James (Jamie) Mckaughan. Jp Email & Phone Number

Artarmon, Nsw, Au

Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Sydney Area, Australia

Consulting in * retailing / food / franchising / people / growth strategy with the entrepreneurial crackle that delivers people & personality team & tenacity, focus & creativity, efficiency & due diligence with growth & innovation leading to pride respect & FUN that all together delivers results.* Business Turnaround strategies * Creating New Business Operations * Creating New Franchise Concepts * Improving Business Operations * Building and developing teams * Covert Business Operations follow up * Preparing Businesses For Sale * Franchise & Independent Business Due Diligence * Identification of cost savings /efficiencies/general business continuous improvements.* Former Advisory Board member of IMEA (Infrastructure Maintenance Engineering Australia) Prime Pumps / Water & Infinity Fire protection.* Other Clients recently performed work with -# CEO (contracted) to assist PE group with short term repair / turnaround & capital fund raising prior to potential sale of fresh vietnamese street food restaurants / central production kitchen# GM operational & business development strategy with Coco Cubano developing new menu & brand refresh launches.# GM of publicly listed co in NZ turning around 4 key international food brands# strategy & development planning work with Le Wrap# completed 6 months contract as Group GM of Maranatha Import Export Pty Ltd and LLC & Praise International North America Inc - Franchisors of GJC & Its a Grind coffee houses in the USA - prepared new business strategy for board & implementation of new multi million dollar roasting facility in Sthn California.# 21 Month contract as GM at QSRH food businesses - Red Rooster,Chicken Treat,Oporto.# New concept development - The Shampoo Factory.# Mr Jack Thompson OAM ( owner of Gearin Hotel Katoomba, preparation for sale completed)# Various SME's / coffee shops / sandwich businesses re-planning & growth improvements.# Country Farming / landscaping businesses - Wagga/Mudgee. business planning

Singapore

The Zest Group is a pioneer in the Fast Casual Food space in Asia. It currently owns and operates three brands in 5 countries - Twelve Cupcakes (www.twelvecupcakes.com.sg), Artisan Boulangerie Co. (www.artisanbakery.com.sg) and Alt. Pizza (www.altpizza.com.sg). Incorporated in 2013, Zest develops food concepts from scratch with a view to scale them up in Singapore and across the region. Zest is focused on building brands, scaling operations and being ahead of food trends in terms of healthy eating, technology, and marketing. Zest combines the stealth of a startup with the standards of high quality food businesses.The Zest Group operates a 15000 sqf central kitchen that bakes fresh daily with a 24/7 400+ strong team wholesaling , completing catering and events to many companies and businesses in Singapore. The Zest Group also operates a number of retail outlets. abc artisan boulangerie co. cafe bakery restaurants and Alt Pizza restaurants, recently named one of Singapores best pizzas.

Sydney, Australia

Fresh Vietnamese street food and catering

Auckland, New Zealand

• Grew share price from $2.67 to $4.30• KFC sales continued to grow to a new high of $265 million despite competitive market conditions. Avge store sales grew from 46k p/a to $58k p/a• Pizza Hut and Starbucks Coffee delivered solid same store sales growth, up 6.3% and 5.1% respectively. • The roll out of the new Carl’s Jr. Brand continued with the construction of three new stores and the acquisition in December 2014 of seven Carl’s Jr. Stores owned by Forsgren NZ Limited, bringing total store numbers to 18.• 4000 + very motivated employees delivering Group Operating Results Net Profit after Tax for the 53 weeks to 2 March 2015 (FY15) was $23.8 million (24.3 cents per share), up 19.4% on last year’s profit of $20.0 million (20.4 cents per share). • Total store sales of $359.5 million were up $30.3 million (+9.2%) on the previous year’s sales. • Same store sales turnaround for the group were up 5.7% (up 2.4% in FY14).

Sydney, Australia / Irvine And Sante Fe Springs California, Usa

Group General Manager - for Australian and USA Roasting facilities/plants.Group General Manager - for the USA franchised businesses for Its a Grind and Gloria Jeans Coffee houses across the USA and International regions.

General Manager - Oporto Franchising Group.

Regional Manager for NSW/ACT BWS and Dan Murphys

Bangkok

Advanced Retail Mngt, Retailing And Retail Operations

Hsc

Education record