Darren Crawte is a qualified chartered accountant in the UK and Australia, and has worked within public practice for over 14 years, initially as an external auditor. He was a director of audit and corporate services at Nexia Perth, a mid-tier accounting and business advisory practice, where he specialises in providing corporate advisory, financial accounting/audit management, transactional support, taxation and other back-office services to junior listed companies. Mr Crawte also acted as company secretary to several companies in the junior resources sector and managed a number of these through an initial public offering.