About Tony
BBus, Grad Cert (Research), MBA, CA, PhD, CA Business Valuation Specialist. Over 30 years in professional services, 20 of them in regional Australia.
Tony Irish has spent more than 30 years in professional services, over 20 of them based in regional Victoria. His valuation practice reflects that experience: regional and rural operating businesses, professional-services firms, and the family, succession and transaction decisions that turn on getting a defensible number.
His doctoral research at the University of Tasmania examined how knowledge-intensive service firms grow and support innovation in regional economies, the same economies his valuation clients operate in. He later completed the Professional Service Firm Strategy and Leadership Program at Cambridge Judge Business School. The full list of qualifications is below.
Every Valuación engagement is prepared under APES 225 Valuation Services, the professional standard set by the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board that governs all valuation work by Chartered Accountants in Australia. The three engagement tiers offered (Review, Service and Engagement) align with the three levels of engagement defined in APES 225, so the scope of work always matches what the valuation will be used for. Projects are not over- or under-scoped.
Tony has completed valuation, economic and advisory work across regional Victoria, the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania. He has extensive economic analysis experience, having worked across Australia in this field. That footprint is what allows a Valuación report to reason about the town, industry, economy and transaction as connected variables rather than one number treated in isolation.
Career in brief
- Partner, SED Advisory, 2001 to present. Regional economic development, business valuations, evaluations and business cases for government, industry and universities.
- CA Business Valuation Specialist, accredited by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Practising under APES 225 Valuation Services.
- PhD in economics, University of Tasmania. Research focus: knowledge-intensive service firms in regional economies.
- Master of Business Administration, Swinburne University of Technology.
- Graduate Certificate (Research), University of Tasmania.
- Bachelor of Business, Federation University.
- Professional Service Firm Strategy and Leadership Program, University of Cambridge Judge Business School.
- Chartered Accountant, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Practice areas at a glance
Valuación undertakes valuation engagements across the operating-business and professional-services spectrum, including:
- Regional and rural operating businesses: manufacturing, transport, agribusiness value-add and services
- Professional-services firm valuations, such as accounting, legal, engineering, medical and allied-health, and advisory practices
- Family succession and intergenerational transfer valuations
- Shareholder, partnership and Family Court disputes
- Merger, acquisition, sale and divestiture valuations
- Financing, capital-raising and impairment testing
- Community-owned enterprise and regional development corporation valuations
Not every valuation requires a full formal engagement. Talk to Tony about whether a Review, Service or full Engagement is the right fit for your decision.
Part of SED Advisory
Valuación is the business valuation practice of SED Advisory, a Ballarat-based advisory firm working across regional and rural Australia since 1996. SED provides economic impact assessment, investment analysis and appraisal, business-case development, evaluation, and strategic advisory to government, industry and universities, and Valuación draws directly on that regional economic network while operating as its own independent valuation practice.
Work directly with Tony
No handoffs. Tony leads every engagement himself.