I love business. I get great satisfaction from seeing clients develop from ambitious beginnings to realising their goals, forming close relationships along the way and becoming a trusted adviser and confidant to their business and themselves.
Andrew Beattie Business Advisory Services and Corporate Finance Director
Andrew’s specialist experience and knowledge are predominantly in the areas of business improvement, management consulting, strategy, succession planning and sale readiness, corporate finance and business valuation. Andrew works with clients nationally across many industry sectors including Health, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Mining Services, Professional Services and Construction.
His professional background incorporates four years with a major banking institution in their corporate banking team, with the remainder of his working life spent in the public practice accounting profession. Andrew is known for his pragmatic approach and brings independence and accountability to businesses particularly family businesses. He works closely with many clients as a member of the board, advisory board or as a consultant and is known for his ability to connect people.
Recent examples of work include:
Actively advising an engineering business’ strategic growth path from $1m revenue to $19m revenue over a 6-year period with an ultimate trade sale of $42m
Implementing a performance and governance framework, including chairing the advisory board, for a veterinary group and completing 4 acquisitions seeing them grow from $3m revenue to $30m revenue over a 10-year period
Leading a fundraising exercise of $50m for a community housing organisation including negotiation rates, terms and security structures
Consulting to a privately held fitness industry start-up, establishing their strategic plan and appropriate legal and tax structure and advising them over an 8-year period whereby negotiating a private equity placement of $23m for further growth and expansion
Lead adviser for a $6m management buyout as part of a facilitated succession plan for the founder of a technology business including effective structures and tax effectiveness terms for both sides of transaction.
He has a strong commitment to community initiatives and is currently a director of the Newcastle Grammar School and a committee adviser of the Merewether Carlton Rugby Club. He was a previous Director and Treasurer of The Entrance Leagues Club Limited, Chairman of the Nat Cook Live Out Loud Foundation and director of Connectability Australia.
Andrew also leads Down to Business, a blog and podcast in the Hunter:
PKF Sydney and Newcastle is proud to announce its return as naming sponsor of the Hunter Valley Wine Show for the fourth year in a row, continuing a strong partnership that champions excellence in the region’s wine industry and the communities that support it.As Australia’s oldest wine region, the Hunter...
Bearing Industrial & Safety Equipment Centre (BISEC) is a family-owned industrial supply business servicing mining, engineering, agricultural and viticulture industries across Regional NSW. Established in 2000 by Michelle and Craig Gunton, BISEC has grown from a small retail operation into one of Mudgee’s most trusted suppliers of bearings, rigging and...
PKF Newcastle’s Future of Choice is a client-first advisory methodology that helps business owners and individuals define clear goals, align advisers, and build structured plans to achieve measurable outcomes.In the latest episode of the PKF Podcast, Andrew Beattie, Director of Business Advisory and Corporate Finance, explains how the model helps...
