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Our Leaders
Ruth Dankaart
Executive Director
Business Performance
Ruth is an Executive Director at the Advance. Her role is focused on performance improvement and change management.
She has 20 years of professional experience from European professional consulting firms and she is specialized in business and supply chain integration and proven successful in leading multi-faceted project in restructuring, IT, finance and tax integration projects.
Ruth holds a Master of Law degree from University Leiden in the Netherlands.
David Morrison
Executive Director
Tax & Strategic Management
David is an Executive Director at the Advance and leads the tax planning and strategic management consulting services in Australia and USA. With over 20 years of experience from professional firms and multinational corporations, David has developed specific expertise in tax management, operation management and strategic consulting. David holds the CPA Australia certification.
James Hirst
Executive Director
Financial Management
James is an Executive Director at the Advance and works within the financial management team.
In the past 15 years, He has worked in professional firms and multinational groups in Australia and Singapore. His expertise include business due diligence, cost analysis and financial management. James is a Chartered Accountant (CA) in Australia. He holds an accounting degree and an MBA from University of New South Wales.
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