Mark Cashion Email & Phone Number

Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, NSW Australia

The Home Buying Distribution Strategy & Execution Team is accountable for defining and implementing CBA’s home buying distribution strategy and enhancing the performance of our home loan distribution channels.

Sydney, Australia

The Group Advisory team supports leaders across the bank to focus their strategy, accelerate execution, and continuously optimise operations.

Sydney, Australia

A start-up, natural foods company focusing on the development and commercialisation of all natural, healthy, premium products for the Australian market. Provide commercial expertise to complement the food science and nutritional expertise of the founder.

Sydney, Australia

• Strategy design and performance management consulting. Executive coaching & facilitation.Projects included:
• Global Media and Entertainment Company - clarification and refinement of Digital division strategy and the development of an execution methodology
• Global Pharmaceutical Company - strategic management and execution advisory services to prepare for post-patent competitive environment
• Rapidly growing technology start up - mentor / coaching to accelerate the development of the executive team
• Utility Industry & CSIRO Energy Flagship partnership - designed and facilitated multiple workshops in conjunction with over 100 industry experts to construct a long-term roadmap for the Australian electrical utility.

Sydney, Australia

• Extensive experience advising and guiding clients at the Board and Executive levels on all aspects of strategic management.Client experience included:
• Directing a consumer experience innovation engagement with a leading Australian garden products organisation
• Leading a project with a privately held holding company to design and implement a strategy and performance management approach for the parent and it's 4 subsidiaries
• Business model innovation project for a non-profit organisation operating in the Job Services Australia space
• Business performance analysis to isolate specific performance challenges and trends enabling an EBITDA increase from 30% to 52%

Greater Chicago Area

• Sought out by the two founders to join as an operating partner of FlyPaper Media Holdings.
• Directed a strategic business review and developed the company’s financial model to refocus the strategic direction of the organisation resulting in a 45% operating cost savings
• Completed significant asset sale of bespoke, online coupon portal technology system to complementary industry organisation

Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Relocated to the UAE to capitalise on the region’s rapidly growing demand for strategy advisory services
• Developed and lead multiple, concurrent engagements valued at ~EUR 9M (sole-sourced and in collaboration with global consulting firms)
• Primary focus was working across the Abu Dhabi government to design and implement a strategic planning, alignment and performance management approach

New Zealand, South Africa, Botswana, Saudi Arabia, UAE

• Provided strategy consulting advisory services throughout APAC, Middle East, Africa
• Extensive experience partnering with both private and public sector organisations to formulate and execute strategy
• Specific focus on strategy formulation, alignment, and implementation

Sydney, NSW, Australia

• Strategy consulting with a specific focus on strategy execution and performance managementKey projects include:
• Led project with Global agricultural chemicals business to improve strategic focus and implementation discipline across the region following a significant merger
• Directed a strategic alignment project with SE Asian National Airline to clarify corporate strategy and align 12 business units
• Launched and managed Palladium APAC Strategic Management Training Practice covering Oceania, Africa, SE Asia, and the Middle East

Sydney, NSW, Australia

• Strategy consulting focusing on strategy and performance improvement advisory servicesRelevant project:
• Developed a national e-procurement distribution strategy for an Australian-based magazine publisher, defining an incremental new business opportunity in a growing market

Los Angeles, CA & Dallas, TX

• A founding member of the first Unilever Walmart team
• Established an analytical framework for customer development team
• Promoted 4 times in 5 ½ years

Mba, Marketing, Consulting

Activities and Societies: Exchange program with Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney, Australia South American Global Academic.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Completed exchange programme at AGSM while a student at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business.

Bs, Economics With Financial Applications

Activities and Societies: Captain, Lacrosse Team, ATO Fraternity, Outward bound – Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Education record

Activities and Societies: Captain soccer team, Captain ski team, Varsity lacrosse, Key Club