Brendan Goulding

Brendan Goulding is a Director, International Advisory & Carbon Accounting services in the Business Services division of Bentleys Queensland.

He has been working in international trade and investment since 2001 – initially with government agencies, and now – as Director of Bentleys International Advisory.

Brendan has extensive experience working across a range of global markets to pursue export market opportunities and attract international investment, across Asia, Europe and the United States. His areas of focus include food and agriculture industries, covering beef, dairy, horticulture, grain, and processed foods. He has successfully advised a broad range of clients on matters related to international trade, strategic financial performance, investment deal structuring, due diligence and investor pitching.  Brendan has worked with local and international investors and Australian agricultural clients on merger and acquisition transactions that have resulted in some of Australia’s largest agricultural joint venture and acquisition transactions over the last decade.

Brendan also heads the Carbon Accounting Advisory services team at Bentleys Queensland. Brendan is a certified Trace and Sumday Carbon Accounting advisor and assists businesses to develop approaches and systems for measuring and reporting their greenhouse gas emissions to align with Australian and international accounting systems. He also works with businesses to implement practical solutions that provide the most impact in reducing carbon emissions in a financially efficient way, while also driving productivity and efficiency gains from implementing these solutions.