Neil Smith

Executive summary

Neil is a senior Partner in BDO’s Audit & Assurance team in Perth. He has extensive experience working with ASX-listed companies, and large private companies, including subsidiaries of multinationals. Neil advises clients in the increasingly complex area of financial reporting, addressing their statutory and other assurance requirements.

He is highly regarded for his depth of financial reporting, audit, and assurance experience, and his hands-on, practical approach when working with clients.

Neil has over 30 years’ public and private practice experience in audit, accounting, and advisory roles in Australia and Europe, and has worked at partner level in public practice for the past 28 years.

Neil joined BDO in 2016 following more than five years as Partner with a global accounting firm, and 14 years as Partner at a mid-tier accounting firm, where he served as Managing Partner of the WA practice, as well as on its national board of directors.

Expertise

• Statutory external audit
• Financial reporting and accounting advisory
• Due diligence
• Other agreed scope assurance engagements

Experience

Audit and assurance services for:

• Exploration and mining companies
• Building and construction companies
• Engineering services companies
• Transport and logistics companies
• Equipment retail and hire companies
• Biotechnology companies.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
• Chartered Accountant and Fellow, CA ANZ
• Registered Company Auditor
• Graduate, Institute of Directors in Australia