Tony Young

Executive summary

Tony is a Business Services Partner with BDO in Brisbane. His approach is based on longstanding, close working relationships with clients to ‘partner’ with them in their businesses.

Tony joined BDO in 1980, and was appointed partner in 1985. With over 40 years’ public practice experience— incuding significant experience advising large family groups—he leads BDO’s Estate Planning team.

Tony has impressive experience providing taxation and commercial advice to a diverse range of clients, including family-owned and operated businesses, professionals, property developers, manufacturers, and retailers. He also provides strategic advice to professional service firms seeking to grow their business.

Expertise

• Business accounting and advisory
• Taxation structuring and advisory
• Taxation compliance and compliance advisory
• Succession planning
• Estate planning
• Business structuring
• Family businesses
• Growth advisory

Experience

• Succession planning – Planning and implementing a substantial family-owned enterprise's succession strategy. This involved working within family dynamics to ensure an effective and cohesive management group
• Structuring a major property group – Established a major property holding group to maximise commercial and taxation efficiency
• Estate planning – Tony advises high net worth clients and has acted as executor and attorney for a number of complex estates. His experience is primarily with large family groups, and the succession and estate issues that can arise.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)
• Fellow, CA ANZ
• Fellow, The Tax Institute
• Graduate Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Professional engagements and activities

• Board Member, Queensland Symphony Orchestra
• Treasurer, Committee for Brisbane
• Former Board member, BDO Group Holdings Pty Ltd
• Former member, Board of Trustees of Brisbane Girls Grammar School (16 years)