Paul Kirk

Paul has spent 34 years in the professional accounting and advisory arena with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He retired from the Partnership of PwC Australia in 2011, (26 years as a Partner) and formed a boutique Corporate Advisory, Strategy and Restructuring practice, Collins Pitt Associates. Paul has also spent two years as a Special Advisor to Lazard Australia, one of Australia’s premier boutique M&A and Corporate Advisory firms.

For the past 45 years Paul has specialised in the area of corporate advice, turnaround & restructuring, profit improvement, M&A, strategic advice, risk and governance, forensic accounting and insolvency management.

Paul’s passion for this field of expertise has led him to work in many countries around the world. The pinnacle of his career was being appointed to the role of Global leader of PwC’s Crisis Management Division which was the largest restructuring, turnaround and forensics practice in the world with over 240 partners, 2,400 staff and operations in 62 countries with global revenues of circa A$1 billion. Paul led the practice for four years from both the Tokyo and New York offices of PwC.

Paul is an innovative and strategic thinker and has demonstrated an ability to lead large organizations and achieve significant top and bottom-line growth within the companies he has worked.

Whilst Paul, through his consultancy practice, Collins Pitt Associates, still provides specialist advice on profit enhancement, turnarounds, business processes, asset and investment management; his experience over the years this has led to a NED career with a strong focus on corporate entity financial performance, governance, and risk management.

Paul is currently a director of a number of companies in the Australian Unity Group. He is also a director of several private companies including Meeco and sits on the Investment Committee of three large corporates and not for profit entities.