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CORROS IS THE WORLD'S FIRST, REAL TIME, FULLY AUTOMATED EVENT CREATION, BOOKING, PAYMENT AND EVENT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY MARKETPLACE AND PLATFORM.PUTTING THE POWER IN THE HANDS OF THE CONSUMER

ARE is Concept and Brand creation, brand building, brand management and transformation, introducing new and innovative marketing techniques and successfully proven management expertise across a range of business sectors. Successful Brand establishment often requires the creation of new promotional & distribution channels. E Commerce design and implementation.Worked for :- The NBA (international Rollout), Virgin Entertainment (new hospitality & entertainment concept), Lucky Strike (recapitalization/brand growth/concept), V Retail (Assisting Australian (Vodaphone) Japanese (Softbank) to establish mobile phone stores internationally. Successfully launched Van Goh Vodka and Cabo Weibo Tequila in Australia. Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting. Profitability analysis by store, season or SKU and determined best KPI’s to rely on. Innovative Fast effective reporting Operations. HR, Organizational Structure, Hiring and Training.

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Established this International phenomena from ground up, promoting, launching and positioning the brands ED HARDY and CHRISTIAN AUDIGIER across the globe. Directed all marketing, media, promotions and business functions to support development and operations in a multitude of countries, including the UK, Australia, NZ, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore. Designed, built and launched in excess of 24 dedicated retail stores within just 2 years, designing all the stores fittings, key features, furniture, use of environmental graphics and branding. Developed proprietary training program for store managers and store team focusing on unique, brand specific customer service. Introduced and oversaw a highly successful E Commerce Site. Oversaw the creation of API’s between website, stores, warehouse to enable real time supply chain inventory visibility. Built a successful Wholesale Business - operations, structure, sales force and accounts. Built a team of motivated executives across all disciplines Finance, Operations, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Warehousing, Fulfillment, Logistics, Marketing, PR, Product Ordering and E Commerce. Created a very hard working, yet rewarding, unique and Inspirational culture, by leading from the front. Negotiated country rights and completed Licensing deals for DKNY, DONNA KAREN and ALL SAINTS.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

EDG is an Industry Leader and globally recognized Brand creator, product developer, marketer, operator and owner of, Live Music Venues (attracted STING, MICHAEL BUBLE, DESTINY’S CHILD, ASHANTE, JA RULE etc), Sports Bars, Restaurants, Clubs, Licensed Entertainment Venues and FEC’s.Raised capital in partnership with Lion Nathan (leading brewer and winemaker in Asia) owned by Asahi. Created, designed, built and managed the majority of entertainment venues in the then newly built $1.5 billion Crown Casino. Including, KINGPIN - The world’s first boutique bowling alley, lounge & bar. KINGPIN provided the inspiration and lead the way for Lucky Strike and Bowlmor. BARCODE – Game Bar situated right in the heart of Times Square next to the Virgin Mega store. Used influencers (Tracy Morgan came in after every SNL shooting), extensive use of social media, socialites and product placement. BARCODE featured in the Sex and the City episode as Jessica’s date night, the Tom Cruise movie Vanilla Sky, and numerous other movies, ads, including licensed by Microsoft. Hired, trained and mentored the management team. Secured multi-million lease deals in key locations in New York Asia, Australia and India. Franchised the Barcode brand to the Modi Group of Companies, one of India’s largest and most powerful conglomerates. Targeted a buyer for the business and courted quarter them, led all negotiations and legal process to sell EDG to Macquarie Bank. Conceived of and designed new entertainment venues for SEGA Japan, which resulted in SEGA appointing EDG to implement SEGA World & SEGA City, throughout Asia.

South Yarra, Victoria, Au

Responsible for establishing a joint venture between Village Roadshow, Westfield the Nine Network/ Kerry Packer. Raised$100 million from these partners. Prepared and implemented a 5-year strategic plan, budget and real estate plan. Hired all key executives and set up an organisational structure who successfully implemented the strategic plan. Responsible for every aspect of creating and delivering ground-breaking entertainment concepts. Including branding, marketing, product awareness, social media, product launches, media campaigns etc for INTENCITY and NRG. (FEC’s sports bars, casual dining and kids soft play). Produced and oversaw the marketing and promotional campaigns for Disney Broadway Productions such as “Beauty and the Beast”. Oversaw the launch of WARNER BROS. Retail stores in Australia.

Transformed a family-run business into a highly professional and financially secure Public Company. Directed all financial activities including accounting, cash management, budgets, forecasts, internal controls, audits, financial analysis, planning and reporting. Re-negotiated bank debt facilities in excess of $600 million prior to moving from bank debt to public funding. Managed the establishment of an REIT, heading a worldwide roadshow, and raised in excess of $750 million. Established relationships with institutional investors in Australia, Europe and the U.S. such as Rodemco/Robeco (World’s largest Pension Fund). As a result of the IPO, the founder John Gandel increased his net worth from his 1996 pre-IPO level of $250 million, to a net worth in 2020 of in excess of $4 billion, making him Australia’s third wealthiest man. Oversaw the group’s investment in Priceline, which with the help of aggressive brand positioning, store launch campaigns, and unique product promotions, assisted this business achieve phenomenal growth from some 20 in 1996 to 470 drugstores by January 2021.Negotiated the franchising and sublicensing rights for Blockbuster in Australia and New Zealand. Successfully launched the brand in a very crowded marketplace. Creating brand “points of difference” and successfully marketing this message to the consumer. Built a profitable chain of stores and operation for investors and secured a profitable exit, by selling the established and well-structured business back to Blockbuster Corp

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Assisted in managing significant growth as WHV expanded from revenues of $300 million to $3 billion in less than 10 years. Responsible for all strategic planning, budgeting and analysis. Analysis such as facilitating the purchase of the MGM library, James Bond and 100’s of independent films. Assisted in establishment of operations, manufacturing, warehousing, pick pack and ship, distribution, sales and marketing functions in 35 countries. Monitored performance of all countries, creating a management reporting system to enable the subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the world to report on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Determined whether to use affiliate or licensee business models for each new country. Hired CEOs, CMO’s and CFOs for the affiliate businesses in Europe, Asia and South America, oversaw all marketing, promotions and operations in those countries. Directed financial reporting to Warner Brothers to meet SEC requirements required of the parent company, Time Warner.

London, Gb

AUDIT MANAGER and appointed ACTING CFO of WEA RECORDS for 12 months -Johannesburg, South AfricaSpecialized in the Music & Film Industry; Audits and Consultancy for WEA Records (Warner Bros. Electra, Atlantic), CIC (Universal, Paramount, MGM, United Artists), Polygram Records, RPM & GALLO Record Company (Arista, GEFFEN Records, Island, Capital Records.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Bachelor Of Accountancy( B.Acc) Chartered Accountant ( C.A.S.A ), Accounting, Marketing, Business Finance

Chartered Accountant (Ca. Sa ), Accounting, Taxation And Audit

Certificate, Driving Digital And Social Media