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Auckland, New Zealand

A business management consultancy focused on using the principles of sustainability as a growth lever and a true profit driver, not just a compliance act.Sustainability Partners specialises in helping manufacturing and Deep Tech industries build exceptional businesses that deliver consistent growth; both today and in the future.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Leading a VC funded, "deep-tech" startup looking to commercialise an innovative paint coating technology from the University of Sydney to address the twin issues of increasing temperatures in the built environment, along with passively harvesting moisture from the atmosphere to deal with increasing water scarcity.Responsibilities include P&L, fund raising, market size analysis, value proposition validation. and strategic direction, across both the ANZ paint and industrial/commercial… Show more Leading a VC funded, "deep-tech" startup looking to commercialise an innovative paint coating technology from the University of Sydney to address the twin issues of increasing temperatures in the built environment, along with passively harvesting moisture from the atmosphere to deal with increasing water scarcity.Responsibilities include P&L, fund raising, market size analysis, value proposition validation. and strategic direction, across both the ANZ paint and industrial/commercial property markets. We successfully completed a bridging $500k fund raising round in January 2024, from both existing and new investors Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

As a member of the Executive team I developed and led the delivery of both the Innovation and the Sustainability strategies for Fletcher Steel, both of which were the first of their kind for the company and its subsidiaries. These strategies had a 5 year horizon from 2022 and provided pathways to develop core competencies in the business such as *Aggressive carbon emission reduction, *Developing inter-generational thinking into our business *Introduce dynamic capabilities of… Show more As a member of the Executive team I developed and led the delivery of both the Innovation and the Sustainability strategies for Fletcher Steel, both of which were the first of their kind for the company and its subsidiaries. These strategies had a 5 year horizon from 2022 and provided pathways to develop core competencies in the business such as *Aggressive carbon emission reduction, *Developing inter-generational thinking into our business *Introduce dynamic capabilities of innovation thinking *Industry leadership for sustainability *Using sustainability as a profit & market share driver *Global collaboration strategy (open innovation)Some notable highlights during this period were * Helping to develop the successful business case for $8m+ investment to convert Pacific Coilcoaters paintline from gas-fired oven to electricity-fueled IR ovens, pitched solely as a sustainability initiative.*Led the successful application for funding from EECA's GIDI fund to support the project.*The reduction of Fletcher Steel's Scope 1&2 carbon emissions footprint by nearly 68% (2019 baseline).*The 2023 launch of "HATCH", Fletcher Steel's investment in in-house training to develop innovative thinking and dynamic capabilities in the people within our business.*Attendance at the 2022 course in Melbourne of the Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme, the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership's premier course for business leaders.*The only attendee from ANZ at the 1st European Green Steel Summit in Frankfurt and also then attended the European Coatings Show in 2023.*I was the initial Chair of FB Building Products division's Sustainability Group, bringing together sustainability leaders from across the other brands in the division at FB.* I regularly visited the HQ's of leading paint and steel companies in China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Sweden and Germany to facilitate potential collaboration partnerships with world-leading technologies. Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

Oversaw the great marketing team at Fletcher Steel and as the first Innovation Manager was tasked with coordinating the (non-BAU) Innovation development projects across the brands. This included support and guidance in best practice innovation process & product/service development and chaired the monthly Innovation Council within Fletcher Steel.While the marketing team were well-established and required more strategic guidance and support than hands-on management, the Innovation… Show more Oversaw the great marketing team at Fletcher Steel and as the first Innovation Manager was tasked with coordinating the (non-BAU) Innovation development projects across the brands. This included support and guidance in best practice innovation process & product/service development and chaired the monthly Innovation Council within Fletcher Steel.While the marketing team were well-established and required more strategic guidance and support than hands-on management, the Innovation function was very much in its infancy. Managing these 2 disciplines at polar ends of their life cycle within the one team was an interesting challenge.While not as involved in the day-to-day activities at Pacific Coilcoaters I did retain a role giving strategic technical oversight as a member of the Executive.Some notable highlights were* Establishing our first ever carbon footprint exercise (Toitu Carbonreduce) and our first Emissions Reduction Plan*Presenting at the 2019 European Coilcoating Conference in Brussels on Pacific Coilcoaters world leading use of waterbased paints (a rarity in coilcoating).*Relaunch of the HiBond steel flooring website and launch of new Hibond 80 product*Revamp of the internal comms magazine into an interactive e-zine with embedded video*Creating the first and second (and hopefully, only) company online conferences (thanks, COVID) for over 100 people.*During the America's cup working with customer and hosting events to leverage off our investment as a sponsor of Emirates Team New Zealand, including tours of the base and on-water activities.*Completing the "Leading Innovative Change", an 8 week online Executive education program week run by the University of California, Berkeley Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

