At HP People, we help our clients become Growth Leaders.Our Perform IQ methodology identifies the 14-16% of transformational leaders, and equips them with the strategic tools, training initiatives & technology platforms to drive people + organisational growth.Born to disrupt the executive search & recruitment industry, our broad portfolio of advisory services today also includes strategic innovation, sales effectiveness, marketing optimisation, leadership development & executive coaching.Specialists in consumer (especially sport, media, entertainment, gaming, beverages, QSR and leisure & hospitality) and emerging technology (incl. OTT streaming, blockchain, XR, AR & AI), a partnership in 2023 with legal & professional services executive search firm Carlyle Kingswood Global continues to expand our reach.Our differentiator is our team’s diversity, including globally recognised strategists, marketing mavens, performance psychologists, lawyers-turned coaches, software engineers and talent advisors.If you’d like a confidential chat, please contact me at jamesb@hppeople.com or + 61 411 182 627.#GrowthLeadership#GrowthAdvisory www.hppeople.com

Forebrite is an Australian B2B MarTech scale up, our unified platform goes beyond traditional marketing mix models to uncover growth opportunities in retention, conversion, pricing and critically, creative optimisation. Using Forebrite’s predictive marketing engine, scenario modelling and financial forecasting toolkit, our clients can now tie marketing ROI to revenue and predict financial performance 52 weeks into the future. Now CMOs and CFOs are on the same page; Forebrite changes the conversation changes from marketing metrics, to hard growth metrics. I’m our sales leader, focused on driving sparkling growth, developing high-performing teams and partnering with transformational marketers. If you’d like a confidential chat, please contact me at james@forebrite.com or + 61 411 182 627.#GrowthMarketingEnginewww.forebrite.com

A global executive search & advisory firm, CKG are Growth Partners to well-known legal & professional services firms, challenger brands, category-leading companies and technology innovators, from Series A through to the Fortune 50. Our Growth Leadership model isn’t just about placing transformational leaders, we equip them to succeed. At CKG, our advisory offering includes strategic innovation, talent development & sales effectiveness programs, together with SaaS-based predictive marketing analytics and financial forecasting tools. Which ignites a bigger c-suite conversation around current business strategy, leadership capability and growth trajectory, so together we can identify, roadmap and realize the business’ untapped potential. Our objective is to fast-track high impact appointments, generating maximum value and sustainable growth for our clients. Including: AirTrunk, Accenture, Allegro Funds, Amazon, Aura, AMEX, Blackhawk Network, Boral, Bunnings, Campari Group, Carnival, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Crown Resorts, Dell, DXC Technology, EY, Foxtel, GWF, humm group, Hireup, Kayo Sports, KPMG, LVMH, Nearmap, News Corp, Nestle, Nine Entertainment, Novo Nordisk, PayPal, Pernod Ricard, Plenary, SBS, Sportsbet, TK Maxx & Uber. If you’d like a confidential chat, please contact me at jburke@ckgsearch.com or + 61 411 182 627.#GrowthLeaderswww.ckgsearch.com

A start-up group of companies, including an innovation production studio and social-tech platform, born out of numerous COVID lockdown coffee/chats, James consulted to the founder/CEO. Alongside hiring a global team of 30+, James initiated and helped to broker deals with GameStop, Creative Artists Agency, Roblox, Parsons, Australian Football League, Fleischer Studios, Edgar Rice Burroughs and numerous iconic fashion brands to launch a number of world-first collaborations. Highlights incl. launching a Web3 game (no.1 in sales for several months), bringing Tarzan into Unreal Engine, creating gen-AI virtual influencers and bringing the next generation of fashion designers at Parsons School of Design into Roblox. www.ateliexgroup.com

The Ladder was a boutique executive search firm, focused on food & beverages, QSR, sport, media & entertainment and the creative industries. As founder, highlights included pitching & winning contracts/partnerships with 100+ clients, building a very well-regarded and known brand from scratch. As we built out a broader portfolio of executive advisory services, we rebranded to HP People. Clients included:Foxtel Sports; Mastercard; Spark44; Pure Profile RGA; Naked; Dell; Casella wines; Pernod Ricard; TBWA AJF; Bankwest; UM; Host; Holler; BMF; Channel 9; DraftFCB; Ikea; Dentsu; Microsoft; Beam Global; GroupM; Coca-Cola; The Hallway; Tourism Australia; MacDonalds; SBS; Woolworths; 303Lowe; 3Com; Active International; Acxiom; Adconion; Adcorp; Adshel; Razorfish; AnalogFolk; APN; Austereo; ARN; Ballamyhayden; Beamly; Blackmores; BWM; Carat; City Tatts; Core; Crispin Porter & Bogusky; BD Network; DDB; DraftFCB; Droga5; Dynamix; EGR; Eyecorp; Fairfax Media; Faulkner Media; Foxtel; FPC Interactive; Full Circle; GetPrice; Global Red; Goodby Silverstein & Partners; Havas; Hothouse; I.A.B. Ikon; iProspect; Iris; Isobar; JCDecaux; M&C Saatchi; Maverick; Maxus; MB Three; McCann Worldgroup; MCM Media; MCN; MEC; Media Brands; MediaCom; Mecerbell; Mi9; MPG; MRM; n2n; News Limited; Ogilvy; OMD; One Partners; OneDigital; Outpost TV; Petcircle; PHD; Reprise Media; RMG Connect; Saatchi & Saatchi; SBS; Sister Communications; Soap Creative; Sportal Australia; Sputnik; Starcom; Suede Digital; Telstra; Tequila; How to Impact; The Farm Digital; The Furnace; The Newspaper Works; The White Agency; The Works; Time Out; Tribal DDB; Universal McCann; URSA Communications; Visual Jazz Isobar; Vivid Group; VML; Westfield and ?Whatif!