Experts & Advisors
Liam Healey
Senior Managing Director

Level 8, 333 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
+61.2.9037.3560 Main
+61.2.9037.3564 Direct
+61.402.745.649 Mobile
Liam Healey is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in Sydney. He is a restructuring and corporate finance professional with more than 20 years of experience in advisory, restructuring, and insolvency matters.
Liam is a trusted advisor to a diverse range of clients navigating the complexities of business transformation and financial distress. Liam regularly provides strategic turnaround and restructuring advice, undertakes independent business and pre-lending reviews, and acts as a safe harbor advisor.
Liam also has extensive formal restructuring and insolvency experience (receiverships, voluntary administrations, and liquidations) including the trading and sale of distressed businesses and real estate assets.
Liam has been engaged by clients across a wide range of industries and geographies, and has expertise in mining and mining services, energy and renewables, real estate, retail, hospitality, and technology.
He is adept at dealing with stakeholders in complex matters. Clients rely on his pragmatic and empathetic approach to deliver favourable outcomes during times of uncertainty and change.
Experience
Liam’s professional experience includes:
- Restructuring and safe harbor advisor to a range of clients from start-up businesses to Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed companies with Australian and international operations.
- Acting as an advisor to secured creditors such as Australian and international banks, credit funds, and other financiers, including advising on restructuring options and contingency planning.
- Voluntary administrator and deed administrator in the successful restructure of Tourism Adventure Group, the largest youth adventure tourism and backpacker hostel operator in Australia and New Zealand, which collapsed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
- Voluntary administrator and deed administrator in the successful restructure of Mighty Craft Limited, an ASX listed company operating a national portfolio of craft beer and distillery businesses.
- Receiver and manager of the Australian business of the Selina Group which operated several backpacker accommodation venues.
- Voluntary administrator and deed administrator of kikki.K, an Australian stationery retailer.
- Receiver and manager of JustKapital Financing, a business providing disbursement funding to personal injury law firms.
- Voluntary administrator and deed administrator in the successful restructure of the Australian Grainlink group of companies, a grain trading and grain storage business operating facilities with over 700,000 metric tons of grain storage capacity.
- Voluntary administrator and deed administrator of Coffex Coffee, an Australian coffee roaster and distributor which resulted in the successful sale of the business.
- Independent business review for the lender and subsequent trading receivership of WDS Limited, an ASX listed company providing diversified services to the mining and energy sectors.
- Voluntary administration of Antares Energy Limited, an ASX listed company with oil and gas projects located in the Permian Basin, Texas, and the U.S.
- Providing strategic advice and acting as a receiver of real estate assets including residential, commercial, and industrial property, development sites, and hospitality and accommodation assets.
- Preparation of expert reports for court proceedings.
- Education
- Bachelor of Commerce, Liberal Studies, Accounting and Marketing, University of Sydney
- Honors & Awards
- TMA Small Size Turnaround of the Year 2022
- Tourism Adventure Group
- Certifications
- Registered Liquidator
- Chartered Accountant
- Affiliations
- Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
- Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA)
- INSOL International
- Turnaround Management Association