Profile

Peter Godber
B Com, LLB (UQ), LLM (USyd)

Experience

Peter Godber has over 35 years’ experience as a chartered accountant and lawyer, with a specialty in providing professional taxation advice and dealing with complex regulatory issues.

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He commonly advises private businesses and their owners, individuals and estates. He advises on international transactions and cross-border planning. He also has wide experience in company risk management and corporate governance.

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He is a retired partner and tax service line leader at Grant Thornton Australia Limited. He has experience as a tax service line leader at Grant Thornton in the Asia Pacific region.

He is now a non-executor director of several private companies. For almost ten years he was a director of two charitable bodies, the Queensland Ballet Company and The Tax Institute. He has been a part-time lecturer in post-graduate taxation studies and has been a regular speaker at professional association events.

Professional qualifications and memberships

• Peter is a past National President of The Tax Institute in Australia, and a past Queensland State Chair

• He is a Chartered Tax Adviser, a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and NZ, a registered tax agent, and a member of:

  • STEP

  • the Law Society of NSW

  • the Australian Institute of Company Directors