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An agile, innovative and result producing professional with over 25 years’ hands on experience leading teams and working within complex, multi-layered, and multi-cultural value chains, industries and markets. Skilled in trade development and facilitation, business advisory and capacity building of public and private sector entities. Motivated by a passion for fair and equitable empowerment of communities and positive social impact through sustainable private sector development. Demonstrated commercial and development outcomes have been achieved from a position of research, analysis, strategy and innovation. Extensive professional networks and a history of collaboration with multilateral and international organisations, governments, development partners, private sector and entrepreneurs throughout the Pacific, Australasia and Europe. PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY• Over 20 years’ proven business advisory experience delivering sustainable international trade, private sector and industry development outcomes across Australia, PNG and the Pacific and Europe, incorporating strategic, operational and day to day management expertise. • Proven skills identifying, acting on, and leveraging commercial opportunities to deliver sustainability concepts, measurable community and economic development in complex, competitive, multi-layered, and multi-cultural industry and market environments. • Exceptional client relationship manager and business facilitator with established collaborative partnerships with development partners, multilateral and international organisations, governments, industry and peak bodies, private sector, and entrepreneurs. • Empowering leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills with a proven record of environmental adaptability, building and establishing sustainable and measurable performance through motivating and mentoring others to assure shared vision and strategy. • Experienced agribusiness, rural development and supply chain practitioner with a proven capacity to deliver through chain socioeconomic benefit, enhanced opportunities for participation and empowerment of grass roots producers and SMMEs via considered, environmentally and culturally appropriate programme creation and management. • Commitment to improve the participation rates of women, youth and marginalised populations in trade, investment and values-based leadership so as to improve inclusion and the profitability of SMMEs in order to improve livelihoods and prosperity.