Paul Nielsen  is a graduate of Chicago’s Loyola University  School of Business Administration  and is a Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor  (CM&AA).  He holds  Registration as a Certified Practicing Business Broker (CPBB), is a Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser (CMEA),  Licensed Real Estate Agent and Licensed Second Hand Dealer and Justice of the Peace (Qual).

Paul  is a  Fellow of  both the Australian Institute of Business Brokers (FAIBB) and the Institute of Directors & Managers (FIIDM) and is an Accredited Senior Business Analyst (SBA) with  the International Society of Business Analysts.

He is Deputy Chairperson and a Director of the Council Of Small Businesses Of Australia (COSBOA) whose membership includes 36 Small Business Peak Bodies with a reach to over 500,000 Small Businesses. COSBOA represents the interests of Small Business in Policy matters to the Federal Government  and Govt Dept’s including the Tax  Office (ATO) and Corporate Regulator (ASIC).

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For three successive terms Paul was the elected National President of the Australian Institute of Business Brokers and is the current Vice President.  The AIBB’s members facilitate the transfer of AUS $2 - $3 billion* in completed Business Sales annually throughout Australia.

In 2009 Paul completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors Corporate Governance course and in 2011  he gained accreditation as a Sponsor with the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB) and is accredited with ASIC to facilitate Capital Raisings up to AUS $5 million annually in Equity Capital using the ASSOB platform.

Additional Industry affiliations include membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia Business Valuations Special Interest Group (ICA) and the National Equipment and Business Brokers Institute (NEBBI). He  is a Charter member of the Association of Professional Mergers & Acquisitions Advisors  and  the first Australian  Member of the Chicago based Alliance of Mergers and Acquisitions Advisors which has over 900 affiliated  offices worldwide to facilitate international investment.

Paul has managed businesses with up to 130 employees  and has  broad  domestic, Cross Border and International experience over a number of Industries in Executive Management; Sales; Marketing and Personnel Management; Corporate Governance; Transactional Negotiations and  Business Value Creation.

On the Public Service front, Paul sits on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) Steering Committee to reduce  Government ‘Red Tape’ in SME’s and is a member of the Australian Defence Force Reserves Support (DRSC) National Council.  He regularly meets with Federal  Government  Ministers, Department Heads  and Senior Advisors to the Prime Minister in Parliament House, Canberra on matters affecting SME’s.

Currently,  he holds Directorships in Three Private Companies where he holds an equity position, Two Public Unlisted Companies and is Chairman of the One World Orphans Fund, a Not For Profit Charity in addition to Consulting as a Specialist Business  Advisor and Intermediary  where he negotiates a range of Corporate Agreements and Transactions including MBO’s, MBI’s, Joint Ventures, Public  Unlisted and Private Company divestments, Capital Raisings and Mergers & Acquisitions of  SME’s  with  Revenues  up to AUS $ 200 million in his area of expertise in the Manufacturing, Wholesale, Import/Export/Distribution, IP,  IT, Professional Services and Health Care areas.

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In addition Paul provides his Clients with specialised Business and Equipment Valuations to Federal & Family Court Standards, manages Entity Re Structures and Business Development,  provides Strategic Advice for Companies to meet their objectives whilst project managing the Change Management process and provides Succession Planning  advice and execution.                  * Extrapolated from  respondents to AIBB 2012 & 2013  Members survey.