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About
Bridgepoint Group

BridgePoint Group brings together a team of industry experts who have the necessary insights, business skills and experience to help you to create success in your business and in so doing, meet your individual needs and goals.

An Accounting & Growth Advisory Firm
On A Big Mission...

The team at BridgePoint Group, complemented by our exceptional panel of experts, will collaborate with you in a long-term partnership, to assess where your business is at and to help devise and implement key business strategies to achieve your goals; whether it’s getting started, getting re-energised, getting results, funding growth, succession, sale or commercialising opportunities.

Together, our Advisors provide one simple path for busy business owners, to obtain professional guidance, solutions and ultimately, great results!

How Are We Different?

Our team invest the time to understand your business, your industry and what drives your success. We have years of experience delivering similar engagements. We know that you are busy. You need to be able to focus your attention elsewhere and rely on us to do our thing.

A key to our success is trust. Trust is developed by repeatedly delivering the goods, on time every time. It is backed up by good, strong communication delivered in plain English.

No precious egos. Just a focus on creating real value.

Meet Some of Our Team

Neil Parker

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Louise Cottee

CLIENT DIRECTOR

Bradley Semmens

Head of Business Advisory

Alan Baghdasarayan

CLIENT DIRECTOR

Russell Debney

COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE LAWYER

Our Social Responsibility

BridgePoint Group is keen to make a contribution to the society that we live and work in. In 2010, our panel member, Paul Gallimore conducted a not-for-profit forum as part of his role with CTC Consulting. One of the interesting findings was that the sector wanted professional service firms to donate their expertise and not to, for example, paint fences for a day. With this in mind, BridgePoint Group (and its people) utilise their skills and experience for the betterment of a number of not-for-profit entities.

BridgePoint Group are proud supporters of the Gift of Life Foundation, where our Managing Director, Neil Parker is a former Director. We support them by preparing the accounts on a pro bono basis and enjoying their fundraising golf days.  The Foundation has been established to make Australians aware of our organ transplant crisis and encourage more Australians to become donors. Awareness is promoted by working with sporting organisations and sportsmen and women to actively support organ donation. http://www.giftoflife.com.au/

Mates Against Melanoma is a Not-for-profit charity organisation and BridgePoint Group are looking after their annual accounts and quarterly BAS on the pro bono basis. Jason Sprott established Mates Against Melanoma, a charity that seeks to raise awareness of getting regular skin checks to prevent melanomas becoming life threatening. It has been quite a remarkable journey for Jason since being diagnosed with stage IV metastasis melanoma in 2004. Jason decided the best way to help himself was by helping others, so he started Mates Against Melanoma. Melanomas, if identified early, can be successfully cured. With early detection the key, Jason has launched Australia’s National Skin Check Day (ANSCD) and it is coming up on Thursday 24th February 2022. 

Our Chairman, Paul Gallimore donates his time to act as a Member of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service Marketing Advisory Board. The Service provides the highest standard of 24 hour aeromedical, search and rescue service free of charge to the communities of the Hunter, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, New England and North West regions of New South Wales. http://www.rescuehelicopter.com.au/

Have Questions?

Neil Parker

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Neil is an experienced and sought after company director with more than 21 years’ experience in the Chartered Accounting profession.

Neil has been consulting to private businesses with respect to overall strategy and growth, planning and implementation, shareholder value, exit strategy and execution. Neil is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mitchell Turnbull

DIRECTOR

In his 10 years in the profession, Mitchell has accumulated a wealth of experience across, the financial management and operational aspects of a number of industries. With a background in financial consulting Mitchell works hand-in-hand with businesses to create efficiencies and correctly leverage opportunities presented to them.

Mitchell acts in an Outsourced Financial Controller capacity for a number of BridgePoint Group’s clients, assisting them with budgeting, financial forecasting and analysis of results which is then used to help with strategic decision-making.

Mitchell is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and is a Registered Tax Agent.

Louise Cottee

CLIENT DIRECTOR

Louise brings over 20 years of professional experience to BridgePoint Group. Louise’s role as Client Director is to continue to deliver outstanding service to our clients and to drive operational efficiencies with BridgePoint Group by engaging in the latest, and leading, best practice technologies.

Louise’s skills in developing relationships, building rapport and connecting with people has seen her become an integral member of the BridgePoint Group management team.

Louise is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Bradley Semmens

Head of Business Advisory

Brad has built a strong reputation as a thought leader in human behaviour in relation to leadership development, organisational performance, and strategic thinking, planning and execution.

 

With over a decade of management and leadership experience across different industries such as: construction, fitness, sales and education, and completing a Diploma in HRM and a Bachelor of Business Management majoring in HRM, Brad understands what it takes to successfully strategise, plan and execute business projects and getting everyone on board to drive desired outcomes. With a long-term growth mindset and passion for continuous learning, Brad sets out to complete his Master’s in Business Psychology at the beginning of 2023.

 

Additionally, as an entrepreneurial and innovative thinker, Brad launched his own successful start up supplement business – NutriCeuticals at the conception of Covid and is standing strong and growing to this day. With balanced strength and understanding for the ‘front-end’ and ‘back-end’ of business, in Brad’s previous leadership role, he took an education and professional services firm from a 15-20% client retention rate, to over 60%.

 

Through Brad’s compounded business and leadership experience, he has found his place in business advisory with Bridgepoint Group and is solely focused on helping business owners take their business, and themselves to new levels of performance, purpose and fulfilment.

Alan Baghdasarayan

CLIENT DIRECTOR

Alan has over 10 years of professional experience in Innovation Advisory, working in the Global Innovation and Incentive teams of both PwC and Deloitte. During his career, Alan has been consulting to clients in a range of industries including information and communications technology, finance, engineering, life sciences, and fast-moving consumer goods.

Alan holds a Master of Business Administration from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Finance from Macquarie University.

Russell Debney

COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE LAWYER

Russell is a commercial and corporate lawyer with over 40 years experience. A former Managing Partner of a major international law firm, he has also managed and served on the boards of a number of local and international public and private companies in the resources, IT, hospitality, healthcare and technology sectors. This experience equips him with a unique, practical understanding of the legal, management and commercial requirements of his clients.

A member of the Law Society of NSW, Russell is also a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders.