GPL Network – taking your accounting firm from Good to Great

Paul Jansz: Founder/Managing Director As a motivated and innovative leader Paul’s experience has been in the professional services and accounting industry where he spent the past 15 years building strong teams to deliver outstanding results. Paul spent 4 years in the UK where he managed a global consulting firm and on his return to Australia started up GPL Network. He has succeeded in developing a network of accounting firms that create and share innovative ways to increase growth, profit and liquidity. Also he continues to play a vital role in the ongoing education of the accounting industry through numerous speaking engagements for ICAA, CPA, NIA and Grant Thornton. Paul’s experience & knowledge makes him one of the most sought after consultants to the accounting industry.
Darren Herft: Director Darren Herft has been a leading consultant in the Accounting industry in Australia since 1995. Darren founded the GPL Group in 2001 and has since overseen the introduction of GPL Network (Coaching & Training for Accounting Firms) & AMMA Private Investment (Coaching, Training & Licensing for Accounting Firms). With the introduction of a specialist coaching team, Darren's role is now heavily involved in speaking engagements, events, product development and overall strategic development for the GPL Group. Darren can provide insight and direction into unleashing the dormant opportunity available in Private Investment via your Accounting Firm. Darren is also the Chairman of the ASX listed company Pacific Environment Limited.
Andrew Oldham: General Manager / Business Coach Andrew has been working extensively with professional services firms for the past 10 years and in particular over the past 3 years has been working closely with a varying range of accounting firms, from $300K through to $6M in revenue. His success in helping firms achieve amazing results comes from getting the leadership team (not just the partner), working through strategies to continuously focus on the core activities while continually pushing the boundaries of the business. Andrew’s ability to communicate with all walks of life, his background in IT, systems and senior management brings a new dimension to a business wanting to increase its overall performance management!
Brett Madigan : Business Coach Brett has close to 15 years experience in Public Practice and has an extensive knowledge of the accounting industry and SME market within Australia. Brett has spent the past 6 years as Principle for a 3 Partner Chartered Accounting firm in Melbourne and for PKF Chartered Accountants in Southport, where he played an active role in the running of each practice. Brett's commitment towards creating extraordinary results and experiences for his clients and colleagues has resulted in record breaking revenue growth for each Public Practice firm in which he has been associated. Brett passionately believes that the most important role of an Accountant and Strategic Business advisor is to add value to both the business and lifestyle of clients, which has been a constant focus of his service delivery over his career.