Paul Nielsen is an Accredited Certified Practicing Business Broker (C.P.B.B.), an Accredited Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser (CMEA), a fully licensed Real Estate Agent (L.R.E.A) and Licensed Second Hand Dealer as well as a member of the Management Committee of both the Business Brokers Section of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (R.E.I.Q.) and the Australian Institute of Business Brokers (A.I.B.B), the peak National body which provides advice to Industry & Government on Business Broking activities. Paul was awarded the REIQ Queensland Business Broker of the Year Award in recognition of his assistance to the Industry and personal achievements in negotiating on behalf of his clients in 2005 and successively in 2007 and is the only dual award recipient in this field.Additional industry affiliations include Membership of the Australian Institute of Business Brokers (A.I.B.B.), The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia Business Valuation Special Interest Group, the U.S. Based International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) the National Equipment & Business Brokers Institute (NEBBI) and the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisers (AMAA). Paul is completing an Associate Diploma in Training and Assessment, is a qualified Justice of the Peace and travels regularly both interstate and overseas, to meet clients and attend conferences and training seminars to keep abreast of industry practices and regulatory issues.Paul has Managed businesses with up to 60 Employees and has Owned 9 Small Businesses of his own over a 30 + year period. Paul has broad experience in Corporate Negotiations, General Management, Sales & Marketing, Personnel Management and Bottom Line Profit Creation. Paul currently holds Directorships in 2 Private Companies and is the Chairman of the One World Orphans Fund in addition to Consulting as a Specialist Business Broker for the Benchmark Group where he negotiates a range of corporate agreements and transactions including Corporate Reorganisations and MBO s, SME Non Public Sales & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions of privately held companies with Turnovers up to A$100 million within his specialist areas of expertise in the Manufacturing, Import/Distribution, Wholesale, Intellectual Property, Health Care and Franchising areas. In addition, Paul provides fee based Business Valuations and Certified Plant and Equipment Appraisals, evaluates and qualifies key Franchisees on behalf of a Publicly Listed Company, recruits Key Executives for Client Companies and has lectured to Government, Industry and Accounting Groups on Business Exit Strategies How to increase the value of your business by thousands of $$$$ and Buying the Right Business at the Right Price and is the author of interactive CD publications on these topics.