Specialists in public health research

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers is an ASX-listed firm that, as the name suggests, owns significant plantation timber assets on Kangaroo Island.

Recapitalization through rights issue, relocation and restructure, name change, share consolidation and reorientation of business

Asset Resolution Ltd (ARL) is a public company with almost 10,000 shareholders. It was formed to liquidate certain assets from a failed investment scheme but, with this task nearing completion, is now entering a new phase, with a new board.

Unit of Study coordinator for the Business School's highly-regarded Masters in Marketing course

Assisting the Principal with such duties as he or she may, from time to time, direct.

Advising and conducting research on Speed Enforcement, Drink Driving and Repeat Offenders and provision of input to campaigns and other interventions addressing these behaviours

Government relations and regulatory affairs

Leading largest team of social researchers in Australia, formed by merger of Environment, Ipsos Public Affairs, I-view Public Affairs and Eureka social and government business units.Managed merger into single business unit, with offices in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane.Established Ipsos-Eureka Social Research Institute, organised around client portfolios, and Ipsos Research Methods Unit, specialist social research data collection services.

Financial control, business strategy, professional leadership. Established a profitable and growing social research business with offices in Sydney and Canberra, and clients in Australia, SE Asia and Aoteoroa-NZ. Conducted a significant body of public health research, with emphasis on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, nutrition, cancer and heart disease. Became number two firm in government and social research, behind then market-leader AC Nielsen. Negotiated sale of business to Ipsos SA on mutually favourable terms.

Changed the name and objectives of the Society to recognise social research explicitly. Overhauled the constitution to align with objectives and meet requirements of corporations law. Developed transparent accounting and external reporting, while building up trading surplus and capital reserves. Introduced scheme of professional accreditation, supported by ongoing professional development.Overhauled administration and governance, restructured to remove non-performing staff and create a position of Executive DirectorIntroduced a program differentiating research from direct marketing in the minds of the public and regulators, lobbied successfully to exempt research from the Do Not Call register. Developed an industry Privacy Code, approved under the Privacy Act. Oversaw the preparation and launch of an Australian quality standard for market and social researchCodified professional misconduct procedures. Set up an ACT Division that became a vital part of the national organisation. Oversaw significant membership growth. Revised visual identity and standardized web presence and publications to reflect this.