Grant Corderoy

Consulting and Aged & Community Services Division

Grant is the Senior Partner at StewartBrown and would be regarded as being one of the foremost financial and policy authorities for aged and community services in Australia. He leads the Consulting team and specialises in a range of services for his clients including undertaking complex accounting assignments, system reviews, management consulting, specialised audits and general business advice. He also has considerable experience in advising clients on the sale and purchases of businesses, business valuations and due diligence.

Grant has over 40 years’ experience in the profession and was previously responsible for the Audit and Aged Care Division which he established in 1990. A partner in the firm since 1995, he has significant professional expertise within the not-for-profit sector and he has a lengthy client list including many national aged care and community service providers.

Grant also has had significant expertise in commerce, including secondments with large NFP providers as well as a large national importer and distribution company. The secondments involved managing the centralisation of the finance, ICT and payroll divisions including process implementation, project management, budget and forecast analysis and reporting.

Grant has tertiary business and journalism qualifications and is an Affiliate of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

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Russell McGree

Tax & Business Advisory

Russell specialises in providing tax, accounting, business advisory and audit services to a broad range of clients. These include small to medium sized privately owned businesses, high net-worth individuals and various clubs, associations and not-for-profit entities.

Russell has gained extensive knowledge and experience in most facets of doing business in Australia, which he applies to provide valued advice to his clients, with the core objective being to increase profitability and business value. He has been a partner of the firm since 2000 and has 31 years’ experience in Chartered Accountancy.

Russell holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and is a Chartered Accountant, Registered Tax Agent, Registered Company Auditor, Registered SMSF Auditor and Justice of the Peace in NSW.

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Stuart Hutcheon

Audit & Assurance

Stuart is the head of our Audit & Assurance Division, but also provides consulting services to a diverse client base. He has had considerable experience with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations. This experience covers all areas of professional services including auditing, management accounting, budgeting, salary packaging and FBT advice.

Prior to joining StewartBrown Stuart held positions in commerce and undertook various medium term secondments in various financial accounting roles. He has been a partner of our firm since 2004.

Stuart holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant, Registered Company Auditor and Registered SMSF Auditor.

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Matthew Davie

Tax & Business Advisory

Matt specialises in providing taxation, accounting, business advisory and superannuation services to a broad range of clients.

He has over 15 years of experience in professional practice and has a strong focus on providing an efficient and proactive service.

Matt joined the firm in 2010 and became a partner in July 2013. Prior to joining our firm, he spent 8 years at two Sydney based accountancy practices. Matt has extensive experience in the area of self managed super funds.

Matt holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and is a Chartered Accountant, Registered Tax Agent, Justice of the Peace in NSW and holds a RG146 qualification to provide superannuation advice.

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David Sinclair

Aged Care Consulting and Internal Audit

David is Partner with StewartBrown specialising in providing services and advice to the aged care and community services businesses with a focus on the not-for-profit sector.

Until recently, David managed the StewartBrown Aged Care Financial Performance Survey which collects data and benchmarks the financial performance of residential aged care facilities and home care packages. David now leads the internal audit team and jointly leads the consulting team in conjunction with Senior Partner Grant Corderoy.

David has over 30 years of experience in professional practice with a background in audit (internal and external), insolvency and a wide range of consulting assignments to a variety of industries. David is also past chairman and continuing Director of a not-for-profit aged care provider.

David holds a Bachelor of Economics, is a Chartered Accountant, an Associate Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Siobhain Simpson

Audit & Assurance

Siobhain is a Partner in our Audit and Assurance Division and has worked with clients ranging from small private entities to listed companies. She has, for the majority of her career, specialised in the not-for-profit sector including aged and community care service providers, disability service entities, schools, children’s services, member-based public companies limited by guarantee and charities.

Siobhain has worked for over 15 years’ in the Chartered Accountancy profession and has been with StewartBrown since 2010. Prior to this she worked at a mid-tier Sydney firm having been articled in Ireland.

Siobhain holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant.

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David Gallery

Audit & Assurance

David is an Audit Partner servicing clients operating in both 'for-profit' and 'not-for-profit' environments including aged and community care service providers, member-based public companies limited by guarantee, charities, disability service entities as well as a broad range of commercial operations including Australian Financial Service Licence holders.

David joined StewartBrown in 2014 after having contributed 15 years of service as Audit Partner, Technical Standards Partner and Quality Control Partner during his 20-year tenure at a top-15 national firm.

David became a Partner in 2019 and has 25 years experience in Chartered Accountancy.

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Bhavna Lathigara

Tax & Business Advisory

Bhavna specialises in providing business advisory, financial accounting and taxation services to a broad range of clients including listed entities, small and medium sized businesses, superannuation funds, government agencies, not-for-profit organisations and high net-worth individuals. Bhavna is also responsible for StewartBrown’s business advisory practice dedicated to assisting Indian based clients with their Australian operations.

Bhavna has more than 20 years’ experience in professional practices. She joined StewartBrown, in 2007 and became a partner in July 2020. Prior to joining StewartBrown, Bhavna worked with Chartered Accounting practices in India and New Zealand.

Bhavna holds a Master of Taxation, Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), Graduate Diploma in Business, RG146 qualification to provide superannuation advice and is a Chartered Accountant and Registered Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Auditor.

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Justin Weiner

Audit & Assurance

Justin is an Audit Partner with significant experience servicing both 'for-profit' and 'not-for-profit' entities. Justin is dedicated to supporting and assisting his clients through his technical expertise, industry knowledge and strong commercial mindset.

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Chris Parkinson

Aged and Community Services

Chris is a Partner in the Aged and Community Services Division of StewartBrown. Chris specialises in financial aspects of these sectors and can assist with operational reviews, financial modelling, financial performance analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and legislated financial and operational reporting.

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