George Lopez
George has significant experience in administering companies under financial stress and in addition was, for a number of years a lecturer in Management Accounting at Western Australia's Curtin University of Technology.
He has a very keen interest in utilising management accounting techniques for business analysis and performance ehnancement.
George has also provided long-term management consulting services through the Australian Government to the Cocos Island Co-operative Society, which was the business arm of the Cocos (Keeling) Island community. This role, which drew on his commercial skills and ready grasp of business issues was a consultative role to the management committee of the Co-operative and encompassed all aspects of business management, concentrating in the areas of marketing, economic research and development, accounting, industrial relations and operations management. The Co-operative was involved in the retail, hospitality, construction, agribusiness, tourism, stevedorage and labour sub-contract industries.
Under his guidance and tutelage, the Co-operative experienced its highest ever level of profits, profits which it has not enjoyed since.
In his role, George was often called upon to negotiate, on behalf of the Co-operative Society, with various government departments and to engage in discussions with the various parliamentary sub-committees and Commonwealth Grants Commission teams that visited the islands.
Just prior to leaving the islands, George was requested to investigate the possibility of computerising the stamp issues system for the Cocos Islands Philatelic Bureau, which sold stamps to clients worldwide. George was able to analyse, design, programme, test, document and install the system in the space of four months, using the ‘Smart’ suite of software. This "temporary" system was used for three years before being upgraded.
George holds a Bachelor of Business degree, together with a Post-graduate Diploma in Business and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (CA), CPA Australia (CPAA) and the Australian Institute of Credit Management (AICM).
Committed to giving a consistent top quality performance to his clients, George adds to his professional skills and abilities through his participation as a founding member and Treasurer of the W.A. Chapter of the Australia-Malaysia Business Council, of which he is currently the WA President . A former National Chairman of CPA Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Insolvency and Reconstruction, George is currently a member of the CPA Australia Centre of Excellence in Business & Management, a member of the National and State Committees of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia (IPAA) and is the IPAA Education Co-ordinator for Western Australia.
George is very committed to community service. He has been president of the Lions Club of Bull Creek ,the District Chairman for the Lions Youth of the Year Quest and District Chairman of the Lions Children of Courage Awards. He has held numerous positions in community based voluntary organisations and has served on various school boards and parish councils.
George has very strong links to Malaysia. As an "Old Putera", he is a member of arguably one of the strongest and most active old school/business networks in that country.