National panel of registered trustees

The regulatory role of the Official Trustee (OT) within AFSA helps ensure there is appropriate oversight for insolvency administrations where a Registered Trustee (RT) has not been appointed. AFSA’s main priority as the Official Trustee (OT) is to focus on matters that are in the public interest and build confidence in the personal insolvency system – even if the administration may not result in a financial return to creditors or cover our administration costs. Other estates will be offered to RTs to administer.

Primarily the Official Receiver will seek a consent to act from an RT before accepting the bankruptcy application, but on occasion, the OT may transfer a bankrupt estate using section 181A of the Bankruptcy Act 1966.

Criteria for offering estates to Registered Trustees

An estate may be offered to an RT where information provided on the Bankruptcy Form meets the pre-determined criteria.

When an estate is selected for offer of appointment to a RT:

The next RT on the National Panel of Registered Trustees rotation is emailed a notification requesting that they login to their Online Services account to view the publicly available version of the Bankruptcy From and provide their consent to act
The RT, or multiple RTs in the event of joint appointment, have one business day to confirm their capacity to administer the estate and that there is no conflict of interest
Where a registered trustee has consented to act as a joint trustee, the joint trustee must also consent to act as trustee by the expiry date for the appointment to take effect.
When the appointment has taken effect, the RT will be notified by email and the documents relating to the estate will be available in the Online Services portal.

Conditions

The following conditions are effective from 29 July 2021

Submit a form to join the AFSA panel for Official Trustee transfers
- To join please submit the application to join national panel of registered trustees by email to RTnationaltransfers@afsa.gov.au.
Decline under limited circumstances
An RT should only decline the offer/proposal if:
- there is a perceived or actual conflict of interest
- there are temporary resource issues that would hinder due administration of the estate
- they are unable to handle the estate due to its anticipated involvement (e.g. size, complexity or public interest issues in estate beyond their capacity
If an estate transfer is declined
- If a transfer is declined due to a conflict issue, the RT will remain eligible for the next estate for transfer.
- If the refusal is due to resourcing constraints, the RT may request a period to remain inactive on the panel.
- If the RT is unable to accept an estate for any other reason, they will not be selected until the next round of offers is made.

Remuneration should not exceed median industry rates

Remuneration charged to an estate offered to a registered trustee by AFSA should not exceed median industry hourly rates. An assessment of median rates is conducted against all staffing levels annually and communicated by email to panel members thereafter.

The *2022/23 median industry rates have been calculated as:

Role	Range ($/hr)
Appointee/Trustee	$560–$640
Manager/Supervisor	$480–$550
Analyst/Senior	$380–$440
Accountant/Intermediate	$280–$360
Graduate/Secretary	$210–$250
Junior/Admin support	$120–$180

*These rates are exclusive of GST and effective from 30 July 2023

Contact details

For more information please contact: RTnationaltransfers@afsa.gov.au.

References

Sections 156A, 157(1), and 181A of the Bankruptcy Act 1966.

