at Retired
Melbourne Area, Australia
at Retired
Melbourne Area, Australia
Experienced and successful small business Owner/Manager; Mentor within the Sign a Rama Group; Many years corporate experience in sales, marketing and general management.
Sales; Administration; Organisation/systems
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
November 2009 — Present (1 month)
I have now retired.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1998 — November 2009 (11 years )
Owner, manager of five staff, key-account manager, motivator
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Automotive industry)
1992 — 1998 (6 years )
Manager of the Trades Sales (Aftermarket) Division of VDO Instruments, a German-owned manufacturer and importer of automotive instrumentation and gauges
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORI; Chemicals industry)
1976 — 1992 (16 years )
The company was previously called ICI: Murray worked initially as a Technical Sales Rep in the Sydney office (69 Macquarie Street), then as a member of the Chemicals Trading Department in Melbourne; moved to Perth as the WA Sales Manager for Industrial Chemicals Group; then back to Melbourne to start up and run Spectrum Distributors, a specialist stand-alone division supplying chemicals to a wide range of small to medium sized clients.
(Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)
1971 — 1976 (5 years )
Murray worked initially as an R&D Chemist for Samuel Taylor in Artarmon, working specifically on CFC replacement aerosol formulations. Promoted to the position of Factory/QC Chemist at the new Samuel Taylor Rydalmere factory
MBA , 1974 — 1976
B.Sc. (Hons.) , Chemistry, Biochemistry , 1967 — 1970
Motorcycle touring, Golf, Sailing, Genealogy
Australian Signs & Graphics Association
Business Network International - Boroondara Chapter
Sign a Rama Hall of Fame member inducted 2005
Sign a Rama Team Player Award 2006
Sign a Rama President's Award 2004