The Team

Jose Santillana

Jose has over 20 years’ experience in attending to the tax and business requirements of small to medium-sized business owners and high net worth individuals.

Jose has assisted clients from a wide variety of industries, sizes and stages of the business cycle, and has been involved in a wide range of consulting assignments including purchase and sale of businesses, restructuring, refinancing, business plans, strategic planning and fund raising.


Professional Membership

  • Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
  • Registered Tax Agent
  • Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) ASIC Auditor
  • Tax Institute of Australia
  • National Tax and Accountants Association


Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
  • SMSF Personal Advice (RG146 compliant)


Specialist Skills

  • Extensive experience advising high net worth individuals on remuneration packages, tax strategies and investment structuring
  • Specialist in providing accounting, tax and business advisory services to the legal profession including Lawyers, Barristers

Sandie Stanford (Consultant)

Sandie has over 30 years’ experience in public practice as a Chartered Accountant. Sandie commenced her accounting career at a Big 4 accounting firm and has also worked in smaller public practices.

Sandie has also worked in commercial roles as a business owner and financial controller and brings a practical understanding of business to her professional work.


Professional Membership

  • Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
  • Registered Tax Agent


Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Business


Specialist Skills

  • Providing business consulting services

Philip Keegan (Consultant)

Philip Keegan has gained significant experience in advising a diverse range of clients including high wealth individuals, small to medium sized businesses, families, large privately held corporations, small listed companies and trustees for self-managed superannuation funds.

Philip has expertise in advising businesses from start-ups to exit strategies, on all cycles of self-managed superannuation from set up to pension and estate planning, and in advising on all levels of individual taxation from sole traders to high wealth ATO reviews.


Professional Membership

  • Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
  • Registered Tax Agent
  • Chartered Tax Advisor
  • ASIC registered SMSF Auditor
  • Justice of the Peace


Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Master of Taxation


Specialist Skills

  • Providing business consulting services
  • Advising on all tax aspects of property transactions for property developers, builders, and investors
  • Due diligence for prospective acquisitions of various businesses

George Vougioukas (Consultant)

George has over 32 years audit experience in a wide range of businesses. In addition, George has a variety of clients covering private companies, not-for- profits and subsidiaries of overseas corporations with turnover up to $30m.

George provides clients with comprehensive audit services and advice on related issues such as financial statement disclosure requirements, system selection and implementation, risk management, internal systems and controls. Having been a senior financial manager in the commercial sector, George has a unique understanding of a client’s needs and can work effectively with internal resources.


Professional Membership

  • CPA Australia
  • Registered Tax Agent
  • ASIC Registered Company Auditor


Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Economics)

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