Kelly Trenfield

Based in Brisbane, Kelly is a Senior Managing Director in the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment at FTI Consulting. She has more than 29 years of experience, 25 of which are in corporate finance and restructuring.

Kelly has extensive experience in all facets of corporate and personal insolvency, including formal and informal administrations, independent business and fraud reviews, turnaround and business consulting. She has led successful engagements across a wide range of industries, most recently within the mining and mining services, property and construction industries.

Kelly takes a commercial approach to dealing with distressed assets and business to maximise results for all stakeholders. She provides commercial and realistic advice to clients when dealing with difficult and complex situations. As a result of her leadership and expertise in operational and trading aspects, she has taken the helm of some of the highest profile and largest corporate collapses in Australia.

Kelly is a registered liquidator and bankrupt trustee and a Justice of the Peace.

Kelly has served on the Queensland Division Committee since 2016 and been the Committee Chair since 2019.  

Kelly was made a Fellow in 2017 and in 2019, was appointed as a member of the National Board. In 2021, Kelly was elected as Vice President and in 2022 and 2023 as the Qld Board representative at the Division Committee’s AGM. In addition, Kelly has led ARITA training sessions, chaired/presented at State Conferences and been the ARITA representative on various ASIC and AFSA registration and disciplinary committees.