Grant Saxon

Executive summary

As Managing Partner of BDO’s Sydney and Parramatta offices, Grant oversees their growth and success in providing leading audit, tax, and advisory services. He is a strategic professional services leader with a proven track record in leading and motivating teams of professionals in a high-performance culture.

Grant is an authentic, values-based leader who is recognised as a mentor and advocate of a diverse team, believing the best outcomes emerge when people are their authentic selves.

He has developed his skills through extensive experience leading teams and providing audit & assurance and advisory services to a broad range of businesses across multiple industry sectors, including professional services, technology, finance, property & construction, and the arts.

Expertise

• Leading professional services firms
• Coaching and mentoring
• Audit & assurance
• Strategic planning
• Business performance measurement

Experience

Managing Partner, BDO in Sydney, 2015 to current:

• As Managing Partner, Grant is responsible for BDO’s strategic execution and growth in New South Wales. He leads a team of over 700 professionals across two offices in Sydney and Greater Western Sydney, and is a member of BDO’s National Executive Leadership Team. Grant has overseen a more than three-fold increase in revenue and team size by focusing on organisational culture and helping reposition BDO as a market leader in New South Wales and nationally.

Partner in Charge, Audit & Assurance, BDO, 2012 - 2014:

• Grant was appointed BDO’s Lead Audit & Assurance Partner in New South Wales after PKF in Sydney and Melbourne merged with BDO in 2012.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Master of Business Administration
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Leading Professional Services Firms Program
• Fellow, CA ANZ
• Member, AICD

Professional engagements and activities

• Board Member and Treasurer, Australian Performing Writers Association (Word Travels)