Mark Berridge Email & Phone Number

Brisbane City, Qld, Au

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Imagine flying through the air, crunching into the earth and then gasping for breath. Suffering an agonising wait for the ambulance, trying to remain calm. Desperately hoping that the damage is not as severe as it feels. Hearing the words spinal cord injury. Being told you may never walk again. Feeling your identity shatter inside you.Mark Berridge navigated these impossible moments after a cycling accident launched him onto a recovery path littered with uncertainty and… Show more Imagine flying through the air, crunching into the earth and then gasping for breath. Suffering an agonising wait for the ambulance, trying to remain calm. Desperately hoping that the damage is not as severe as it feels. Hearing the words spinal cord injury. Being told you may never walk again. Feeling your identity shatter inside you.Mark Berridge navigated these impossible moments after a cycling accident launched him onto a recovery path littered with uncertainty and fear.Mark shares the influences and attitude that helped him tackle adversity to become a fraction stronger. He speaks about the powerful connection between embracing uncertainty and liberating possibility. His uplifting message is drawn from lived experience, shaped in a way that helps his readers and audiences become a fraction stronger too. Show less

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Assisting Griffith University amplify the impact of its world-class research enabling a more inclusive future for people with disability, and raising the awareness of the benefits for all.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Mark succeeded in the face of adversity. His career was disrupted by a severe spinal cord injury, triggering a personal battle to overcome the ongoing muscular and sensory impacts of his accident.Mark Berridge is a multi-award-winning author, a highly experienced international corporate leader and an inspiring and engaging motivational speaker. Mark's life and career took a sudden and unexpected turn in 2019, when a biking accident resulted in severe spinal cord damage, triggering a… Show more Mark succeeded in the face of adversity. His career was disrupted by a severe spinal cord injury, triggering a personal battle to overcome the ongoing muscular and sensory impacts of his accident.Mark Berridge is a multi-award-winning author, a highly experienced international corporate leader and an inspiring and engaging motivational speaker. Mark's life and career took a sudden and unexpected turn in 2019, when a biking accident resulted in severe spinal cord damage, triggering a personal battle to overcome the ongoing muscular and sensory impacts of his devastating injuries.By melding his professional background with the lived experience of his personal recovery journey, Mark brings his unique insights, perspective and practical tips and strategies to every custom-curated presentation he delivers. Mark's authenticity, openness, expertise and practicality profoundly impact the individuals, teams and organisations he presents to, helping them build the resilience they need to succeed in today's challenging business environment. Show less

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane

Refreshing Value delivers better business outcomes via strategic positioning, large account management, negotiation and transformation experience, with particular focus on enhancing the revenue line.

Singapore/Brisbane

Reporting to the Managing Director Sales & Marketing and Marine this role was responsible for organisation design, commercial optimisation and product strategy projects to enhance the capability of RTIO's sales and marketing team to make complex market/risk trade-off decisions based on insightful, timely market analytics.

Singapore

Reporting to the President Rio Tinto Iron Ore Asia, this Singapore based leadership role was responsible for strategic direction of pricing mechanisms for ~USD20 billion revenue in a rapidly evolving, increasingly complex iron ore market. The role led a team of 6 people and coordinated the efforts of regional offices to maximise margins via high value, time critical negotiation of price structures. Elevated RTIO's price outcomes to clearly outperform our major competitors' publicly reported… Show more Reporting to the President Rio Tinto Iron Ore Asia, this Singapore based leadership role was responsible for strategic direction of pricing mechanisms for ~USD20 billion revenue in a rapidly evolving, increasingly complex iron ore market. The role led a team of 6 people and coordinated the efforts of regional offices to maximise margins via high value, time critical negotiation of price structures. Elevated RTIO's price outcomes to clearly outperform our major competitors' publicly reported results over a 3 year term (Fe unit basis to remove quality differences):- for the 3 years I was in this role Rio Tinto averaged 105% of the benchmark iron ore price whilst BHP averaged 103% and FMG averaged 91%- for 2 years prior to my tenure Rio Tinto averaged 100% of the benchmark iron ore price whilst BHP averaged 105% and FMG averaged 94% Show less

Brisbane, Australia

Reporting to Executive Vice President - Commercial and Marketing this role led a team of 3 account managers, championed customer satisfaction and transformed the profit from Aurizon's coal haulage customer base. It led rail corridor strategy and negotiations of rail haulage agreements, successfully securing $1.0 billion of rail haulage across 3 agreements and moving from legacy agreements to secure take or pay arrangements.

