About BDK Risk Management
Experience that has seen every side of the table
BDK Risk Management is led by Ben Kirkpatrick, a corporate advisory specialist whose career spans global investment banking, listed-company leadership and the regulated restructuring sector. When your business is under pressure, you deal with him directly.
Ben Kirkpatrick
Director, BDK Risk Management
A career built in the world’s toughest financial rooms
Ben’s grounding is in global banking. As a Director at UBS and a Senior Vice President at Citigroup, he spent years in corporate advisory at the highest level, structuring transactions, raising capital and advising boards on decisions where the stakes were measured in millions.
He went on to lead from the front as CEO and Executive Chairman of Waratah Resources Limited, carrying the responsibilities of a listed-company director himself. It is one thing to advise directors under pressure; Ben has sat in the chair, signed the declarations and carried the personal exposure that comes with it.
The principle behind the practice
Directors deserve to understand every option on the table before anyone else makes the decision for them.
He knows how creditors think, because he has been one
As Company Secretary of MH Family Office, Ben implements strategy across a diverse group of businesses spanning property development, prestige vehicle auctions, corporate advisory, retail and wholesale automotive sales, and, tellingly, asset repossession and debt collection.
That matters for you. Ben has spent years on the creditor’s side of the ledger, so he knows exactly how lenders, liquidators and the ATO assess a distressed business, what they will accept, and what they will reject. When he builds a proposal for your creditors, it is written by someone who has read thousands of them from the other side.
A career at a glance
From the trading floors of global banks to the boardrooms of Australian businesses in distress.
BDK Risk Management
Director
ATO debt resolution, restructuring and risk advisory for Australian directors.
MH Family Office
Company Secretary
Strategy across property, auctions, automotive, corporate advisory, asset repossession and debt collection.
Poderoso Holdings Pty Ltd
Director
Specialists in the corporate advisory space.
Waratah Resources Limited
CEO & Executive Chairman
Led an ASX-listed company through growth and change.
Citigroup
Senior Vice President
Corporate advisory and director advocacy at a global investment bank.
UBS
Director
Corporate advisory with one of the world’s largest wealth managers.
Focused on directors under pressure
Today, as a Director of BDK Risk Management and of corporate advisory specialists Poderoso Holdings, Ben works alongside industry experts in the regulated restructuring sector to bring solutions to business owners facing ATO debt, cash flow strain and compliance issues.
Through partnerships with leading regulated restructuring firms, he helps directors understand the full range of statutory options available, and the implications of each, before any decision is made. Recent outcomes have seen eligible ATO debts reduced to as little as 10 cents in the dollar.
Debt Restructuring
Statutory and informal pathways that compromise debt while keeping viable businesses trading.
Risk Management
Identifying and containing director exposure before decisions are made for you.
Capital Raising
Funding sourced through a network of qualified lenders to support genuine recovery.
At BDK Risk Management, we specialise in
- ATO debt resolution and negotiation
- Business funding solutions
- Risk mitigation and advisory
- Restructuring options, including Small Business Restructures, Voluntary Administration and lawful liquidation pathways
Speak with us before decisions are made for you
A free, confidential and obligation-free consultation for company directors. The earlier you call, the more options remain open.