David delivers extensive executive expertise in strategy, organisational transformation, and operational leadership, with a proven record of supporting high-stakes change and delivering strategic outcomes across sectors including FMCG-Agribusiness, healthcare, government, and consultingFocus areas: Strategy & corporate development and planning, operational management and improvement, commercial project management, and achieving outcomes thorough collaborative approaches in sectors including Finance, Energy & Utilities, FMCG, Professional Services, Resources and Agriculture.Outcomes including:As 2IC drove rebuild and expansion of professional medical association and its team resulting in increased membership, services and participation while increasing both operating budgets and financial reserves. Acquired and turned around a highly distressed multi-store physical and online retail business - doubling sales and profitability. Turnaround- covering all areas from finance, online strategy, marketing - digital and physical, systems and staffing changes, ranging, store rationalisation and customer segment shifting. Director tasked with project management of successful $5 billion 5 year Victorian rail and tram refranchising PPP transaction. Seen as very successful compared to many other PPP’sDesigned and led a hothouse strategic review of 70 company major Philippine conglomerate identifying areas for growth and divestments –and identified over $50m in lazy capital and other structural improvementsDrove the first national, collaborative, multi organisation, inclusive RD&E strategy for the Australian Dairy Industry, aligning $150m pa of investment- credited for preserving and redirecting investment in a cost pressured environmentReviewed foreign joint ventures under development and identified and drove resolution of market and contract issues that would have caused extreme financial distressDesigned & implemented the first strategy and evaluation process for $55mpa industry service body (Dairy Australia) - creating process and metrics with results altering investment directions.Built a landmark collaborative international directors forum on strategy and board level governance with directors representing over $15b in salesFacilitated the post takeover integration and the combined strategy for Heinz Australia and the acquired Watties groupReleased over 11,000 hours pa of maintenance time in industrial operation - that removed maintenance backlog, enabled focus on higher value and preventative maintenance, so reducing unplanned downtime