Brisbane, Australia

Reporting to the Executive General Manager - Commercial and Marketing this role built, trained and led a team of 4 account managers, championed customer focus and successfully secured AUD1.6 billion revenue of rail haulage across 7 agreements under modern, secure take or pay arrangements.

Brisbane, Australia

Reporting to the General Manager - National Commercial and Marketing this role account managed 3 of Aurizon’s 4 largest customers during a period of transformation (Aurizon IPO). I renewed AUD2 billion of rail haulage from a key accounts Queensland’s mines by being able to apply my coal sellers' perspectives to understand their needs, leading the team that was awarded the CEO’s Service Excellence GROWTH Award for the product design.

Reporting to General Manager Sales and Marketing this role was the functional lead for APAC primary aluminium sales (>150 customers, USD2 billion annual revenue). It led production planning, logistics, customer service, IS&T, quality systems and business improvement functions, with a team of 4 direct reports and 22 staff members. Achieved record stock reduction (24% YoY) in 2008 liberating USD21M in additional working capital and redesigned marketing structure for Rio Tinto Alcan Asia… Show more Reporting to General Manager Sales and Marketing this role was the functional lead for APAC primary aluminium sales (>150 customers, USD2 billion annual revenue). It led production planning, logistics, customer service, IS&T, quality systems and business improvement functions, with a team of 4 direct reports and 22 staff members. Achieved record stock reduction (24% YoY) in 2008 liberating USD21M in additional working capital and redesigned marketing structure for Rio Tinto Alcan Asia Pacific Sales & Marketing, centralising management and functionality and reducing FTE count from 57 to 52. Transferred 36,000 tonnes of sales (~5%) from Rio Tinto Aluminium Ltd to Alcan Inc companies to generate additional EBIT of USD10 million and managed >USD50 million annual freight spend covering containers, break-bulk, truck and rail transportation modes. Show less

Brisbane, Australia

Reporting to the Managing Director Primary Metal this role led 25 team members accountable for sales, technical, projects, production planning, logistics, customer service, IS&T, quality systems and improvement functions through the uncertainty of integration (Rio Tinto/Alcan). Led team to achieve record sales volume, sales revenue and value add contribution margin in 2007 and setting a platform for further performance improvement in 2008.

Reporting to the General Manager Sales and Marketing this role led 2 local and 8 international team members accountable for business development, sales, logistics and customer account management for SE Asia, Australia & New Zealand Primary Aluminium Sales (>100 customers, >USD750 million revenue).

Brisbane, Australia

Reporting to the General Manager Sales and Marketing this role managed and optimised the coal sales to Japan from 3 Queensland mines and 1 Indonesian mine (Kaltim Prima) for a total of >USD450 million in annual revenue. The role had responsibility for market intelligence, divisional strategy and represented Pacific Coal on asset acquisition and development teams.

Brisbane, Australia

Reporting to the Manager Asia Sales this role developed an information database on coal, including pricing trends, industry cost curve analysis, detailed competitor knowledge and a coking coal supply demand model.

Hong Kong

Reporting to the Manager Asia Sales this Hong Kong based role managed and optimised the iron ore sales to South Korea, Taiwan and Pakistan whilst doing business development in other SE Asia countries. The role also supported market intelligence for the China sales offices.

Perth, Australia

Reporting to the Manager Market Intelligence this role developed a supply and demand outlook and established margin analytics of the iron ore sales portfolio.

Perth, Australia

Reporting to the Manager Chartering and Operations this role managed and optimised the shipping of iron ore to Europe in chartered and operated bulk vessels.

B. Commerce, Accounting, Management & Law

Driving Market Value

Organizational Leadership