George Aubrey Lopez B.Bus, CA, CPA, Post-Grad.Dip.Bus, IP, MICM
With
wide ranging experience over many years, George has been a partner
at this firm since 1997.
George
holds a Bachelor of Business degree, together with a Post-graduate Diploma
in Business and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in Australia (ICA), CPA Australia (CPA), the Insolvency Practitioners
Association of Australia (IPAA) and the Australian Institute of Credit
Management (AICM).
An Official Liquidator with the Supreme Court of Western Australia and
Registered Trustee in Bankruptcy, George has extensive experience in insolvency
administration, including liquidations, receiverships, agent for mortgagee
assignments, informal schemes, bankruptcies and administrations under
Part X of the Bankruptcy Act. He has assisted several companies through
the voluntary administration procedure, from small businesses to publicly
listed companies.
George has also provided long-term management consulting services through
the Australian Government to the Cocos Island Co-operative Society, which
was the business arm of the Cocos (Keeling) Island community. This role,
which drew on his commercial skills and ready grasp of business issues
was a consultative role to the management committee of the Co-operative
and encompassed all aspects of business management, concentrating in the
areas of marketing, economic research and development, accounting, industrial
relations and operations management. The Co-operative was involved in
the retail, hospitality, construction, agribusiness, tourism, stevedorage
and labour sub-contract industries.
George was often called upon to negotiate, on behalf of the Co-operative
Society, with various government departments and to engage in discussions
with the various parliamentary sub-committees and Commonwealth Grants
Commission teams that visited the islands.
Just prior to leaving the islands, George was requested to investigate
the possibility of computerising the stamp issues system for the Cocos
Islands Philatelic Bureau, which sold stamps to clients worldwide. George
was able to analyse, design, programme, test, document and install the
system in the space of four months, using the ‘Smart’ suite
of software. This "temporary" system was used for three years
before being upgraded.
Committed to giving a consistent top quality performance to his clients,
George adds to his professional skills and abilities through his participation
as a founding member and (currently) President of the WA Chapter of the
Australia-Malaysia Business Council. George was, for a few years, the
National Chairman of CPA Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Insolvency
and Reconstruction and is currently a member of the Centre of Excellence
in Business & Management. He is a National and a State Committee member
of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia (IPAA) and is
the WA Education Co-ordinator for the IPAA's Insolvency Education Programme.
George has very strong links to Malaysia. As an "Old Putera",
he is a member of arguably one of the strongest and most active old school/business
networks in that country.
Married to Cheryl and a father of four, George is very committed to community
service. He is a Past President of the Lions Club of Bull Creek a former
District Chairman for the Lions Youth of the Year Quest and the District
Coordinator for Youth Projects. He has previously held numerous positions
in community based voluntary organisations, has served on various school
boards and recently retired as a Board Member of Sevenoaks Senior College.
An
active member of his church, George has sat on various Parish Councils
and is currently a reader and special Minister of the Eucharist, besides
spending some time singing as a cantor and with the Music Ministry. Altough
he loves singing, George's musical career may be held back by a lack of
musical talent.
George considers himself too old for active sport, but can be seen occasionally
honing his Tae Kwon Do skills, or pedalling his racing bike along the
streets of Perth.