With two decades of highly valuable experience, Vincent has honed his expert approach to revolve around utilising innovative thinking to achieve commercial outcomes for his clients. He works closely with lenders, management, shareholders, accountants, and lawyers, prioritising transparency, communication, and hard work. 

After working on some of the country’s largest and most complex assignments at leading advisory and restructuring firms, Vincent saw the need for a more personalised approach to mid-market clients, using detailed strategic advice to assist financiers, assistance in complex negotiations and formulating workable solutions. 

Vincent has developed extensive experience having been involved in the trade on and sale of numerous distressed businesses, secured properties, conducted independent business reviews and investigations into corporate failures.

 Vincent holds the following Professional Memberships, Registrations and Accreditations:

• Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
• Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
• Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Associate (ARITA)
• Registered Liquidator

Steve’s expertise across a range of industries has allowed him to provide the highest quality of strategic formal and informal advisory that offer confidence and understanding to clients. As a registered liquidator and co-founding principal of Aston Chace Group, his corporate and personal insolvency advice to businesses, individuals and financial institutions is unparalleled.

While he works within all sectors, his rich experience is based in construction, hospitality, retail, agriculture, property, legal and financial services including managed investment. 

Steve has assisted numerous businesses successfully restructure through financial burden, challenges and litigation by key stakeholders including shareholder disputes. He has also been successful in various litigation, including tracing and recovering assets, examinations, recovery of voidable transactions/insolvent trading claims for the benefit of creditors.

Steve's clients value his drive, enthusiasm, strong work ethic, honesty and desire to consistently exceed expectations. He provides complete and timely access to information and undertakes a collaborative approach to decision making with his clients. 

Steve holds the following Professional Memberships, Registrations and Accreditations

• Certified Practicing Accountant (“CPA”)
• Institute of Public Accountants (“IPA”)
• Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners (“AIIP)
• Registered Liquidator

Rajiv has more than 23 years experience in restructuring, turnaround and insolvency at McGrathNicol, Wexted Advisors and NAB (workout team), before joining ACG in 2023. 

He regularly assists financiers, corporates and other key stakeholders and is an expert across a full range of administration appointments including receiverships, liquidations, administrations, deeds of company arrangement and creditors’ trusts.

Qualifications and Memberships

• Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (ICCA)
• Turnaround Management Association Australia (TMA)
• Masters of Business Administration at UNSW (MBA) 
• Fellow of Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Associate (ARITA Fellow)
• NSW Committee member of ARITA (ARITA NSW Committee)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Accounting) (B.Comm. USyd) 
• Registered Liquidator with ASIC (Reg No. 526231)

Paul has more than 25 years’ experience in corporate insolvency and leads the development and implementation of Aston Chace Group’s technical standards and corporate compliance.

As Aston Chace Group’s technical expert, Paul draws from his extensive experience in both the insolvency and legal sectors, advising the firm’s principals and broader teams. Paul practised as a solicitor and a barrister before working as a Senior Manager at an independent insolvency firm for nine years.

Paul has supported a range of liquidations, voluntary administrations, receiverships, schemes of arrangement and insolvency events across industries. This has ranged from large-scale corporate failures to smaller matters.

Professional Memberships, Registrations and Accreditations

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Law

Allan has more than a decade’s combined experience in dealing with corporate insolvency matters as well as invaluable time spent as part of the distressed & workout team at one of Australia’s leading financial institutions.

Allan has an appreciation for the needs of both debtors and creditors in a distressed context and through this, has assisted Liquidators in a multitude of matters ranging from his commercial acumen in trading on businesses in external administration, in reaching negotiated outcomes, as well as dealing with complex litigation assignments that have been before the Courts.

Qualifications and Memberships

• Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Graduate Member, Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association
• Bachelor of Commerce, UNSW

Matt has over 7 years’ experience in restructuring and formal insolvency appointments (corporate) primarily within the retail, financial services, property and construction and manufacturing spaces.

Matt has undertaken numerous public examination and legal recovery actions, including working alongside government agencies such as the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to maximise return to creditors.  

Matt is a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Business (majoring in Accounting & Finance) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Chris is a Chartered Accountant with over 9 years of experience working in corporate and personal insolvency matters. He has developed a strong understanding of insolvency laws to help find solutions for his clients and guide them through the insolvency process. Chris has extensive experience in Liquidations, Voluntary Administrations, Deed of Company Arrangements and Bankruptcy across a range of industries including construction, hospitality and retail.

Kamini Muniandy possesses over a decade of experience in corporate insolvency, restructuring, and forensic investigations. She has successfully led the liquidation of companies across various sectors including construction, property, manufacturing, shipping, hospitality and public-listed entities.

Kamini specialises in asset tracing, uncommercial transactions and misappropriated funds reviews, with a track record in complex litigation involving recovery of assets and director misconduct.

Qualifications and Memberships

Member, Certified Practicing Accountant (“CPA Australia”)

Member, Malaysia Institute of Accountants (“MIA”)

Member, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia (“IPAM”)

Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Banking & Finance) (Victoria University)