Gary Leech Email & Phone Number

Camperdown

Finding new properties to sell, then managing the whole process from designing the brochures and web displays, uploading all information and negotiating the sale/auction price with suitable buyers.

Camperdown

Balmain

Erskineville, Nsw

Inner West, Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Self Employment HistoryVarious ownership, August 1996 – May 2008management and directorial Fellow of the AICDroles in multiple private companiesActed as a business mentor for a number of successful start up businesses Took out a number of global patents in- toxic waste water detection using world first DNA markers - New healthy snack food production processes and products• Managing director of a boutique property development company which had developments in Ireland and Sydney • Shareholder and director of a well known Australian furniture franchise• Owner of restaurant in Newtown, Sydney• Director and shareholder of two small retail outlets• Business consultant to various start-up company

Sydney, Australia

I was one of founding members of the 'Kettle Chip Company', I developed the formula and production processes and assisted in creating the Kettle Chip brand of hand cooked potato chips. I was responsible for the purchase and supply of all the processing potatoes, along with flavour development, for example I introduced the very first true spicy potato chip flavour to the Australian market the Chilli Chip. I redesigned our original hand stirred gas fired kettle cooker to produce triple the finished goods then set up a complete production facility from the potato processing to the high speed packaging line. I also negotiated the sale of the company to Arnotts in 1996 of 12X EBIT, as well as being the chief contact with the legal team that successfully sued, Coca cola Amatil and United Biscuits and other parties for breach of Trademark under section 52 of the act.

Sydney, Australia

I was responsible for purchasing all the agricultural raw materials needed at the Sydney manufacturing factory, as well as the chief potato agronomist where I assisted the growers with their potato crop needs. I was also charged with developing and setting up the research and development program that introduced tissue cultured disease free potato seed lines that led to the introduction of the Atlantic processing potato into Australia that transformed the production of high quality potato chips.