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In this special episode of Beyond the Numbers with Grant Thornton, Private Enterprise Partner Beau Chaperon hosts the show and sits down with Lea Hicks and Richard Fox to discuss resilience, leadership and the relationships that help individuals and organisations navigate change and achieve lasting success for Western Sydney.

Cybercrime remains a major threat, with more than 84,700 reports recorded in Australia each year. For Boards and executive teams, the question is no longer whether an attack will occur, but whether the organisation is prepared to respond and recover.

In this episode of Beyond the Numbers with Grant Thornton, Sustainability Advisory Partners John Askham and David Pitts share practical insights for Group 2 and 3 reporters, including how to build a reporting approach that can scale year on year, and the key questions businesses should be asking as they prepare to disclose.

In this episode of Beyond the Numbers with Grant Thornton, Corporate and International Tax Partner Vince Tropiano unpacks the changes one week on, covering what was announced, key structuring considerations and, most importantly, why a conversation with your adviser to model potential implications is the best place to start.

In this episode of Beyond the Numbers with Grant Thornton, we speak with Payroll Compliance experts Katherine Shamai and David Mintz to discuss the shifting payroll compliance landscape in Australia, understand how businesses should mitigate risk and the importance of proactive, continuous improvement in payroll processes.

Today’s business leaders navigating Australia’s M&A landscape need to look beyond short‑term performance and financial metrics alone. What matters most to investors is a strong, scalable and defensible business, particularly in an environment shaped by geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Increasingly, ESG and sustainability considerations are not add‑ons, but core to business strategy and long‑term value creation.

In this episode of Beyond the Numbers with Grant Thornton, we welcome back AML/CTF experts Neil Jeans and Katherine Shamai. They unpack AUSTRAC’s starter kits, share practical tips for embedding compliance into business culture, and explain why it’s critical to start mapping out your designated services now.

It is important for business owners facing financial distress to understand all the options available to them. Small Business Restructuring (SBR) offers a pathway for small and medium sized Australian companies experiencing financial pressure to deal with unmanageable debt, reset operations, and continue trading through and beyond difficult times. SBRs are also a cost-effective solution to save a business compared to a liquidation shut down.

In this episode of Beyond the Numbers with Grant Thornton, family business consulting experts Kirsten Taylor-Martin and Heather Gouveia discuss the survey findings, how the different generations are working together to create legacy and the challenges of thinking about succession planning alongside retirement.

In this episode of Beyond the Numbers with Grant Thornton, Management Consulting Partner, Richard Bycroft, and Director, Primo Danieletto, discuss automation in supply chains, triggers for reviewing an organisation’s current model and the ROI businesses can see from implementation.

In this episode, Principal and National Head of Private Business & Tax Advisory Technical Tax, David Montani, Specialist Tax Partner and National Head of Real Estate & Construction Anika Reside and Corporate Tax Partner Mark D’Angelica discuss the outcomes of the Economic Reform Roundtable, why tax reform has historically been challenging in Australia, and their ideal tax mix for a more productive and prosperous nation.

From starting his career at one of Australia’s Big 4 accounting firms, to leading the Financial Advisory practice at Grant Thornton, Said has built a successful career founded on resilience, leadership and commercial impact.