Speaker: Jeremy Rich, CEO, Berjak
What would you like to say to your FD/CFO?
Jeremy Rich: I'd just like to say a big thank you to Peter. You've been a great support to us at the Berjak Group. We were facing a slowdown from the lockdowns of Covid 19 whilst also needing to restructure and get a new group of accountants and financial consultants, to sort out our accounts were going through some succession planning as well. We are now in the restructure refielding phase of the business and thanks to Peter and his team, you know, we're refinance, restructure plus, he's been of assistance in allowing me to help look after my ageing parents who did start our family business some time ago. Personally, it has been absolutely brilliant to be able to rely on an external CFO, who seems to care as much as many of our internal employees ever have. We've had numerous issues to contend with and having someone to answer the phone, you know, weekends, evenings has just been above and beyond. So the number that really matters to me is a positive one that's sustainable because those are the businesses that I hope to build on from my family's legacy in the past and organisations and people like Peter, are the ones that can help you do so, So once again, a big thank you, Jeremy. Berjak
What problems were you facing before we started working with you?
Jeremy Rich: Our two biggest issues. were getting our accounts into order in to line so that we could restructure and refinance. Big big thank you to the whole network of the CFO team, which is quite extensive with some great great input and advice from various different sources.
What have been the benefits to the business specifically?
Jeremy Rich: Our specific benefits have been to get a new bunch of accountants to be able to rebalance the ship, so to speak. We had some issues, we're still trying to get them back into a good structure and order. but we are a long way down the track now. Thanks, to Peter and the group.
How has our support benefited you personally?
Jeremy Rich: Personally, my my parents founders of our family business. Have both suffered some pretty serious health setbacks in the last 12 months and having Peter and his team of support there has allowed me to juggle better than I would have otherwise. So thank you.
What is the number that really matters to you?
Jeremy Rich: The number that really matters to me is a positive and sustainable number, one that enables for us to go back into growth and be sustainable because one of the things that I would like to focus the attention of our family's legacy businesses on is sustainability. I was lucky enough to have a great childhood, so I'm hoping that people of future, the children also get to have a wonderful environment to live in as well.
