On 26th February 2015, Mr. Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere Group, presented a talk on “The Current trends in Mining industry & Mine valuation” in Seoul. In this event, organized by Hangyang University and Korea Ministry of Resources, Mr. Shadbolt presented current trends in mining industry, IPO requirements for mining companies, valuation standards, valuation methods and a mine valuation case study.

Adie Gupta, Director of Censere Group's Malaysia office and the leader of Intellectual Property (IP)/ Intangible Assets team was one of guest speakers at the World IP Forum held at New Delhi, India from 10 to 12 January 2015. Censere Group was one of the sponsors at the Forum. Adie's presentation topic was 'Leveraging IP for Financing and IP Valuation'. The Forum was a global event attended by attorneys, government agencies, early to mid stage companies, valuers and other parties involved in the field of IP from around the world.

Censere is very pleased to announce the establishment of Censere Group, Inc., our new US entity. Initially we have opened offices in Houston and Washington DC, with further announcements to follow in the coming months. Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere Group, stated "This is a significant step for Censere and allows us to strengthen the relationships we currently have with US clients in a very tangible way, while also enabling Censere to undertake work in the US for both US clients and Asian clients investing in US businesses." 

Zaid Sultan, Censere's newly appointed Director with responsibility for both Houston and Washington DC offices, commented that "Censere's strong Asian presence will be a major competitive advantage. With ongoing investment into Asia by US corporates and increasing regulatory compliance which requires deep knowledge of Asian cultures, languages and business practices, Censere is ideally placed to assist US firms."

Censere is immediately able to deliver our full range of valuation, due diligence and forensic investigations services through our US offices and we look forward to assisting you in the both the US and in Asia.

Contact details for our US offices are as follows:

Houston Office 2800 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 4100 Houston, TX Tel. 832 924 8670 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The IAIR Awards are one of the world’s leading prizes for excellence in global economy and sustainability. This year’s Awards were held at the Conrad Hotel on the 10th March 2015. We are pleased to announce that Censere has been awarded the “Best Company for Sustainability Strategic Advisory (Asia Pacific) Award 2014. This is the second year that Censere has won this Award.

Rupert Utley, Director, Censere Forensics and Investigations has contributed to the book "Risky Business in China - A Guide to Due Diligence" authored by Jeremy Gordon, and published by Palgrave Macmillan. As one in the series of Palgrave Pocket Consultants, this unique book is an authoritative guide that provides actionable solutions and demonstrates how correctly applied due diligence not only reduces business risk in China, but also provides excellent business intelligence to support negotiations and business relationships. 

Brett Shadbolt, CEO, and Shawn Morvotjoe, Associate Director, at Censere Group have successfully co-authored the chapter “Mergers & Acquisitions in Biotechnology - Valuation Process & Challenges,” published in Biotechnology in Hong Kong Volume II. This book which has been added to the Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is published by United States-China Intellectual Property Institute Inc in February 2015. 

Online version of the book can be found here.

Hot on the heels of the Quamnet Outstanding Enterprise awards, Censere has been awarded the, "Best Financial Valuation & Advisory Services - Asia Pacific." This award is further recognition that our pan-Asian model is working, with our ability to operate seamlessly across Asia and our attention to quality and independence key.

The sixth annual Quamnet award took place on the 15 January 2015 at The Hong Kong Bankers Club. Censere is pleased announce, that it has been awarded the Quamnet Outstanding Enterprise award for, "Outstanding Business Appraisal and Valuation Services".  This is the third consecutive year Censere has won this award.  Censere's CEO, Brett Shadbolt stated, this award is testament to the hard work and growth we have seen in our business over the past 12 years: where we are now visible in 13 locations and have 120 staff.

Forensic Director, Peter Coleman, attended the 9TH Djakarta Mining Club Networking Event on October 30TH 2014 at JiExpo Kemayoran Jakarta. The function was held in conjunction with the Exhibition by Reed Panorama Exhibition, the "Mining and Engineering 2014". It was attended by over 70 attendees of both members and non members.

Censere continues to extend its network throughout Asia Pacific with the opening of our Jakarta office. This is our 13th office and we continue to look for new opportunities in Asia to provide further assistance to our Clients.

Contacts details for Jakarta can be found  here.

