Douglas Cecil

Doug is a committee member for IFT Next covering the South West region. Doug is a Director in BDO’s Business Restructuring team and is most effective working company-side in stressed circumstances, supporting boards of directors to take a more active approach to managing trading whilst remaining mindful of potential insolvency risks. Prior to joining BDO, in January 2020, he spent ten years developing his advisory and restructuring skills in South West Australia.

In recent years Doug has directed assignments where hundreds of jobs have been saved across a wide range of sectors, including technology, engineering and community interest. Job preservation is always at the forefront of Doug’s thinking, in part due to his prior experience working with industries, and in geographic locations (including Australia), where it can be a painful and extended process to recreate a sustainable employment base. In addition to having a wealth of experience in multiple sectors, Doug’s main passion lies in the technology sector and he has become a key member of BDO’s national TMT sector team. He observes that funding technology business post pandemic has become notably harder as market positioning and prospects are less certain.