Craig Mitchell

Executive summary

Craig is a Business Services Partner, and leads BDO's Business Growth Program in Brisbane. He develops close working relationships with business owners and managers to help them manage and grow their businesses.

Craig provides taxation and business advice to clients, including family-owned and operated businesses, entrepreneurs, and high net worth individuals. He is an experienced adviser to businesses in the real estate and construction sector, with a particular interest in construction business and Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) compliance matters.

Craig leads the delivery of BDO's Business Growth Program in Brisbane, which provides business leaders with a strategic framework for business and personal growth. He is dedicated to empowering business owners to make informed strategic decisions to grow their business.

Craig joined BDO in 2015 after gaining experience as an accountant and adviser in a boutique accounting firm and a listed professional services firm.

Expertise

• Accounting and tax advice to businesses
• Financial reporting
• Business analytics and management reporting
• Financial projections and modelling
• Direct and indirect tax advice and compliance
• Tax planning
• Business structuring
• Succession and estate planning

Experience

• Business acquisitions - Negotiation of settlement issues on private equity purchase of a large family-owned transport business
• Business sale - Structuring of agreement and tax advice on sale of a medical service business and business premises to a business partner
• Review and due diligence - Forensic review of accounting records and report to minority shareholders of a medical wholesale business on the discharge of management fiduciary duties
• Virtual CFO - Ongoing support to business owners and managers on financial performance, including oversight of accounting staff and monthly performance reporting.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting, Finance)
• Bachelor of Business Management (Business Economics)
• Chartered Accountant and Member, CA ANZ