Deal Makers Unplugged: A Blueprint for Selling Your Business
Thursday, 16 October
3:00 am — 5:00 am AEST
BlueRock, Level 2, 525 Collins St, Melbourne
If selling your business is on your radar (now, soon or someday) this event is for you.
Join us for an open, straight-talking panel session where seasoned dealmakers unpack what it really takes to sell your business for top dollar. This event is all about sharing practical tips, real-life stories and the inside track on getting your business ready for a great exit.
On the agenda:
- How to set your business up for a standout exit (think succession, management buyouts, private equity or IPO)
- What buyers, investors and dealmakers really want to see
- Common deal-breakers and how to get ahead of them
- Practical strategies to boost your business value and negotiation power
Who’s it for?
Entrepreneurs, business owners, accountants and advisors who want to build value and set themselves up for a winning exit.Reserve your spot and get decades of know-how in just one session. No sugar-coating, just the good stuff.
Speakers
Daniel Eason | Director, Accounting
Dan is a Director at BlueRock who specialises in buy & sell side transaction advisory, financial due diligence, modelling and business valuations. With 21 years’ experience—including 16 in mid-tier firms and 5 as CFO of a impact investment fund—he combines deep technical expertise with commercial insight.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting), is a Chartered Accountant, and has graduate qualifications in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Financial Modelling & Valuation. He continues to advise high-growth businesses as their outsourced CFO and is known for his practical, hands-on approach with executive teams.
Ken Gitahi | Director, Sierra Legal
Ken is a corporate lawyer with over 17 years’ post-admission experience, specialising in mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets. Ken has extensive experience in negotiated acquisitions and disposals, equity capital market transactions, shareholder arrangements, ASIC and ASX compliance and corporate governance.
He also provides general corporate and commercial legal advice to a wide range of corporate clients and has practised law in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.
Justin England | Five V Capital, Investment Team
Justin has over 15 years of global investing and corporate finance experience.
Justin joined Five V from the Australian mid-market PE firm Pemba Capital Partners. Justin commenced his career with KPMG advising companies on M&A, market entry and strategy, working across Australia, Thailand and Myanmar.
Justin has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney. He is also a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
Nicholas Zaita | Evans & Partners, Executive Director, Corporate Advisory
Nicholas is a Melbourne-based Executive Director in the Corporate Advisory division of E&P, having joined the team in August 2022.
Prior to his current role, Nicholas worked at Macquarie Capital for over 15 years, gaining significant experience executing domestic and cross-border M&A, capital markets and strategic advisory transactions across the industrials sector. He also spent one year acting as a strategic consultant to several leading Australian companies across various sectors.
Nicholas holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Melbourne, as well as a Master of Finance degree from INSEAD.
Gareth de Maid (Moderator) | Director, Wealth
Gareth brings to BlueRock a unique depth and experience in strategic investment advice. He is both a thought leader in complex planning for well-established families, as well as being practical for those aspiring to protect and build their financial well-being.
Gareth honed his investment skills providing practical, tailored advice to clients in some of Australia’s leading private banks, securities advice firms and financial planning organisations.
He is a regular speaker and trainer for BlueRock’s accounting, legal and tax partnership events and makes extensive efforts to educate clients and their partners on all range of investments.
