• Implemented risk management strategies to drive business growth through insurance tendering reviews and governance insights.• Led sales strategy improvements and data analytics strategy to optimize business performance.• Managed partner growth and relationships to enhance business development.

Offering strategic sales and marketing consultancy services to the insurance, financial services and related affinity marketing disciplines.

Am back home in Melbourne battling advanced melanoma cancer. Recent surgeries have brought me new hope and improving health. Time to get busy and am now open to new clients. GWD

Cybots is incorporated and headquartered in Singapore and provides leading-edge cybersecurity solutions to clients in ASEAN and Australasia. Cybots harnesses the vast experience of its experts and leverages game-changing AI to craft security solutions for business of all sizes.

Direct Asia Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd is a member of the DirectAsia group of companies and a division of Hiscox Insurance UK.

With over 30-years experience across sales, marketing and general management, with 20 working across Asia, Gary has now turned his energies and skills to a new industry in drug and alcohol and trauma treatment.He is a Monash University (Melbourne) Business School qualified marketer with post graduate studies in Harvard Business School and INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.Specialties: * C-level management turnaround operation success* Affinity partnership relationship management* Strategic distribution channel and sales management* Direct-to-Consumer sales/channel strategy and execution* Customer engagement* Employee engagement* Data analytics

CEO & Country Manager, Cigna Life, Accident & Health (Thailand) - the leading global multi-channel accident & health insurer in Thailand, specialising in affinity marketing, online & direct response TV and bancassurance.Purpose of role: Gary was appointed in early 2008 to reverse the loss making business and establish a profitable and sustainable business within 5 years. The Cigna company Gary inherited was in a poor state with Cigna corporate head office questioning its future in Thailand because of poor new sales growth, significant sales staff turnover at 30% per month, a low revenue base and non-existent new affinity partner growth.Major Achievements in 5 years: • Turnaround from a USD7m loss to a USD 4.5m profit • From USD10m to USD75m in annual revenues ⁃ Retention of policyholders was improved from a low point of 47% to 58% in 2012. • From USD16m to USD70m in new sales p.a. with 54% CAGR new sales ⁃ launched the very first direct response TV channel in Thailand ⁃ launched F2F channel in 2010 with 1st year new sales of USD8m • Sales staff turnover reduced from 30% to 8% per month. • New product introduction - created Thailand's first Dental product. • applied state of the art data analytic/modelling techniques • 2nd highest Employee Engagement score (4.02) • Growth of Telemarketers from 130 to 750 • The first and only insurer to achieve ISO & PCI-DSS data security accreditation.Key Competencies: • Leadership, Customer Focus, Strategic Planning, Political Savvy, Developing direct reports & Ethics & Values.

CEO Asia Pacific, ReMark - a leading global reinsurance-affinity marketing company specialising in direct marketing channels.Purpose of role: to lead a demotivated team into new growth and success within 5 years. To open up the China and UAE markets and reinvigorate the SEA markets.Top level achievements: • Revenue of EU4.8m & profit of EU3.6m • retention/acquisition of 6 new new affinity partners per year • 25 new MOU signed

Regional Vice President Sales & Marketing, Cigna International

1997 - 2001Regional VP - Sales & Business Development, American International Group (AIG)

Senior Manager - Direct Marketing, Bank of Melbourne

Distribution Strategy & Strategic Alliances

Developed the Business Development strategy and lead the Sales Management team execution winning many new partners with less resources.

General management of the family business especially focusing on new growth products and customer service improvements.

Straight out of University into Traineeship learning the existing processes for each dept. and making recommendations for process improvement.Promoted to Sales Supervisor leading a team of sales representatives on delivering sales more effectively and efficiently, undertaking on-the-raod selling and essential skills training.