Top 100 CEO Interviews
Issue No. 31 - October/November 2006
Deloitte Model pays off
Starting with just one director, David Hill, the team now boasts two partners and 12 staff.
The enterprise specialises in mergers and acquisitions, business sales, due diligence, company valuations, independent expert reports and financial modelling.
South Australian clients the team has served make up a who's who of local business: Santos, Elders, Envestra, United Utilities, SA Water, BRL Hardy, McGuigan Wines, ANZ, CBA, NAB, BankWest, Lifeplan, NRG Flinders, International Wine Investment Fund, A.I., National Jet Systems, Pacific Marine Batteries, SDS Corporation, Radio Rentals, Harris Scarfe, Internode, Fibrelogic, Balco, Kingston Estate Wines, Nepenthe Wines, Barossa Valley Estate Wines, J. & A.G. Johnston, Wendy’s, Cartridge World and EzyDVD.
"We founded our Adelaide Corporate Finance team in response to strong market demand for corporate finance services and, in particular, valuation, due diligence and financial modelling services," David says.
"The partners of the Adelaide office felt it appropriate to bring together a team of qualified people in Adelaide with experience in providing corporate finance services. This led to my return from the UK, where I had been working in corporate finance, both in London and Cambridge.
"We quickly grew a team that in our first year worked on a number of IPOs, business sales and acquisitions. From FY01 we have sustained a compound annual growth rate in excess of 30%.
"As we grew, client...