Censere CEO, Brett Shadbolt, and Forensic Director, Peter Coleman, attended the 2nd Annual Momentum Events Oil & Gas Anti Corruption event at the Hotel Icon in Houston, Texas on the 22nd and 23rd of September. Speakers at the event included US regulators from the Securities Exchange Commission and Department of Justice as well as leading authorities in Anti Corruption from oil companies, oil supply companies, NGOs and other private and public sector organisations concerned about the issue of bribery and corruption in the Oil & Gas industry. More than 80 delegates attended the event over the two days. Brett and Peter were the only representatives from the AsiaPac region and brought some very relevant insights to the interactive sessions during the event. Key issues that came out of the event included a clear message from the regulators that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act continues to be an important part of the United States Government's foreign policy and that US companies and foreign companies operating in this industry can expect increased scrutiny of their business activities in this high risk industry particularly in high risk countries. Fines in the order of up to US$500 million have been levied in recent times as well as the disgorgement of profits and other penalties. One critical statistic that was presented was that the average cost per day of a FCPA investigation is more than US$250,000 and many of these investigations will run for up to one year or more. Clearly the potential cost of failing to comply with the FCPA in the Oil & Gas industry should be a significant reminder of the need to comply. Censere has three of the most experienced FCPA investigators in Asia with Peter Coleman, Richard Batten and Rupert Utley.

Censere Malaysia office staff are excited to be moving to a brand new building (Oval Damansara) in Kuala Lumpur.The new office will be more spacious to cater to our growth and will also have a training facility for up to 40 people. Oval Damansara is centrally located with a direct access to the Kuala Lumpur City Centre, KL Central as well as other business hubs in the city. 

The new office reflects Censere’s strong growth as well as client commitment in Malaysia. Our office in Malaysia will be headed by Mr. Adie Gupta who has recently relocated from our Sydney office. Our new address in Kuala Lumpur from 15 October will be: 26-3A, Oval Damansara, Off Lebuhraya Sprint, Batu 7, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  

“Censere Group continues its rapid expansion within the China region by adding 5 new staff to its technical team in Shanghai. The new staff, with backgrounds in the valuation industry, Big 4 accounting firms and International banks, will further enhance Censere’s operation in Greater China. Both Beijing and Shanghai offices offer a full range of our services including, Business Valuation, Property Valuation, Forensics Accounting, Operational Due Diligence and Research. We are excited about our new development in China and the contribution of our company to further regional growth within the financial services industry.”

On 3rd  September 2014, Mr. Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere Group, was invited as a guest speaker and panelist to participate in the “1st Japan-ASEAN Business Forum in Singapore”. In this event, organized by ICMG Financial Services, Mr. Shadbolt discussed the challenges and opportunities of entering into ASEAN region as well as Greater China.  He also emphasized on the importance of partnership with intermediaries, such as Taiwanese companies, in order to better access the Chinese market. The event was well received by the Japanese business community in Singapore.

On 4th September 2014, Censere Singapore hosted a cocktail party to celebrate the launch of its new Forensic Services. With over 50 guests and clients packing the Singapore office, Mr. Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere Group introduced the new service offering adding that, “this will strengthen our existing due diligence capabilities and ability to serve our clients”. The key forensic directors leading the service are: Mr. Peter Coleman (Indonesia); Mr. Richard Batten (Thailand and Mekong Region); and Mr. Rupert Utley (Hong Kong & China). 

On 3rd September 2014, Censere Academy Singapore conducted a three hour training seminar on Mining, Oil & Gas (“MOG”). The event was well attended, with participants coming from a range of backgrounds.   The event was led by key experts in Censere’s MOG team consisting of Mr. Brett Shadbolt (CEO) and Mr. Shawn Morvotjoe (Associate Director), who shared their considerable knowledge and insights with participants. The Censere experts covered a range of subjects including: the life-cycle of an MOG company; valuation techniques for MOG; common issues in MOG valuations and resource & reserve measurement. 

On 25th July 2014, Mr. Daniel Martin an Associate Director in the Censere Hong Kong office presented to a group of selected business start-ups at the Cyberport Entrepreneurship Centre in Hong Kong. These selected start-ups were all at different funding stages: some had received their first injection of external capital and others were still being funded by the founders. The three hour informal valuation session covered a range of valuation topics including: what is valuation (purpose and impact); valuation from a buyers and sellers perspective; the cost of a bad valuation; valuation techniques and justification of the business valuation. 

Censere was recently invited by The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("HKICPA") to conduct a series of workshops for their members for the second year. The workshops were designed to provide participants with an integrated understanding of valuation, with a particular emphasis on the practical issues relating to valuation and valuation principles which underpin them.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our Forensics services. The development of a forensics team fits well with our objective of helping clients make better investment decisions while minimising risk.

We have several key people joining Censere to spearhead this initiative, with new Directors to be stationed in Bangkok, HK and Jakarta. This will strengthen our due diligence capabilities and enable Censere to provide additional services relating to:

•  Fraud, corruption, anti-money laundering investigations

•  Integrity risk advisory

•  Expert witness and dispute resolution

Censere was appointed by China Molybdenum in its US$820m acquisition of Northparkes copper and gold mine. Censere conducted a valuation of the mine for disclosure purposes in accordance with Chapter 18 of the HKEX listing rules. Our report was including in a  circular to shareholders in relation to the acquisition.