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A/Prof (Dr) Glenn McKay
Director
Dr Glenn McKay brings a distinguished background in crisis management, sensitive issue resolution, and corporate leadership to his role as Director at Meridian Advisors. He trained at the University of Otago Medical School and completed postgraduate studies in aeromedical retrieval and transport at Otago's School of Aviation Medicine. Glenn is a Fellow of the Faculty of Rural Remote and Humanitarian Healthcare at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and serves as Adjunct Associate Professor at Griffith School of Medicine & Dentistry. His academic and professional appointments include faculty roles at Bond University’s postgraduate degree in Retrieval Medicine and guest lectures in business ethics at Bond University Law School.
In 2003, Glenn founded Medical Rescue in Australia, leading its expansion and demonstrating expertise in strategic oversight and operational excellence. His clinical and leadership experience spans flight medicine, emergency and pre-hospital services, and disaster response, engaging in high-stakes environments requiring discretion and resilience.
Glenn has excelled both in high-acuity, time-critical environments and as a capability architect, designing and implementing systems in remote and challenging contexts. Glenn’s extensive experience includes humanitarian response coordination and field deployments, recognised with the Australian National Emergency Medal (Bushfires and Floods) and the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Indian Ocean Tsunami) and Australian Operational Service Medals (Timor Leste and Solomon Islands). His proven track record in managing sensitive situations and leading teams through complex crises positions him as an invaluable asset to Meridian Advisors’ clients facing challenging issues in today’s corporate landscape.
Richard Baumfield
Director
Richard is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of law at Bond University, having previously being a partner with the New York law firm Andrews Kurth LLP. Prior to Andrews Kurth LLP, Richard was employed in Australia as a solicitor with Clayton Utz. Richard has a wide range of experience in all aspects of corporate law, strategic investments and corporate governance issues.
Richard graduated with a Bachelor of Business from Griffith University majoring in accounting, a Bachelor of Laws from QUT where he won the University medal and a Master of Laws from Colombia University where he was a Stone Scholar.
Richard is admitted to practice law in Australia and is a member of the New York Bar. In addition, he is admitted in the Southern and Eastern Federal Districts of New York.
Richard was a partner with the New York law firm Andrews Kurth LLP where his practice focused on corporate restructuring primarily in unregulated industries and markets. He represented hedge funds, high net worth individuals and other institutions that invested in distressed situations. Some of his representations include acting on behalf of Enron Inc when it filed chapter 11 bankruptcy, restructuring Power Company of America, Leap Wireless, Metricom, PNV Co., and American Banknote Corporation.
Since returning to Australia, Richard has been the CEO and a board member of iPrimus, the Chairman of Intrepid Mines Ltd, a director of ABCorp and has sat on the boards of many other companies. While sitting on the boards of various companies, Richard has been involved in numerous large M&A transactions involving both public and private companies in Australia and the US.
At Bond University Richard teaches corporate law and governance subjects including Corporations Law, Foundations of Corporate Governance, Enterprise Law and Business Law.
Richard has co-authored two textbooks – Business and Company Law and Company Law – An Interactive Approach. The Company Law book won the Educational Publishing Award for the best tertiary teaching learning resource in Australia. Both books were published by Wylie.