Members of the Registered Trustee National Panel

Registration Number	National Panel Member		Company
1564	Paul	Allen	PKF MELBOURNE
380	Colin	Ambrose	AMBROSE & CO
986	Shabnam	Amirbeaggi	CROUCH AMIRBEAGGI
312	Gary	Anderson	WA INSOLVENCY SOLUTIONS
994	Andrew	Aravanis	ARAVANIS
1537	Michael	Badge	GS ANDREWS ADVISORY
1678	Anthony	Bagala	DVT GROUP
1672	Liam	Bailey	OBRIEN PALMER
1281	Andrew	Barnden	RODGERS REIDY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
1208	Katherine	Barnet	OLVERA ADVISORS PTY LTD
1534	Christopher	Baskerville	JIRSCH SUTHERLAND ADVISORY AND CONSULTING
1694	Michael John	Beck	WORRELLS (ROCKHAMPTON)
1533	Andrew	Bowcher	RSM AUSTRALIA PARTNERS
1637	Timothy	Brace	SV PARTNERS
1652	Daniel	Bredenkamp	PITCHER PARTNERS ACCOUNTANTS & ADVISORS PTY LTD
1232	Michael	Brennan	SV PARTNERS
1687	David Jon	Brushe	BDO BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING PTY LTD
430	Paul	Burness	WORRELLS (MELBOURNE)
282	Anthony	Cant	ROMANIS CANT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
1444	Michael	Carrafa	SV PARTNERS
1651	Giovanni (John)	Carrello	BRI FERRIER WA
753	Moira	Carter	HUSATH PTY LTD T/A JESSUPS ADVISORY
1438	Anthony	Castley	WILLIAM BUCK
437	Christopher	Chamberlain	CHAMBERLAINS SBR CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
1703	Kaily	Chua	RODGERS REIDY
1047	Morgan	Chubb	INSOLVENCY ADVISORY CENTRE
1590	Alexander	Clark	ARAVANIS
10	David	Clout	DAVID CLOUT & ASSOCIATES
1702	Scott	Clout	DAVID CLOUT & ASSOCIATES
1686	Jonathon	Colbran	RSM AUSTRALIA PARTNERS
313	Gerald	Collns	BDO BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING PTY LTD
335	Nick	Combis	VINCENTS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS QLD
337	Schon	Condon	CONDON ASSOCIATES
1599	Christopher	Cook	WORRELLS (BRISBANE)
97	Paul	Cook	DELOITTE
1310	Nicholas	Cooper	ORACLE INSOLVENCY SERVICES
1679	Clare	Corrigan	CLARE CORRIGAN PERSONAL INSOLVENCY
1625	William	Cotter	ROBSON COTTER INSOLVENCY GROUP
1088	Jason	Cronan	SV PARTNERS
1671	Innis	Cull	PITCHER PARTNERS VIC
819	Daniel Ivan	Cvitanovic	WORRELLS (WOLLONGONG)
106	Peter	Dixon	DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU
1255	Stephen	Dixon	HAMILTON MURPHY ADVISORY
50	Max	Donnelly	KPMG
1573	Gregory	Dudley	RSM AUSTRALIA PARTNERS
111	Stephen	Duncan	DUNCAN POWELL
115	Robyn	Erskine	BROOKE BIRD
1711	Fleur	Evans	BPS RECOVERY
435	Robert	Ferguson	FERGUSON HANNAM CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
1503	Malcolm	Field	SV PARTNERS
1541	Stewart	Free	JIRSCH SUTHERLAND & CO
1263	Nicholas	Fryer	SHEAHAN LOCK PARTNERS
995	Nicholas	Giasoumi	DYE & CO PTY LTD VIC
333	Paul	Gidley	SHAW GIDLEY
1556	Ivan	Glavas	WORRELLS
824	Bruce	Gleeson	JONES PARTNERS
1512	John	Goggin	WORRELLS (CAIRNS)
1460	Mathew	Gollant	CJG ADVISORY
285	Peter	Goodin	MAGNETIC INSOLVENCY
