Tace Yates

Senior Analyst

B.Com, CA

Tace Yates has more than 20 years’ experience working as a Chartered Accountant in Australia and the United Kingdom. Since starting her career with Price Waterhouse in 1996, Tace has acquired extensive audit and accounting experience in a broad range of industry sectors including health care, media, consumer and industrial products, information technology, financial services and sports management, and in the not-for-profit sector. Since joining JNP Advisory in 2012, Tace has applied her considerable technical knowledge and experience to analysing and valuing small- to medium-sized enterprises for a range of purposes including family law and commercial legal proceedings.

Tace’s experience in transaction advisory, specialist valuation and litigation support matters includes:

• valuing businesses, intangible assets, intellectual property and professional practices for the purposes of providing advice in relation to succession planning, the acquisition and sale of businesses, commercial litigation, family law disputes, taxation and stamp duty

• preparing independent expert reports for proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Family Courts of Australia and Western Australia in relation to the valuation of businesses, intangible assets, shares and equity, partnership and minority interests; the interpretation of financial documents including the adequacy of financial records and loss of profits arising from breaches of contract; and economic loss relating to personal injury, employment-related disputes, insurance claims and breaches of contract

• preparing due diligence reports and detailed financial forecasts

• providing decision-support analysis, strategic asset divestment / acquisition and succession advice

• designing and implementing forecasting and USGAAP reporting models.

Tace is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Australian National University.

Tace is currently a non-executive Director of Northcross Limited.