Exit Advisory Group Services
One day you will step back from your business, whether that day is close or years away. We help you understand what it is worth, build that value, and move it into the right hands when the time comes.
Exit Advisory Group is a boutique Australian M&A advisory firm for established owners in the lower to mid-market, working across the whole transition: business valuations, business sales, exit and succession planning, and specialist divisions such as recruitment, staffing and offshoring M&A. One senior team carries the work from the first valuation to the final sale.
Business valuations
An independent valuation, plus the roadmap to grow what it is worth.
An accurate, defensible valuation grounded in real market evidence, plus a clear plan to close the gap between today's value and the number you need. Signed by a Registered Business Valuer and prepared in accordance with the International Valuation Standards (IVS).
Business sales & brokerage
A confidential, well-run sale process to the right buyer, at the right price.
We run your sale end to end: positioning the business, reaching qualified strategic buyers, and negotiating terms and structure that protect your outcome.
Exit & succession planning
Plan your exit early so you leave on your terms, not the market's.
Help choosing and preparing for the right exit path, whether a trade sale, management buyout, family succession or another transition, with the value gaps closed well ahead of time.
New specialist industry vertical: Recruitment, Staffing, Offshoring M&A
Exit Advisory Group and HHMC Global merged to bring specialist recruitment, staffing and offshoring M&A onto a broader platform. HHMC, founded by Rod Hore, has advised the recruitment industry across Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia for more than two decades.
That work continues. Rod Hore and Richard Hayward remain directly involved, and recruitment-sector owners now reach valuations, buy-side and sell-side mandates and succession planning under Exit Advisory Group.
Which service, and when
There is no fixed order. Owners come to us at different points. Here is roughly where each fits on the journey from growth to a successful exit.
Know what it is worth today, then build transferable value.
Choose the path and prepare the business, and yourself.
Run a confidential, competitive sale to the right buyer.
Hand over and step back
Transition on your terms; the team carries it through.
You do not have to work through these in sequence. Some owners are ready to sell now; others want a valuation or an exit plan first. The same senior team carries you through, whichever door you come in.
VALUE360™ is our proprietary framework for measuring and building transferable value: the kind that survives your departure and that a sophisticated buyer will pay a premium for. So a valuation, a value-building programme, or a full sale all begin from the same evidence, across five dimensions.
The boutique difference
We take on a small number of mandates so senior advisers do the work, not a junior bench. The senior adviser who wins your deal is the one who runs it, from first conversation to completion.
achieved above the initial valuation on a recent sale.
our proprietary framework to build company value.
typical revenue range of the businesses we advise.
National Chair of the Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB), a Registered Business Valuer (RBV) and a Licensed Business Broker, and the author of Exit Like an Expert.
Simon leads a senior advisory team, and the adviser who wins your deal is the one who runs it. Meet the people who could run yours.
Exit Advisory Group holds Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) 700378, granted by ASIC. That oversight sits behind every engagement and gives your valuation added standing with financiers, regulators and buyers.
An accreditation recognised by the AIBB for valuing businesses to a professional standard. An RBV-signed valuation carries weight with buyers, banks and courts that an informal appraisal does not.
The professional body for business brokers and valuers in Australia. Simon Bedard is its National Chair.
The global standard our valuations are prepared in accordance with, so the basis of value and method are consistent and defensible.
Independent advice with no conflict of interest, a confidential process from day one, and deep networks of qualified, motivated buyers.
$3M → $15.5M (5× uplift)
From a $3M offer to a $15.5M strategic deal
Confidential automotive software business
An Australian automotive software business held an unsolicited $3M offer. Exit Advisory Group repositioned the business, ran a competitive process and closed a $15.5M strategic acquisition: a 5× uplift on the opening offer.
Lead adviser: Mark Levitt
Read the Software (SaaS) case study
Almost 45% above initial valuation
~45% above initial valuation, sold to Ei Electronics in 10 months
Brooks Australia
Brooks Australia, the leading supplier of fire detection products in Australia and New Zealand, was acquired by Ei Electronics. Exit Advisory Group's five-year engagement delivered an offer almost 45% above initial valuation estimates, with a sale completed 10 months after going to market.
