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Major Activities• Executive Consultant – position fulfilment for sales/leadership roles(Project/General Manager, Managing Director, Chief Executive/Operations Officer); • Leadership Development consulting for Senior Executives;• Management Consulting/Business Mentoring for global enterprises.Recent Achievements: (USA)• Coaching/mentoring of the Owner/Managing Director for a technology firm based in the UK with clients such as Dell, British Telecom, FTSE, Kraft… Show more Major Activities• Executive Consultant – position fulfilment for sales/leadership roles(Project/General Manager, Managing Director, Chief Executive/Operations Officer); • Leadership Development consulting for Senior Executives;• Management Consulting/Business Mentoring for global enterprises.Recent Achievements: (USA)• Coaching/mentoring of the Owner/Managing Director for a technology firm based in the UK with clients such as Dell, British Telecom, FTSE, Kraft Qualcomm and Zain Telecom resulting in two of four strategic objectives being reached within nine months;• Executive Consulting role for an emerging technology firm, leading sales in the US, increasing top-line sales revenue by 92% and contracting the initial six key clients;• Coaching/Business Mentoring Australian-based consulting company resulting in a 42% annual growth rate and three new product developments brought to market in the last 12 months.Major Achievements: (Germany and Australia)• Subject Matter Expert in the team which completed the proposal, sale and contracting for the Academy of Excellence for a major European manufacturer (A$ 1.10 Billion over 10 years);• Roll-out of European-wide A$50 million learning system for a major European organisation;• Strategic leadership development of 12 executives for various organisations (2001 – 2007);• Chairman of the Board for a boutique multi-million dollar consulting firm, which has grown turnover 700% and returns over 25% in direct earnings to the partner/owners;• General Manager for Client Solutions for Australian New Zealand Institute for Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) for resulting in a 25% annual Net Profit turnaround in 90 days and a 38% jump in annual Gross Revenue within 180 days;• Multiple consulting projects from Rio Tinto to Siemens, Dell, Osram, Ericsson, BlueScope Steel, ExxonMobil, Unisys, Greenpeace and World Vision (to name a few clients) increasing the speed of targeted change within their organisation. Show less

Brisbane, Australia

Brought in to evaluate the firm, the position developed into the Chief Strategy Officer and on to the functional Interim Chief Financial Officer Wenatex Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the European Wenatex Group with the head office in Salzburg, Austria (with over EUR 100 Million in annual turnover). The Wenatex Group specialises in innovative, high-end health sleep systems for the consumer across Europe and Australia. In 2014, the annual turnover in Australia exceeded $20.0 Million. The roles… Show more Brought in to evaluate the firm, the position developed into the Chief Strategy Officer and on to the functional Interim Chief Financial Officer Wenatex Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the European Wenatex Group with the head office in Salzburg, Austria (with over EUR 100 Million in annual turnover). The Wenatex Group specialises in innovative, high-end health sleep systems for the consumer across Europe and Australia. In 2014, the annual turnover in Australia exceeded $20.0 Million. The roles focused ono in depth analysis of the current status of the Australian operations;o outline a plan to initiate the revitalisation of the company; o safeguard its longevity within the Australia market, and o evaluate the potential future overseas expansion potential and timelines in Australasia. Key Achievements (active interim hands-on executive leadership)o strategic plan outlined and approved by shareholders;o core business re-established; o product line expanded;o sales approach realigned, and o consolidation of financial health of the firm initiated. \​ Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Management of Change for the Division - Opportunity to Cash Global Area, supporting world-wide project like Project Accounting.Manager of Change working from * the creative inception of change ideas, * to the personal investigation, research and systematic analysis * on to the innovative design and development of the Change initiative, * through to complete collateral development and training, ]* including direct Leadership Awareness, Engagement and * Involvement… Show more Management of Change for the Division - Opportunity to Cash Global Area, supporting world-wide project like Project Accounting.Manager of Change working from * the creative inception of change ideas, * to the personal investigation, research and systematic analysis * on to the innovative design and development of the Change initiative, * through to complete collateral development and training, ]* including direct Leadership Awareness, Engagement and * Involvement through to the hands-on implementation phase * with close-out involvement in the overall success-measurement of the initiative (Speed to Implementation, Quality of Adoption; Use of Resources ...). Show less

Major Achievements:• Original establishment of Raytheon Professional Services Australian and Japanese offices; • Engagement of 27 new key clients across multiple industries in Australia and Asia Pacific;• Design, proposal and contracting of corporate university project for a major Australian manufacturer (contracted value over A$ 20,000,000);• Additional contracting and delivery for the second largest commercial contract (over five years) ever signed by Raytheon Profession… Show more Major Achievements:• Original establishment of Raytheon Professional Services Australian and Japanese offices; • Engagement of 27 new key clients across multiple industries in Australia and Asia Pacific;• Design, proposal and contracting of corporate university project for a major Australian manufacturer (contracted value over A$ 20,000,000);• Additional contracting and delivery for the second largest commercial contract (over five years) ever signed by Raytheon Profession Services worldwide (contract signed in Singapore). Show less

Main Responsibilities:• Supervision of four major projects and ten employees as head of department;• Introduction of Germany-wide quality management training for Ford dealerships;• Establishment and implementation of a Dealer Process Improvement (DPI) program.

General Motors Europe, Adam Opel A.G., Rüsselsheim, GermanyMain Responsibilities:• Evaluation of the consolidation of all dealership training Europe-wide for 9000 dealer locations;• Coordination with National Sales Companies, in 22 countries, on the consolidation of suppliers and implementation of new sale, professional and technical training programs;• Selection and assessment of external training agencies for design development and delivery.

Ramada International and Renaissance Hotels and Resorts, Frankfurt, GermanyMain Responsibilities:• Analysis of personnel/management training needs for five hotels (circa 1000 employees);• Design, development and implementation of up-to-date training courses and programs;• Evaluation of training results/action plans and establishment of Human Resource Guidelines.

B.A., Business And Management

European Division

Diploma