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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Lead Austrade’s Defense, Space & Infrastructure sectors across North America, working closely with a senior team of trade & investment specialists to create tangible opportunities for Australian companies to partner & win business across the region in addition to driving productive foreign direct investment into Australia.Specific areas of focus include: • Collaboration with Australian & US Defence Industry partners to maximise the commercial outcomes of AUKUS • Positioning Australia's unique land mass and geo-location as preferred for Space economy investment • Supporting the Australian economy to transition to Nett Zero through large scale investment & upgrade of transmission infrastructure

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

San Francisco Bay Area

Venture Capital Arm of the Government of Ireland and largest seed-stage investor in Europe supporting Irish technology companies to start, commercialize and globalize. Enterprise Ireland manages a direct investment portfolio of >2k companies with an investment value exceeding €1.5B, global revenue of €25B and employing more than 220,000.My role is to lead a senior executive team to drive the growth of a $1.69B portfolio of more than 300 early to growth stage tech companies across mobile, telecoms, digital media, travel, aerospace, electronics, fin-tech, IOT & enterprise applications. Devise and execute growth strategies and tactics that create highly impactful and tangible commercial outcomes to drive scale across the portfolio. Advise, direct & connect portfolio companies with extensive local network of senior executives to create tangible partnership & business growth opportunities. Manage the firms partnerships and relationships with critical stakeholders at the most senior levels of Government, General Partners within US VCs / CVCs, PE's & Angel networks in addition to C suite level executives across Fortune 500.Develop, mentor & motivate team to drive high impact outcomes.

Sydney

Promoted to lead a senior executive team to drive the growth of a $530M portfolio of more than 150 companies across digital and industrial technology sectors. Was the "face" and champion of Irish commercial interests across the Australia / New Zealand region across all facets, including media engagements, industry events, and trade missions.Led the average annual growth in portfolio revenue across the Aus/NZ region by 14.5% per annum from 2006 to 2014Drove significant new business for engineering portfolio from the booming Mining and Exploration sectors by expanding our impact and reach into Western Australia with the launch of a new team and office in Perth.Created multi-million dollar partnerships for portfolio companies through the leadership of high-impact Trade Missions and delegations to Australia /New Zealand leveraging the presence of Irish Presidents and Cabinet Ministers.Unlocked the commercial value of my network to provide clients expert mentorship by creating Advisory panels consisting of C-level executives from Intel, Jetstar, National Australia Bank, ANZ Bank, Telstra, Mercy Health.Expanded EI’s presence across the region with new offices & representatives in Perth, Melbourne & Auckland.

London, United Kingdom

Recruited into Enterprise Ireland to manage and drive growth of a £190M portfolio of 50+ Industrial technology companies across the Print, Packaging, Cleantech, and Engineering sectors.Devised a financial model that demonstrated the value of acquisition as a market entry strategy over organic business development resulting in 3 x £5M acquisitions on behalf of leading print & packaging portfolio companies.Awarded individual Merit Award in 2004 and 2005 for outstanding achievement and excellence in client delivery.

Appointed to the board to support the re-establishmnet of the IACC's status as the premier Irish Australian business network in the country

Maidenhead, Berkshire Uk

Part of the US Avery Dennison Corporation, a US$4bn fortune 500 company, the Avery brand is synonymous within the office products industry as the market leader in the supply of premium branded products. The company employs in excess of 17,900 people in more than 200 manufacturing facilities and sales offices in 39 countries globally.Reporting to the Director of Marketing and responsible for the strategic market development of Avery’s £70m brand leading UK label business.Management of significant Advertising & Promotion budget.New product & channel development.Manage team of Product Managers & Marketing Executives.

Maidenhead, Berkshire Uk

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, I was principally responsible for the strategic and business development of Avery’s £25m Filing & Presentation business.Strong NPD Focus engaging multi-disciplinary teams from design through manufacturing

Adelaide, Australia

Albox Australia was founded to serve a gap in the office product and photographic storage markets for non-metallic, archival quality storage and presentation products for libraries, museums, and photographic storage professionals and enthusiasts. As co-founder, I was responsible for all aspects of marketing & revenue generation and the complete P&L and broader financial management of the company. • Raised $500k in seed capital and grew sales from start to multi-million

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Major In Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Green Belt

Activities and Societies: Led a project within Avery Dennison to be the first to apply Six Sigma principles within product marketing.

High School Diploma