Emanating out of an initial background in finance and investment banking, for some 14 years at senior management levels, my experience has been extraordinarily broad due in large part to becoming an agent of change and business enhancement. Initially seeking to maximize the value of assets in which my employers held equity and/or significant debt facilities, my career broadened to become an independent consultant employed to turn around distressed companies and businesses. As a consequence of the aforementioned role, my experience at senior levels has extended to "asset management" in a range of industries from finance and property development/property management to mineral and oil & gas exploration as well as food processing and manufacturing.Success in maximizing returns on business assets and/or performance thereof, led to a 10 year term as Managing Director, CEO and, ultimately Executive Chairman of a publicly listed company whose core business was in mineral exploration, but which also took material investments in other business assets. During this period, I also functioned as CEO of a manufacturing subsidiary, marketing its products globally on a wholesale basis.