across all industries.
Todd Grover
Perth
Associate Director - B.Com. CA
Todd holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and, during his time with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
After a corporate role with an ASX listed entity, Todd moved to the UK for four years. During his time in London he held key reporting positions with some of the world’s most prestigious companies including Diageo and Warner Music before moving into a Merchant bank. During his time with the bank, Todd was instrumental in the sale process of the bank to a competitor and post transaction and was tasked with improving the performance of a key under-performing division.
After relocating back to Western Australia and the completion of a project role with Rio Tinto, Todd joined Mergers & Acquisitions.
Ray Prentice
Perth
Senior Consultant - B.Bus. CPA
Ray Prentice is a Certified Practising Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Degree.
He has extensive experience in the management of privately owned business with more than 27 years experience, with 18 years as a partner, in public accounting practices in Perth and Sydney.
Ray’s business experience includes corporate restructuring, financing, succession planning and business exit strategy, business development, business acquisitions and disposals spanning a wide range of industries including manufacturing, transport, engineering, wholesale and distribution and services.
Martin Booth
Perth
Senior Consultant
For the past 15 years Martin has been negotiating deals with Mergers & Acquisitions valued up to $20 million.
Martin has a background in accounting and auditing and spent eight years working on Projects in South East Asia whilst at the same time maintaining interests in medium-sized businesses in Australia.
Martin travels to Asia frequently matching opportunities and servicing existing clients.
Farran Medhurst
Perth
Business Analyst - B.Com
Farran holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Curtin University of Technology.
Farran began his career in 2011 when he joined Mergers & Acquisitions. In his role as Business Analyst, Farran undertakes market and industry research and provides support to our team of consultants.
New South Wales
Robin Taylor
Sydney
Managing Director NSW - BA (Econ)
Robin has held senior positions as an Accountant, Financial Controller, Managing Director and Executive Vice President working in NZ, Australia, UK, Belgium, France and the USA. These positions included frequent involvement in various other European countries as well as Japan.
His extensive management experience spans 30 years with many leading public companies including: GEC, Comeng, ANI and Evans Deakin. During that time Robin was personally involved in a considerable number of acquisitions covering a broad spread of industries including medical, engineering, industrial, service, distribution, and manufacturing.
Frank Giugni
Sydney
Associate - B. Bus, Grad Dip Mgt, FCPA
Frank is a finance professional with a chartered background and extensive manufacturing sector experience gained in several management roles with James Hardie Industries Limited.
He has held various key operational management positions with profit centre responsibility for the UK-based Rentokil-Initial plc Group, as well as head of their local merger and acquisition activities. His involvement included trouble-shooting activities for poorly-performing areas of their business.
More recently, Frank headed up a business advisory firm which focussed on implementing profit growth strategies for stalled businesses, many of which used the acquisition and disposal route to develop and strengthen their trading operations.
He is a Fellow of CPA Australia.
Adrian Thyne
Sydney
Associate - B. Com (Hons), Grad Dip Finance, CA
Adrian commenced his career at a “Big 4” accounting firm where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked for 10 years in the Corporate Finance Division.
Adrian specialised in the valuation of privately-held companies, across a broad range of industries including airports, electricity network companies, manufacturing, agri-business and bio-tech, construction, tourism and technology. During this time he was involved in the sale of a number of private companies.
Adrian then spent five years in the UK working for large listed companies – Whitbread Group, Barclays Bank and Anglo American Mining – undertaking a range of strategy and performance improvement roles.
Following his UK experience, Adrian worked as a financial consultant for companies such as Sydney Airport Corporation and Westpac Bank, prior to joining Mergers & Acquisitions.
Queensland
Ian Jensen
Brisbane
Managing Director QLD - FCA
Ian is a Chartered Accountant and a fellow of the Institute of Directors.
He has had broad experience in small to medium businesses over a period of 30 years. This experience has been in public practice and as a Public Company Executive Director.
He was a partner in the Brisbane office of Ernst & Young until 1987 and then spent 7 years as an Executive Director of Power Brewing Ltd, responsible for corporate finance and strategy. In both these roles he had extensive experience in the Sale and Acquisition of businesses and corporations.
He subsequently spent a further 6 years in practice as a corporate advisor involving strategic advice, due diligence reviews, finance restructuring and capital formation up until joining Mergers & Acquisitions.
Employment Opportunities
We are currently seeking individuals to expand the Mergers & Acquisitions team on a national basis.
Ideal candidates will have a successful background in corporate advisory or investment banking with experience originating and executing mid-market sized business sales transactions. However, suitably qualified and experienced professionals with other relevant experience will be considered, especially those with a strong finance/accounting background (CPA or CA preferred).
Confidential enquiries should be directed to Ross Goldstein (Managing Director) at ross@mergers.com.au