These days I still thrive on helping company owners and individuals to be the best they can be.I commenced work in New Zealand, joining Philips as a cadet and working in every division of the company. I found my niche in sales and marketing and worked in senior roles in New Zealand and South Africa. I ended my Philips career in Johannesburg, as an Advertising and Promotions manager. Starting at Ogilvy, New Zealand I moved through the client service ranks. I was the first managing director of Ogilvy's Direct Marketing company in Auckland. I transferring to the same position in Thailand and after 9 years, moved to Hungary to run the Direct office in Budapest. I enjoyed an awesome career at Ogilvy and in many ways was a pioneer in the field of what's now called Digital Marketing.In 1999 I moved to Melbourne, Australia and joined Bristow & Prentice, a locally-owned, independent marcoms agency. In 2005 I left the agency world to pursue a dream of running my own business. I transformed all my international corporate experience, to launch a Melbourne-based, boutique consultancy. From 2011 until 2019 most of my clients have been participants in the Entrepreneurs' Program, the Australian Government’s flagship initiative for business competitiveness and productivity. I have consulted to a variety of creative businesses, including architects, design agencies, accountants, printing companies and software enterprises. From 2011I have been a sessional tutor at RMIT University for courses such as ‘Marketing Principles’, 'Services Quality/Marketing', 'Retailing' and 'Design Thinking". I also worked with the University's Equity & Diversity department and have taught at the Singapore campus. From 2016 until 2021 I was a Board Director of Royal Freemasons, Victoria.Specialties: NFP Corporate Governance, Executive Mentoring, Business Transformation, Continuous Improvement, Strategy Design, Business Planning, Strategic Marketing, Direct Marketing, Advertising, Branding, Integrated Marketing Communications, Process Design, Service Quality, Design Thinking, People Performance, Technical and Creative Writing, Workshop Facilitation and Teaching.
Listed skills include Direct Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing, and 32 others.