Prior to joining LEA in May 2001, Ms Planinic was a Director in the Financial Advisory Services division of PricewaterhouseCoopers and its predecessor firm Coopers & Lybrand for three years and had been involved in Audit and Business Assurance Services with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young for in excess of 25 years.
Ms Planinic has gained a wide range of experience in business assurance and corporate advisory work with both public and private companies. Her work over the last 10 years has had particular emphasis on Independent Expert's Reports, valuations of business, companies and professional practices and business and financial due diligence investigations. Litigation support work (forensic accounting including valuations and loss assessment) has been undertaken in Federal Court, Supreme Court and Family Court proceedings.