Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Michael Grant is Australia's foremost strategic legacy adviser for successful business owners. His expertise includes advising private company Boards and senior management on strategic direction, business advisory as well as accounting and income tax matters. Michael is professionally qualified as a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors with a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) majoring in Accounting and Finance from the University of New South Wales. Michael was a senior partner specialising in taxation with both PKF and subsequently BDO Sydney, which formed part of the 6th largest accounting and advisory firm in Australia and the world’s 5th largest accounting and advisory firm. Prior to retiring from BDO, he had held the roles of Chairman of the PKF East Coast Partnership and Managing Partner of the BDO East Coast Practice. With over 35 years in the fields of tax consulting, accounting and management, Michael is uniquely qualified in strategic legacy planning, having accumulated the necessary professional and life experience to be the sounding board clients need to determine and implement their legacy planning objectives. In his book, Identifying and Managing Your Legacy, Michael provides in-depth analysis and insights into the legacy planning process, citing some of the problems that arise from not having a structured and strategic approach to determining and implementing one's legacy.
Trusted legacy strategy adviser for successful business owners
I joined the firm as a tax consulting manager in April 1989 after spending 6 years with Deloitte. I was a tax consulting partner for 20 years. During the last 6 years of that tenure I also served on the Firm's Board as a Board Member, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
On 1 August, 2012, PKF East Coast Practice (PKF ECP) and BDO in Australia finalised its integration, seeing the former PKF ECP adopting the BDO brand in Sydney and Melbourne. PKF ECP has now become BDO East Coast Partnership, which includes the Sydney, Caringbah, Tuggerah and Melbourne offices. PKF Brisbane joins BDO in Brisbane. The integration re-establishes BDO’s presence in Sydney and Melbourne and presents a brand new team bringing the total partner numbers in Australia to 156 with 1342 staff.