1685	Ian	Grant	VINCE AND ASSOCIATES
414	Michael	Griffin	WORRELLS (BRISBANE)
1532	Mitchell	Griffiths	RAPSEY GRIFFITHS TURNAROUND + INSOLVENCY
1124	David	Hambleton	RODGERS REIDY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
961	Barry	Hamilton	BK HAMILTON & ASSOCIATES
1708	Dane	Hammond	WORRELLS
1698	Manuel	Hanna	ROMANIS CANT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
432	Brett	Harrison	TAYLOR INSOLVENCY PTY LTD
1326	Andrew	Heers	PEARCE & HEERS INSOLVENCY ACCOUNTANTS
1706	Mitchell	Herrett	RSM AUSTRALIA PARTNERS
1704	Brodie	Hilet	RODGERS REIDY
1713	Benjamin (Ben)	Ho	WLP RESTRUCTURING
1549	Malcolm	Howell	JIRSCH SUTHERLAND
1120	Stephen	Hundy	WORRELLS (CANBERRA)
146	David	Hurt	WA INSOLVENCY SOLUTIONS
1667	Jonathan	Jackson	DYE & CO PTY LTD VIC
1080	Gregg	Johnson	BCR ADVISORY BANKRUPTCY PTY LTD
1692	Adam	Johnston	DELOITTE
415	Matthew	Joiner	COR CORDIS
152	Michael	Jones	JONES PARTNERS
431	Anthony	Jonsson	GRANT THORNTON
1677	Helen	Joyce	BLUESTONE ADVISORY PTY LTD
1063	Daniel	Juratowitch	COR CORDIS
1539	Bill	Karageozis	MCLEOD & PARTNERS
306	Henry	Kazar	EY
418	Todd	Kelly	BDO (NTH QLD)
302	David	Kerr	RSM AUSTRALIA PARTNERS
1680	Adam	Kersey	SV PARTNERS
413	Rajendra	Khatri	WORRELLS (BRISBANE)
1575	David	King	CONDON ASSOCIATES
1596	Darryl	Kirk	COR CORDIS
1504	Robert	Kite	KHR INSOLVENCY
1675	Matthew	Kucianski	WORRELLS (MELBOURNE)
1710	Declan	Lane	CATHRO & PARTNERS
1673	Paul	Langdon	VINCE AND ASSOCIATES
161	Graeme	Lean	GT LEAN & ASSOCIATES
1620	Leon	Lee	MORTON + LEE INSOLVENCY
409	Paul	Leroy	INTERGRATED ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS
1577	Ashley	Leslie	VINCENTS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS QLD
316	Frank	Lo Pilato	RSM AUSTRALIA PARTNERS
256	Joseph	Loebenstein	LOEBENSTEIN INSOLVENCY SERVICES
319	Jennifer	Low	SHERIDANS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
1559	Aaron	Lucan	WORRELLS
1697	Alan	Ma	CHIFLEY ADVISORY
952	David	Mansfield	DELOITTE FINANCIAL ADVISORY
175	Anthony	Matthews	ANTHONY MATTHEWS & ASSOCIATES
1615	Neil	McLean	RODGERS REIDY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
1624	Anne	Meagher	SV PARTNERS
917	Nick	Mellos	GRANT THORNTON
311	John	Melluish	PCI PARTNERS (NSW)
1583	Fabian	Micheletto	SV PARTNERS
1096	Stephen	Michell	PCI PARTNERS
1458	Ben	Mikulski	MIKULSKI INSOLVENCY
1209	Anthony	Miskiewicz	KORDAMENTHA
1290	Daniel	Moore	BCR ADVISORY (QLD)
1587	Richard	Moretti	REVIVE FINANCIAL
1676	Brenda	Mudie	BT ACUMEN
1107	Robert	Naudi	RODGERS REIDY
1420	Simon	Nelson	BPS RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY
440	Philip	Newman	PCI PARTNERS
1461	Scott	Newton	SHAW GIDLEY
186	Alan	Nicholls	NICHOLLS & CO
187	Steven	Nicols	WORRELLS (BRISBANE)
1684	Khatri	Nikhil	NICOLS AND BRIEN BUSINESS RECOVERY PTY LTD
1464	Paul	Nogueira	WORRELLS (MAROOCHYDORE)
