About Saki Partners
Saki Partners is led by Dr Nigel Finch, who has more than 30 years' experience advising boards and management teams in Australia and overseas.
Together, we can achieve more
We work alongside your team on the decisions and obligations that come with running and growing a business.
We take on the work that boards and management teams need done well: governance, financial management, compliance and the support services around them.
Our focus is on operational discipline, financial prudence and your goals, with the strategies, information and support needed to achieve them.
“Business success is a journey, not a destination. We partner with our clients at every step, through the challenges and opportunities that come with growth.”Dr Nigel Finch
Dr Nigel Finch
Founder and Managing Director
Dr Nigel Finch is the Founder and Managing Director of Saki Partners. He has more than 30 years' experience advising clients in Australia and overseas in the government, manufacturing, mining, entertainment, technology, financial services, agriculture, property, not-for-profit, higher education, listed company and emerging markets sectors.
Dr Finch specialises in governance consulting with an emphasis on monitoring and managing financial, compliance and risk aspects within organisations.
Experience
Outside Australia, Dr Finch has advised clients operating in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia, particularly in primary industries such as mining and agriculture.
He has held senior roles as financial controller, investment manager, executive director and non-executive director across a range of industries and organisational settings. His experience with ASX-listed companies includes executive chairman, executive director and non-executive director, and chairing committees including audit and risk committees. He has assisted listed companies with more than A$150 million of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, IPOs and capital raisings.
He is a former Honorary Consul-General of Mongolia in Sydney.
Qualifications and academic roles
He holds degrees in accounting, business and law, and a PhD in Accounting and Business Law from the University of Sydney. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of CPA Australia, the Governance Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He is a Professor of Management, and was previously Associate Professor of Accounting and Associate Dean at the University of Sydney.
Author
He has written more than 100 academic and professional publications and six books, and is the author of Finch Guides, a five-volume series of handbooks for boards that begins publication in December 2026. His books include Emerging Markets and Sovereign Risk, Goodwill Impairment Testing in Australia, Contemporary Issues in Mining, Best Practices in Management Accounting and Fundamentals of Corporate Finance.