Leanne Howard Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia

St Falls Resort (Falls Creek) - Business assistant to owner in establishment of new ski valet business➢ Provision of administrative support to General Manager & Operations Manager, such as setting up the business, pricing, writing and reviewing documents;➢ Management of office operations and procedures, such as organising system for ski valet, security.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Founder and managing director of Forever Clover a trading card brand. Second biggest trading card brand in Victoria after AFL cards.
• Until 2015, stocked Australia wide in more than 500 retailers. The novels were stocked in Target, Myer and Dymocks nationally. Management of relationships with hundreds of retailers.
• Responsible for all operational tasks including accounting, tax, legal and insurance.
• Responsible for one full time sales executive and multiple casual assistants.
• Responsible for design, manufacture (Australia and China) and distribution of multiple products.
• Created and managed Forever Clover website and Forever Clover App (iTunes store).

Mt Eliza, Victoria

• Key challenges faced and objectives achieved:
• Resignation of principal, management of executive search firm and process of selecting new principal.
• Dealt with staffing issues, met with lawyers and consultants, oversaw drafting and implementation of new school polices.
• Hired new school Principal, junior school Principal and Business Manager and selected new board members (on Board’s Nominations Committee).
• Identified weaknesses in academic results & oversaw strategies for improvement with success (VCE ATAR Ranking of 61 in 2009 / 70 in 2010 which increased to 32 for 2014 / 31 for 2015).
• Involved in preparation of 5 Year Strategic Plan & Master Plan for School grounds.With another Board Member I was responsible for creation of a Strategic Plan for Alumni Relations at Toorak College. The plan was.

Mt Eliza, Victoria

• Organised 100 year lunch for 200 collegians (the biggest alumni event held at the time).
• Oversaw major donation drive of centennial rose & crested items to raise funds for the restoration of the oldest part of the school.

Melbourne, Australia

Director and founder of bgv group, a specialist valuations and financial modelling business. bgv group was bought by Helfen Corporate Advisory in October 2008.

Melbourne, Australia

• Senior Associate in the Competition Group. My responsibilities included:
• advising on competition issues including allegations of anti-competitive conduct, misuse of market power, third line forcing and price fixing;
• preparing detailed submissions to the ACCC for clients such as Telstra, Gillette and Holden;
• monitoring advertising material of clients and their competitors for misleading and deceptive conduct and instituting legal proceedings where necessary; and
• advising, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements for Telstra, including assisting in the launch of Telstra’s provisional “3G” network.

London

Associate in the IT/Telecoms group (consistently rated as one of the top IT practices in London). Three major areas of work:IT Contracts - advising, drafting and negotiating a variety of IT-related contracts, including software licence, support & maintenance, systems integration and software development agreements for clients. E-commerce - advising on EU.