Focussing on financial reporting and consolidation, governance and emerging accounting issues, Paul works with a wide variety of clients in several different business sectors, including mining, technology, branding of fashion goods and computer services. Paul also supports clients with complex consolidations, corporate reorganisation and funding issues and has worked on several AIM listing and fund raising exercises for junior mining companies.
Paul is the in-house FD Solutions expert on the application of IFRS and changing UK GAAP providing advice to clients and members of the FD Solutions team. Since joining in January 2006, Paul has:
- Prepared first-time IFRS-compliant financial statements for a $700m mining group with overseas operations.
- Assisted with documentation required to float a $200m bond on the Luxembourg exchange for a listed mining group.
- Rebuilt and restated consolidation and financial statements for a $180m mining group to ensure full compliance with IFRS.
- Built a first-time consolidation model and prepared financial statements under UK GAAP for a £600m software group based in the UK.
- Prepared first-time IFRS compliant financial statements for an AIM-quoted research group based in Italy.
- Rebuilt financial statements for a Cyprus-based wholesale and retail group with operations across Europe and in the Far East; a fashion clothing and branding operation.
- Supervised and prepared IFRS-compliant financial statements, including first-time application of IFRS, for other smaller AIM clients within mining, financial services, media, leisure and manufacturing sectors.
Paul qualified with Touche Ross and has gained significant experience in the Property, Logistics and the Import Export market.