An industry-led initiative involving all the key steel companies in New Zealand, along with industry associations.I was the initial Deputy Chair of this body and then briefly near the end of my term, I was the Chair.My main contribution was the development of a sustainability audit tool that bought together all the key points from existing certifications (CarbonZero, Greenstar, Eco-choice Aotearoa, Australasian EPD, Enviromark) into a cohesive 25 question audit. This allowed the… Show more An industry-led initiative involving all the key steel companies in New Zealand, along with industry associations.I was the initial Deputy Chair of this body and then briefly near the end of my term, I was the Chair.My main contribution was the development of a sustainability audit tool that bought together all the key points from existing certifications (CarbonZero, Greenstar, Eco-choice Aotearoa, Australasian EPD, Enviromark) into a cohesive 25 question audit. This allowed the respondent to quickly benchmark both what they were doing, what they could easily to improve and, importantly what they could aspire to. For this work I was the recipient of the industry's "Leading Metalhead" Award.It was through this association I was nominated and accepted onto one of the 4 working groups ("Low Carbon Economy") developing the NZ Government's Advanced Manufacturing Industry Transformation Plan, launched in March 2023 Show less

Penrose, Auckland

A member of the Senior Leadership Team at Pacific Coilcoaters, one of the companies that are a part of Fletcher Steel.Initial responsibilities were focused on product portfolio, quality control and process improvement. Additionally I was also KAM for their Australian franchisee so was frequently in Australia, supporting their sales team, in the field, with their customers. Development of the 3 year Technical Roadmap was the keystone to the strategic direction of the company and this saw… Show more A member of the Senior Leadership Team at Pacific Coilcoaters, one of the companies that are a part of Fletcher Steel.Initial responsibilities were focused on product portfolio, quality control and process improvement. Additionally I was also KAM for their Australian franchisee so was frequently in Australia, supporting their sales team, in the field, with their customers. Development of the 3 year Technical Roadmap was the keystone to the strategic direction of the company and this saw us develop research programmes around paint improvement, new metal technology that was emerging around the world, along with adjacent products to be introduced to the range.Over time the role became increasing more forward looking as day-to-day activities (QC etc) were passed on to others.Some highlights were* Research, development and validation of performance to ANZ standards of a suite of new steel technologies that were emerging from Japan, Korea, and Belgium.*Refinement of the waterborne paint technology used at Pacific Coilcoaters, which is unique in the global coilcoating scene.* Introducing 2 PhD students to work of some of our more "blue-sky" projects, partially funded by Callaghan Innovation.* Securing $650k project funding to investigate making our products "superhydrophobic" by modifying the surface with femtosecond lasers, in conjunction with University of Auckland.* Initiated a review of AS1397, the benchmark standard for roofing steel in ANZ, allowing for the incorporation of some of the newer steels that were emerging from overseas. Show less

Flint Group is a supplier of printing inks and coatings.I started as a frontline Technical Support technician and progressively moved into Account Management across a range of different print markets.In 2005 I moved to Christchurch to be the South Island Technical Manager, and 18months later returned to Auckland with a modified role, but with a national remit.I spent the last 2 years as the head of one of the 2 divisions in the company, with full P&L responsibilities

Auckland, New Zealand

With 2 friends at Delegats and full of dreams about Amazon.com in our head, we formed a company and created a website to sell wine online (only).Were you buying wine over the internet in the late 90s? No. Neither was anyone else. Despite the failure of this venture I do look back on it fondly as I learnt an awful lot about business very quickly. To finish up, we invited our friends, and the remainder of our liquid assets, to a "Going out of Business" party that, after nearly 25… Show more With 2 friends at Delegats and full of dreams about Amazon.com in our head, we formed a company and created a website to sell wine online (only).Were you buying wine over the internet in the late 90s? No. Neither was anyone else. Despite the failure of this venture I do look back on it fondly as I learnt an awful lot about business very quickly. To finish up, we invited our friends, and the remainder of our liquid assets, to a "Going out of Business" party that, after nearly 25 years, is still talked about. Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

While doing my Master's at Auckland, I was employed in the winetasting room at Delegats Wine Estate at the weekendsThis led to doing the 1998 vintage on the winemaking team making Delegats and Oyster Bay wines. Hard work, long hours, and just a whole lot of fun.

M.Mgmt, Management

M.Sc, Chemistry