Business Advisor, Mentor, Coach and Professional Director
South Brisbane Area, Australia
Business Advisor, Mentor, Coach and Professional Director
South Brisbane Area, Australia
Key challenges I am seeking include:
- Working with companies that are seeking to achieve value growth beyond their current capability.
- Joining Boards and management teams actively working to achieve substantial capital value creation.
- Guiding rapidly growing firms through the practical issues of survival, strategy and planning.
Key personal attributes include:
- A strong ability to rapidly understand complex technology, technical markets and their imperatives;
- A keen understanding of the importance of optimal interaction of markets, human capital and resources;
- A high regard for the role of leadership, recruitment, people development and people management in meeting business and investor objectives;
- An inclusive and outcomes focussed style that is calm, considered and rational;
- A high level of understanding of government and business interaction, commercial opportunities and assistance programs.
- A good understanding of corporate governance and challenges for small companies.
Major Strengths:
- Strong leadership and team building skills;
- A clear focus towards improving shareholder returns and value creation.
- A participative attitude towards strategic planning and corporate development and change activities
- Sound written and verbal communication skills; and
- An ability to get on with people at all levels and a strong lateral thinker.
- An ability to quickly understand technical concepts and issues.
Personal industry experience:
- Raised investment in successful new ventures from angels and VCs;
- Grown small businesses into corporations with 20 years in front line experience in senior management;
- 12 years in corporate business advisory, corporate development and change management in IT (hardware and software), furniture, food, fishing and aquaculture sectors in national and global markets.
Corporate governance, strategy development for high growth businesses, process and systems review, mentoring individuals and teams that drive high growth businesses through critical stages in their development.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Business Advisor Network is a not for profit public company with the aim of facilitating the linkage between small to medium business operators and a global network of over 4000 associates. Associates are drawn from all walks of life and are predominately ex CEOs, MDs, or senior managers of major companises tha now work as private advisors.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Executive Office industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Management Consulting industry)
October 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Business coach, mentor, strategy development professional, implementer of corporate governance and high growth strategies. I have a keen interest on leadership development and it's linkage with management of Boards and strategic planning.
Accredited , Accredited Leadership Coach , 2007 — 2007
Accredited , Business , 2006 — 2006
Fellow , Corporate Governance , 2003 — 2003
B.Sc. (Hons) , Zoology, Microbiology
MBA , Marketing strategy, Strategic Planning, Corporate Finance, Organisational Development
Leadership coaching for executives, helping growing businesses reach their goals, overcoming the growing pains for small business operators, NLP, fishing, boating and sailing.