1681	Anna	Odrzywolska	GS ANDREWS ADVISORY
931	Dennis	Offermans	OFFERMANS PARTNERS
1612	Glenn	O'Kearney	GT ADVISORY & CONSULTING
327	Hillary	Orr	UNKNOWN
1665	Stuart	Otway	SV PARTNERS ADELAIDE
193	Christopher	Palmer	O'BRIEN PALMER
324	Scott	Pascoe	WLP RESTRUCTURING
427	Mark	Pearce	PEARCE & HEERS INSOLVENCY ACCOUNTANTS
1607	Natasha	Petrie	BRI FERRIER WA
804	Samuel	Piscopo	SAMUEL PISCOPO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
1005	Jason	Porter	SV PARTNERS
35	Maxwell	Prentice	BPS RECOVERY
1696	Gregory	Prout	WA INSOLVENCY SOLUTIONS
1234	David	Quin	PCI PARTNERS
283	Gess	Rambaldi	PITCHER PARTNERS VIC
1530	Chad	Rapsey	RAPSEY GRIFFITHS TURNAROUND + INSOLVENCY
1463	Stuart	Reid	RODGERS REIDY (NT) PTY LTD
1642	Joshua-Lee	Robb	SV PARTNERS
1683	James Andrew	Robba	WORRELLS (ROBINA)
1654	James	Robertson	TARQUIN KOCH ACCOUNTING + INSOLVENCY SERVICES
320	Mark	Robinson	DVT GROUP
1518	Roland	Robson	ROBSON COTTER INSOLVENCY GROUP
1284	Mark	Roufeil	PKF SYDNEY
1516	Ronil Prakash	Roy	ARAVANIS
207	Maris Andris	Rudaks	BRI FERRIER SA
1300	Alice Faye	Ruhe	SELLERSMULDOONBENTON
1557	David	Sampson	BPS RECOVERY
1691	Nathan	Schwarz	DELOITTE FINANCIAL ADVISORY
210	Alan	Scott	SV PARTNERS ADELAIDE
1465	Andrew John	Scott	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (AU)
1117	Ezio (Eddie)	Senatore	EDDIE SENATORE ADVISORY
1016	John	Shanahan	HALL CHADWICK (QLD)
1024	James	Shaw	SHAW GIDLEY
213	John	Sheahan	SHEAHAN LOCK PARTNERS
1200	Adam	Shepard	SETTER SHEPARD PTY LTD
1614	Louisa	Sijabat	MERCHANT ADVISORY
216	Brian	Silvia	FERRIER SILVIA PTY LTD
408	Michael	Slaven	SLAVEN TORLINE
1550	Sandy	Spyrakis	ADVANCED INSOLVENCY PTY LTD
1699	Tristana	Steedman	RSM AUSTRALIA PARTNERS
1623	David	Stimpson	SV PARTNERS
1701	Diana	Talevski	COR CORDIS
225	Barry	Taylor	HLB MANN JUDD
1561	Joshua	Taylor	TAYLOR INSOLVENCY PTY LTD
231	Robert	Tenbensel	BENTLEYS (TASMANIA)
1436	Ross	Thomson	BANKRUPTCY ADVISORY CENTRE
1602	Simon	Thorn	PKF
1479	Bradley	Tonks	PKF SYDNEY
1674	Aaron	Torline	SLAVEN TORLINE
1582	Thyge	Trafford-Jones	MACKAY GOODWIN
1705	Kristen	Triglone	PKF SYDNEY
1621	Jimmy	Trpcevski	WA INSOLVENCY SOLUTIONS
284	Dennis	Turner	COR CORDIS
436	Terry	Van der Velde	SV PARTNERS
238	Peter	Vince	VINCE AND ASSOCIATES
1700	Matthew	Vines	HALL CHADWICK (WA)
1289	Danny	Vrkic	DV RECOVERY MANAGEMENT
1106	Petr	Vrsecky	PKF MELBOURNE
241	Kimberley	Wallman	HLB MANN JUDD (INSOLVENCY WA)
1707	Sichu (Aiko)	Wang	RODGERS REIDY
1476	Adam	Ward	WORRELLS (IPSWICH)
876	Anthony	Warner	DEBT FREE PTY LIMITED
1542	Andrew	Weatherley	WCT ADVISORY GROUP
1608	Sean	Wengel	WILLIAM BUCK
341	Paul	Weston	DW ADVISORY
104	Giles	Woodgate	WOODGATE & CO
1514	Robert	Woods	DELOITTE FINANCIAL ADVISORY
817	Andrew	Yeo	PITCHER PARTNERS VIC
1689	Victoria May	Young	HEARD PHILLIPS LIEBERENZ