Gavin Doig - PRINCIPAL

Gavin Doig is the principal and founder of CFO PRO which was established in 2001, originally as GSD Business Consulting. A Chartered Accountant and Chartered Governance Professional, Gavin brings a wealth of experience with over 23 years in business management and 25 years in professional accounting and virtual CFO environments including 25 years of UK, USA, Canadian and South African experience.

Through CFO PRO, Gavin has provided Chief Financial Officer, professional accounting and business advisory services to SMEs for the last 20 years. Prior to that he held various CFO and Financial Controller positions, including directorships, in stock exchange listed and unlisted public companies, multi-nationals, government corporations, new business start-ups and large family-owned businesses. His work experience covers a number of business sectors including: minerals exploration and geoscience consulting; oil and gas consulting; software development; commercial food production; rail and road transport; computer, chemical and motor spares distribution; steel products manufacturing; and renewable energy retail.

Gavin currently provides outsourced CFO/Company Secretarial services to a London-based, US owned oil and gas management consulting group, along with business performance and management reporting for its US parent, as well as accounting and company secretarial services to several Australian SME clients.

Gavin has previously played a key role in successful IPO's and reverse takeovers, locally and overseas, as well as rights issues, fund raisings via share purchase plan and private placement as well as a merger of two ASX listed companies.

Through many years of experience Gavin has developed a keen understanding of the many challenges and opportunities faced by small to medium sized businesses and smaller ASX listed companies. He is acutely aware of the many dilemmas confronting owners and managers as they develop their strategic initiatives or deliberate between funding and staffing rapid business growth or consolidating business units. Consequently Gavin focuses on providing timely, proactive, value-adding, decision-making information, both financial and non-financial. This in addition to routine financial information for Stock Exchange prospectuses and ongoing regulatory reporting.

In the 1990's, Gavin took responsibility for establishing the finance/accounting divisions in several green-field operations in Western Australia, environments which vigorously tested and refined his leadership and communication skills. During this period he became extensively involved in the introduction of self-empowered work teams in a large Federal Government corporation together with contemporary management practices such as Key Performance Measurement, World's Best Practice benchmarking, Activity Based Costing and elements of the Balanced Scorecard approach.

During the 1980's and 1990's, Gavin directed the implementation and migration of several management and financial reporting systems from main frames and mini computer environments to PC networks including integration of accounting applications with those of manufacturing, logistics and sales, incorporating TQM and MRPII concepts.

Gavin originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa and as a CPA in the USA. He qualified as an Australian Chartered Accountant after moving to Australia in 1989. In 2013 Gavin qualified as a Chartered Company Secretary. Gavin is also a former BAS Agent.

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