Kelly Trenfield

Kelly Trenfield has extensive experience in all facets of corporate and personal insolvency, including formal and informal administrations, independent business and fraud reviews, turnaround and business consulting. Kelly has led successful engagements across a wide range of industries, most recently within the mining and mining services, property and construction industries.

Kelly takes a commercial approach to dealing with distressed assets and businesses to maximise results for all stakeholders. She provides commercial and realistic advice to clients when dealing with difficult and complex situations. As a result of her leadership and expertise in operational and trading aspects, she has taken the helm of some of the highest-profile and largest corporate collapses in Australia.

Kelly balances the commercial aspects of formal engagements with the need to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure the best outcome for creditors is achieved.

Kelly takes an active role in the restructuring, insolvency and Turnaround profession as Chair of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (“ARITA”) Queensland Division and a National Board member.

Relevant Experience:

• Queensland Nickel - Voluntary Administrator and Liquidator with an initial focus on trading, treasury and employees then investigations and subsequent legal proceedings
• Robins Kitchen - Voluntary Administrator, Deed Administrator and Liquidator who led the ongoing trading of the business prior to its eventual sale, then successfully pursued legal recovery actions
• The Raptis Group - Receiver of the Southport Central development focusing on the sale of development stock and ongoing operations of a significant management rights business
• Cudeco Limited – Receiver managing environmental compliance and regulation
• Privium Group – Voluntary Administrator and Liquidator focusing on construction regulation and asset realisation
• Collection House Limited – Voluntary Administrator with an emphasis on stakeholders
• Kirra Pine Group – Voluntary Administrator and Liquidator of agribusiness in Stanthorpe