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Docklands, Victoria, Au

Docklands, Victoria, Au

Docklands, Victoria, Au

Melbourne, Vic, Au

• Independently lead strategy development, product innovation, discovery, business development and execution focussed on innovative customer-led at the edge growth activity across all channels (online, bricks & mortar) and segments (supermarkets, liquor, grocery) for eCommerce• Responsible for a ~$500m portfolio of business activity• Crew (Tribe) Lead for 4 Squads (Scrums) as part of an enterprise-wide Agile transformation• Building largely from scratch a 70+ team member business to drive incremental growth for the core business

Melbourne, Vic, Au

• Led the Coles Group Strategy team wholly accountable for the design and maintenance of the Coles Group Strategy and delivering the Group Corporate Plan• Deployed 2-3 agile teams to support business units throughout Coles Group in strategy development and translating strategy into deliverable initiatives• Collaborated with stakeholders throughout the business including Board, CEO, CFO and ELT engagement, as well as with the commercial, finance and implementation business unit teams• Evolved the corporate planning process to include a market assessment, capital prioritization framework, portfolio assessment & optimisation (resource allocation, M&A and exits), budget process (year 1) and links through to executive KPIs/LTIs• Developed & socialised a framework for vertical integration, and support commercial diligence on multiple targets• Continuously communicated the Coles Group strategy throughout the business, and provided oversight to ensure activity is on strategy and delivering to plan• Built the Group Strategy team by lifting capability and delivering exceptional strategic leadership to Coles Group

Melbourne, Vic, Au

• Led the strategic planning process for Coles Group across both corporate and business unit strategy, capital allocation and strategy implementation• Key leader in the design & delivery of the 2019 “Winning in our 2nd Century” refresh of Coles Group Strategy• Led cross-functional teams to design Coles value strategy, the future Coles store and online network & component store formats, and Coles fresh food offer in the face of rapidly changing customer missions and competitive landscape• Developed a comprehensive market-entry scan for Australian B2B M&A targets• Acknowledged strategy leader capable of operating across functions and with senior stakeholders to deliver exceptional results focussed on key financial metrics• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate the links between strategic concepts and financial outcomes• Recognised as a leader with the ability to build highly effective teams

Us

I serve clients mainly in the retail, oil & gas, energy and mining, agribusinessl and banking sectors.I focus on delivering comprehensive performance and organizational health transformations in the context of broader large scale industrial transformations. This includes establishing an immediate performance uplift by building an effective delivery engine, and ensuring that this improvement in performance is sustained long term through effective corporate and business unit strategy, supported by transformational elements ranging from customer experience through to organisational culture.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Inquiry: Barriers to Effective Climate Change Adaptation (September 2011 - September 2012)Study: Education and Training Workforce - Early Childhood Development (October 2010 - November 2011)

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

• Established the climate change economics team• Analysed the impact of domestic and international carbon pollution reduction programs on emissions-intensive, trade-exposed (EITE) firms• Developed a framework for appropriate assistance for EITE firms

Sydney, Nsw, Au

• Transformed the Victorian and Tasmanian office’s work program to better support policy making• Established a retail liaison program fully enumerated with respect to large retailers, providing a high quality now cast of the Australian retail environment• Developed a broad network of liaison contacts throughout the Victorian and Tasmanian business communities, and conducted a regular program of policy presentations to business and community groups.• Expanded the Reserve Bank of Australia’s technical assistance program with Bank Indonesia - Bank Indonesia’s business liaison program is now fully functional and supporting policy making in an environment where data availability is otherwise poor

Sydney, Nsw, Au

• Led the Reserve Bank of Australia’s regional and industry economics team• Delivered high quality qualitative and quantitative analysis to policy makers• Coordinated a technical assistance program with Bank Indonesia to develop a business liaison program to gather economic information to fill significant data gaps

Sydney, Nsw, Au

• Developed short and medium term commodity price forecasts• Incorporated commodity price and volume forecasts into short and medium term forecasts for export values, volumes and prices• Presented forecasts to senior management and other government stakeholders

Sydney, Nsw, Au

• Conducted and published high quality applied econometric research on both international capital flows and sovereign borrowing.

Master Of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Economics

Bachelor Of Economics (Honours), Economics

Bachelor Of Asian Studies, Indonesian/Malay Languages And Literatures

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Psychology And Human Biology