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Joanne Dunn
Joanne Dunn is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting. Joanne has more than 28 years of experience in corporate finance and restructuring, leveraging expertise in all aspects of corporate and personal appointments including receiverships, voluntary administrations, liquidations, deed of company arrangements, Part X arrangements and bankruptcies.

As a liquidator and bankruptcy trustee, Joanne has worked on appointments across a broad range of industries including mining and mining services, property development, engineering services, labour hire, retail and entertainment.

Joanne utilises her experience and professional skills to project manage complex appointments, working closely with a diverse team to produce the best commercial outcome for all stakeholders.

Carla Fairweather
Carla Fairweather is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting. Carla has broad industry experience implementing restructuring and turnaround solutions for organisations in financial distress. For more than 20 years, Carla has supported directors, boards, lenders and other stakeholders to preserve value throughout a variety of circumstances. Her cross-industry experience includes expertise in agribusiness, infrastructure, engineering, hospitality and property.

Carla has worked across a range of formal insolvency appointments and conducted independent business reviews, contingency planning and operational restructuring in both Australia and the UK.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Carla spent four years working at financial institutions including Australia’s oldest bank, Westpac, in its asset management division. In this role she formulated and implemented solutions to preserve and enhance value, manage risk and balance the needs of a diverse range of stakeholders.

Carla navigates complex issues by focusing on clear communication strategies, careful stakeholder management and comprehensive examination of operational and financial strategies.

Scott Guthrie
Scott Guthrie is a Partner at Thomson Geer. Scott draws on his more than 25 years of expertise to advise clients in the finance, insolvency and property industries.

A significant part of Scott's practice involves acting for various stakeholders in the unsecured and secured insolvency market. Scott regularly advises and acts for receivers, liquidators, administrators and bankruptcy trustees in identifying, preserving and recovering assets for secured and unsecured creditors. He also represents directors and company officers, particularly in response to investigations and enforcement action by ASIC and other corporate regulators.

Scott also has a particular expertise in property litigation and associated disputes, including joint venture disputes, shareholder disputes, claims against directors for alleged breach of statutory and fiduciary duties, contractual disputes, priority disputes and fraud claims on the Queensland Government's Fidelity Fund.

Scott is currently a National Board Member and the Chairperson, Queensland of the Turnaround Management Association of Australia and the Deputy-Chair, Insolvency & Restructuring Committee (Qld), Law Council of Australia.

Matt Jesse
Matt Jesse is a Director at Vantage Performance. Matt, a CPA, brings more than 25 years of corporate restructuring, business advisory and banking experience to the firm.

Having worked across a range of industries, both locally and nationally, Matt’s restructuring experience includes independent business reviews, development and implementation of financial restructuring, and formal workouts.

Prior to joining Vantage Performance Matt worked for a major bank, two national corporate restructuring firms and in corporate regulation.