Mission: Good Directions will ensure full participant ownership of the supports we provide and bring Good Directions services to the most vulnerable people in Australia.Vision: Participants will live ordinary lives in ordinary placesValues: participant safety, dignity, & align personal resources with desired outcomes and professional collaborationInspired and mentored by the Centre for Disability Studies affiliated with Sydney University, and driven by the belief that the truest form of person centred care happens when a service is owned by the person, Good Directions developed a new service model called 'participant-owned service'. This involves NDIS participants being supported to have their own bank account, employ staff, creative accommodation options and manage their own resources.The work of Good Directions staff in developing business models that connect with the NDIS and our focus on genuine person-centredness has been recognised through invitations to present at national conferences and being awarded grant funding* Guest panelist at Criterion National Disabilities Conference March 2013. 'Self-Directed Approaches, Managing a more commercial environment – NDIS'.* Presenter at FAHCSIA Practical Design conference in Melbourne 24-25 June 2013. 'New Approaches to Self-Management'. * Commissioned by the NDIS Transition Agency to prepare a Financial Toolkit for people with disabilities to interact ‘My NDIS my way' website & app* Good Directions -“100% person centred supports with choice and control at the forefront of all services” (2023 MidTerm Audit)Good Directions * Specialist disability agency with the Office of the Children's Guardian to provide & arrange Voluntary-Out-Of-Home-Care in all areas of NSW. * ADHC Service Provider ID: 2348 * National Disability Insurance Scheme Provider Registration Number: 4050001262* ISC NSW Disability Service Standards certification DS/R61/1679Contact us: 1800 1234 05

Good Solar - making great solar even better.Mission: provide sustainable solar power so people can live more productive and fulfilling livesGood Solar is supported by Department of Industry, Science and Resources “Future Made in Australia” Industry Growth Program Advisory Service.Based on our license (Aus/NZ/PNG/UK) of a newly patented lightweight material, Good Solar is developing a suite of products that amplify the energy captured by solar panel by 100%. This will create the opportunity for viable solar energy production at much lower sun levels and massively reduce the environmental footprint of both small personal mobile and large scale installations.

■ P Knight & Associates - Business ConsultancySpecialising in business turnaround and royalty based capital funding. * Partner in complex venture capital projects, which have required analysis of business potential including viability, raising capital, staff requirements and marketability. Worked with executive directors and their legal teams to negotiate and agree business plans and draft investment agreements.* Advisor and partner to US company providing services to the Cable TV industry since Sept 2007.* Business model development to support a tender by Sydney based community nursing enterprise* Business Advisory Board of United Dynamics Ltd, a US ion science investment company till March 2010, * Forensic Litigation accountant including successful expert witness against NAB Bank 2007* Partner in management buyout and subsequent listing on London Stock Exchange of Vocalis Ltd, UK 1995* Prepared Investigating Accountants report for national franchisor, Cut Price Deli, prior to ASX listing. * Set up 'Efficient Insulation' Franchise during 2010 federal government pink batts initiative to assist trained tradesman providing this service.* Good Surfing: thriving in a hostile environment * Good Yarning: bringing disability supports to Aboriginal people.■ Fun Family Chess - for up to four players at a timeJuly 2009 – Present Lots of people would like to learn how to play chess, but the only people who have any interest in teaching them are already much better and can beat them every time. With a special design to allow up to four players at a time, Fun Family Chess is a way of learning and playing chess with family and friends. BUY NOW: http://www.funfamilychess.com.au, for $69.95.Great for aged care, group home or as an engagement, wedding or children’s presentContact me for $20 discount ‘LinkedIn’ code.■ Online shopping mallhttp://goodshopping.com.au/

Employment, Residential, Training & Health (ERTH)* private psychiatric hospitals Ashfield & Kogarah * accredited disability support service provider* suicide prevention: Lifeline Sydney & Sutherland and LifeForce * counselling services for those with gambling & financial stress* clinical education centres at Ashfield & Kogarah* employment services in regional areas* supported accommodation, handyperson team and Newcastle youth outreach* camping facility – Vision Valley * Wesley Vocational Institute (registered training organisation)* op shop retail■ Redesigned and built significant 'management infrastructure' in each of these areas, improving performance by many millions of dollars and enabling drivers of business outcomes to better align with desired outcomes and reporting. ■ Business Canvas was used for developing sustainable operations, Business Plan (and associated KPI’s) to chart progress of initiatives, and PRINCE2 project management approach was used for project management.■ Led Wesley Missions consortium partner role in the 'Partners in Recovery' tender with North Coast, Hunter and South Coast Medicare Locals as lead agencies. Two submissions were successful with total funding of $20mil over 3 years.

■ Murwillumbah Baptist Church 2004 - 2005Church restart with community outreach Tumbletown - café and soft play centre, great relationships, four baptisms, new housegroups and SRE teaching. Appreciated a community seeding grant from Baptist Community Services.■ Chairman of Drummoyne Baptist Preschool 2007-2008Responsible for staffing, management, fundraising and community engagement, and 60 student placements.

In addition to the UK Health Service transitioning from block funding to a system called 'GP Fundholding', Dartford NHS Trust had a major project of relocating three sites to one new hospital complex. This gave me extensive management experience, especially in personnel issues during operational change and enabled me to see first hand the impact of moving Government funded services to a market oriented basis.Initiated a major restructure and change management plan so that resources (such as Junior doctors, operating theatre sessions and consulting room times) were allocated on the basis of workload, rather than equally per consultant. This enabled marked leaps in efficiency such that Orthopaedics came to operate on 43% more day cases than previous years for almost no extra cost. Implementing this involved significant personal negotiation and persuasion of Anaesthetists and other Medical staff who agreed to a trial period which soon became permanent.Line manager for Trauma and Orthopaedic administration and reception staff. This involved recruitment, day to day management, training and roster planning.As Business Manager of Accident and Emergency I had to develop, obtain approval and report on numerous quality standards and patient care activity in order to maintain funding. Following an unfortunate medical incident in A&E the hospital began an extensive inquiry into the management of the Department. I prepared a schedule showing the number of attenders, weighted by presenting issue, per hour for a six month period. This demonstrated that the incident happened at a time in the week when, on average, the maximum workload was faced by the Department, but it had the lowest medical staff cover. My schedule and notes were incorporated into the final report and resulted in additional funds and a new medical staff rota that more accurately matched expected patient flows.

Responsible for financial leadership, contract negotiations and special projects for Radiology, Theatres, Nuclear Medicine, Anaesthetics, Mortuary and Pathology.

One of four auditors assigned to conduct the annual audit of Citra Constructions Ltd. Citra Constructions was one of the largest construction civil engineering firms in Australia in the late 80's and was responsible for many major mining and construction projects. These included the electrification of Queensland's State railways, constructing the elevated structures of the F9 Westgate Freeway, building Tom Ugly's bridge over George's River at Blakehurst and a $10mil redevelopment of Randwick Army Base.Auditing this company involved reviewing contracts, progress payments, contract variations, ghost payroll audits, working with Internal Audit, testing internal controls, site visits and pursuing possible fraudulent work practices. This enabled me to gain familiarity with the administrative processes involved in building, contracting, completing and final acquittals of major projects.Other audit clients* Prouds Jewellers* Computerland North Ryde* C21 Lindfield* Gazal Industries * Innova Europe UK