Partner

Rachel Burdett

T:
+61 3 8320 5600
M:
Melbourne

Partner

Rachel Burdett

T:
+61 3 8320 5600
M:
Melbourne

An accomplished leader and mentor, Rachel is passionate about advisory, restructuring, and growth.

With over 30 years of advisory, restructuring and insolvency experience, Rachel guides stakeholders to overcome challenges with empathy and skill. As an insolvency and restructuring specialist, Rachel gives businesses and companies a unique advisory perspective on building effective practices in challenging environments and setting or refocusing corporate strategies.

With a career of over three decades, Rachel has worked across various restructuring and risk management roles within chartered accounting firms and the banking industry. Rachel specialises in distressed debt advisory, stabilisation to turnaround, restructuring and formal insolvency. Helping clients through guidance, tailored solutions and resolving strategic, operational and financial problems.

While working in the banking industry, Rachel primarily focused on managing distressed and non-performing loans across various industries throughout Australia and leading portfolio teams across finance, risk management, restructuring and insolvency.

She is the National President of ARITA (the peak national association for restructuring, turnaround, and insolvency), a Fellow, Executive Board member and member of the Balanced Taskforce for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Rachel is also the chair of the ASIC, AFSA & ARITA liaison committee and a member of the VicTas committee for ARITA

Rachel has acted as Administrator, Deed Administrator and Liquidator and as an advisor to companies and directors needing stabilisation, solvency, restructuring advice and ‘next practice’ strategic guidance. In addition to advisory, Rachel has conducted workshop sessions with the board and management and conducted financial, credit risk and working capital training for banking and credit teams.

Rachel is also the founding partner of the Cor Cordis Women’s Forum.

Areas of expertise

• Financial services

• Health (aged care & retirement)

• Health (including pharmaceutical)

• Real estate & construction

• Tourism & Leisure

• Agribusiness

• MIS

• Retail

Education & Accreditation

  • Bachelor of Accounting (BAcc), University of South Australia
  • Chartered Accountant (Grad Dip CA) and Practising Certificate (CAANZ)
  • Registered Liquidator (ASIC)
  • Graduate Member (GAICD), Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Graduate Diploma, Australian Restructuring and Turnaround Association
  • Certified Turnaround Analyst, Turnaround Management Association
  • Master of Arts, Writing (MA Writing), Swinburne University
  • Registered Tax and BAS Agent
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