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John Farrant

John Farrant

Director

John has over 20 years of experience providing corporate valuations, valuing businesses of all sizes for a variety of purposes, including financial reporting, taxation, disputes, acquisitions and group reconstruction. He has significant experience of undertaking business, share, debt and intangible asset valuations to meet the requirements of Australian and International Financial Reporting Standards, as well as Australian Tax Office requirements. He has provided expert witness reports for the courts.

John is also a specialist in the valuation of infrastructure assets, including toll roads, airports, seaports, rail, water utilities, gas and electricity distribution and transmission, power generation, waste management, and public-private partnerships, amongst others.

John holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in accounting and finance from the University of Technology, Sydney. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and also holds a graduate diploma in Applied Finance & Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA). He is recognised as a Business Valuation Specialist by CA ANZ.

Specialisations

Expertise

  • Valuations

Industries

  • Climate and environment
  • Infrastructure and transport
  • Insurance and finance
  • Property and housing

Qualifications & accolades

  • Bachelor of Business (Finance/Accounting) – University of Technology, Sydney
  • Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment – FINSIA
  • Chartered Accountant – Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand
  • Business Valuation Specialisation – Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand

Recent work highlights include:

  • Valuation of airports including Perth Airport, Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport, Northern Territory Airports, Adelaide Airport and Manchester Airports Group
  • Valuation of toll roads including WestConnex, Indiana Toll Road, Eastern Distributor, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Transurban Queensland, Toowoomba Second Range Crossing
  • Valuation of midstream oil and gas assets, including Colonial Pipeline, Buckeye Partners, Freeport LNG, Impala Terminals, VTTI
  • Valuation of renewables energy assets, including Nala Renewables and Swift Current Energy
  • Valuation of seaports including NSW Ports, Port of Brisbane, Port of Geelong, Port of Portland and Carrix
  • Valuation of regulated utilities including Thames Water, Anglian Water, Northern Gas Networks
  • Valuation of rail including Sydney Metro Northwest, Gold Coast Rapid Transit, Southern Cross Station
  • Valuation of public-private-partnerships (PPPs) including Casey Hospital, Mercy Health Aged Care, Single Living Environment & Accommodation Precinct (1&2), South Australian Police Facilities, Queensland Schools, Barwon Biosolids Recycling Facility, Flinders Port Wine Shed, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Netflow Western Roads Upgrade, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Biosciences Research Centre, Axiom Education, Praeco, Western Liberty Group, Wyuna Water Filtration Plants