Partner Georgina Ridhalgh

About
Georgina

Georgina Ridhalgh is a trusted adviser to large private families, their businesses, and not-for-profit foundations. With more than 20 years’ experience, she supports high net worth groups as they navigate the complexities of wealth, succession, and legacy. 

She is a Partner in the Private and Family Business division, known for her client-centric approach, developing strong, open relationships that underpin her long-standing partnerships with families and their businesses.

Georgina works closely with multi‑generational families to understand the values, dynamics and objectives of each generation, translating these into practical strategies that support continuity, alignment and long‑term success. Her approach is grounded in discretion, sensitivity and clear communication, particularly when advising on complex or highly personal family matters. She is adept at bridging generational gaps, ensuring strategies foster harmony, continuity, and the preservation and growth of family wealth across all ages and life stages.

Relevant experience

• Advises large private family groups, family offices, and significant charitable foundations on tax, structuring, governance and compliance.
• Provides a full suite of accounting, income tax, and financial administration services to individuals, families, and their businesses
• Supporting multi‑generational wealth and succession planning, balancing commercial outcomes with family dynamics.
• Acts for major private foundations, providing accounting, tax concessions, governance frameworks, and ACNC compliance, and guiding trustees on grant-making, due diligence and agreement preparation.
• Managing ATO engagement, including a successful audit of charitable purpose and building constructive working relationships with the ATO.
• Advising trustees on grant‑making governance, due diligence of donees and the preparation of grant agreements.
• Provides practical, relationship-led advice to boards, trustees, and family decision-makers through periods of change and transition.
• Works closely with family office teams and their broader adviser network including legal, investment, and banking professionals, to ensure advice is coordinated, practical, and aligned to the family’s long-term objectives.

Several of the families and private groups Georgina advises are regularly recognised in AFR wealth and business rankings, reflecting the scale and sophistication of the structures she supports. Her technical knowledge, combined with her genuine investment in her clients’ outcomes, ensures timely, practical and tailored solutions, building relationships that span generations.