Lead adviser: Simon Bedard
Read the Fire & Safety case study
9 months to close, global strategic acquirer
Acquired by Bentley Acceleration Initiatives in 9 months
Eagle.io
Eagle.io's cloud-based environmental IoT platform was acquired by Bentley Acceleration Initiatives, the strategic investment fund of Bentley Systems. Exit Advisory Group ran the process from engagement to close in nine months.
Lead adviser: Mark Levitt
Read the Software (SaaS) / Environmental IoT case studyTestimonials
Simon Bedard and the Exit Advisory Group team did a brilliant job assisting me in the sale of my consulting business. I couldn't be happier with the result, delivered through their depth of understanding, and complete professionalism throughout.
Paul Nelson
Founder & MD, Fuller Brand Communications
We worked closely with Mark Levitt, a Principal Adviser at Exit Advisory Group. He was fantastic and really took the time to understand our business. We couldn't have done it without him. Exit Advisory Group has an efficient process and was able to put our business in front of very targeted strategic acquirers. Their team provided an extremely professional approach and genuine care for their clients. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to exit their business.
Samantha Lamond
CEO, Energy360
Exit Advisory Group are true professionals when it comes to guiding people on how to get ready for a business sale. Their advice and support were instrumental throughout the different stages of our business journey. From our business valuation to exit, we felt we were in very capable hands. We will definitely use them again for our next business venture.
Emily Heeley
Business owner
We do not parachute in with a template and disappear. Our advisers work beside you from the first conversation through to completion.
Every engagement starts with a candid conversation about where you are today, what you want to achieve, and the timeline you are working towards. The numbers come later.
We apply our VALUE360™ framework to assess your business the way a sophisticated buyer would, identifying the strengths, risks and levers that move your valuation.
You receive a clear, prioritised roadmap, whether that is a value-building programme, a sale strategy or a succession plan, with milestones and accountability built in.
We stay actively involved through execution, managing complexity and protecting your outcome at every stage.
The Exit Readiness Score is a short, no-obligation self-assessment that shows how ready your business is for a transition, and where the value gaps are.
Exit Advisory Group is a boutique Australian M&A advisory firm for established owners. We provide business valuations, business sales and brokerage, and exit and succession planning, and we run specialist industry divisions such as recruitment, staffing and offshoring M&A. The same senior team works across the whole transition, so advice carries cleanly from a first valuation through to a completed sale.
You can engage one service or several. A common path is to start with a valuation, act on a value-building plan, and later engage us to run the sale. Because it is one firm and one senior team, the work you do early carries into the sale rather than starting again with a new adviser.
There is no fixed order. A valuation is a common starting point, because it sets the baseline everything else builds from. If you have time before you want to exit, value-building comes next. The sale process comes when the business and the owner are ready. Some owners come to us ready to sell now; others want a valuation or an exit plan first.
We focus on established businesses in the lower to mid-market. Our valuations team typically works with enterprise value from around $3 million, and we are happy to talk if you are close to that range.
Yes. Every conversation and every engagement is confidential from the first contact. We approach buyers under confidentiality agreements and release sensitive information in stages, so staff, customers and competitors are not alerted before you are ready.
We are an advisory-led boutique, not a volume brokerage. We take on a small number of mandates so senior advisers do the work, we prepare and value the business before it goes to market, and our valuations are signed by a Registered Business Valuer and prepared in accordance with the International Valuation Standards (IVS). The senior adviser who wins your deal is the one who runs it.
VALUE360™ is our proprietary framework for measuring and building transferable business value, the kind that survives your departure and that a sophisticated buyer will pay a premium for. It runs through every service, so the same view of value carries from a first valuation to a completed sale.
The first step is a confidential, no-obligation conversation. We will listen, ask the right questions, and point you towards the right service, even if that is not with us. Nothing you share leaves that conversation.
Start with a confidential, no-obligation conversation. We will listen, ask the right questions, and point you in the right direction, even if that is not with us.