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Directors Phone Email
Clifford Mearns IP 0411 137 368 cliff@dapa.org.au
Geoffrey Chester 0414 767 252 Geoff@dapa.org.au

Cliff Mearns

Cliff Mearns

Has been engaged in financial services for most of his career. His professional background commenced with Australia’s largest consumer lender where he gained valuable commercial knowledge of all facets of consumer lending and collection. His varying roles, with the Company over the years also included accounting and investments

He has been engaged in insolvency practice for the past 11 years and is a director of SRMC Limited.

He is a graduate of the IPA Insolvency Education Program.

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Geoff Chester

After a variety of careers, including serving in Vietnam, then 19 years in Air Services Australia, firstly as an ATC followed by 9 years in Systems development projects, Geoff founded a software company. During this time Geoff became an active Marriage Councilor and Lay Pastor within different Christian church affiliations as well as a Marriage Celebrant. In 2003 Geoff started Debt Cutter as a debt consultancy business. This was upgraded to a Debt Administration in 2005 when Geoff became a registered Administrator.

The accumulation of years of experience assisting people navigate personal and decision making problems followed by formal assistance through the Debt Agreement process has been a real hands on experience from which to draw on.

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Latest News

Bankruptcy Reform – Review of Debt Agreements

Members were informed by email of the discussions held at the Bankruptcy Reform Consultative Forum on 12 December 2012. Members are reminded to submit their ...

Official Receiver’s Rejection of Proposals for Processing

We were advised by a member that ITSA had indicated that it would no longer advise administrators when the Official Receiver rejected a proposal and ...

DAPA welcomes new full members joined January 2012

We would like to welcome the following new Corporate Members joined in January 2012: Aggs Robson RSM Bird Cameron

Free Associate Membership until 30 June 2012 – Apply Now

DAPA will broaden its membership by inviting credit professionals, accountants and solicitors to join the Association at Associate level. Personal Associate Membership will be granted with ...

Fellow Professional

Fellow Professional, As you are no doubt aware we recently had a change of Executive Committee at DAPA. Namely:

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The Debt Agreement Practitioners Association 2007 to 2011

Since the reform of the Bankruptcy Act in 2007 a substantial set of changes have taken hold of consumer debt and personal Insolvency. There has been amalgamation and consolidation because of the Global Financial Crisis, pressuring corporations, banks and financial institutions to change their structures and business models.