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Sydney, Au

Named by Optus as Australia's "Business of the Year", and by Westpac as 1 of Australia's top "200 Businesses of Tomorrow", Matchboard is a business matchmaking platform and the fast and smart way to find suppliers online. Enter your needs for a product or service and, presto, get matched with vendors who can help! Matchboard helps you “cut through” the thousands of market offerings with a shortlist of suppliers for anything to do with sales and marketing, customer service and back office. Our clients are small, medium and large businesses, as well as local, state and Federal Government agencies.Gone are the days of wading through search engine results and spending weeks on research to locate who’s who in the market. Try Matchboard – the smart way to source!

Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

AboutMatch is the UK arm of Matchboard, launched in 2016. AboutMatch.co.uk is a free online platform which helps businesses save valuable time in locating “perfect match” suppliers. We specialise in all the products and services you need to acquire, retain, support, engage and delight customers.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

I founded FindaConsultant to provide an easy, free way for companies to find their ideal consultant. Visit www.findaconsultant.com.au.

The University Of Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Hook, Hampshire, Gb

Led business development for Government and NSW/QLD private sector companies at Excelior, which was acquired by Serco in 2011. In under 4 years, secured 23 new business contracts across contact centre outsourcing, consulting and direct sales solutions. My clients included Federal and State Government agencies, telecommunications, technology and travel companies, retailers and major consumer brands.

Miami, Fl, Us

Responsible for developing business in the Australasian region, selling high-end call centre and BPO solutions to large corporations.

Newark, Nj, Us

Assisted Israel's leading call center / BPO outsourcer with sales and marketing strategy and execution.

Tokyo, Jp

From start-up to IPO, worked way up ranks of company to Senior Vice President role, reporting directly to CEO, in charge of international business development with companies seeking outsourced call center/BPO/concierge solution. Hands-on role; responsible for developing and implementing sales strategy, encompassing lead generation, closing high-value contracts (with a focus on retail and telecommunications sectors), PR, direct marketing, and "spreading the word" as expert speaker at industry conferences. Managed P&L, a team of sales and account executives, and the company's New York office.Established exclusive Asia-Pacific call centre partnerships with Sprint (Telecenters) and France Telecom.Led highly successful PR strategy without spending a cent; spokesperson for company - quoted in Investor’s Business Daily, Business Week Online, DM News, Direct, Call Center Magazine (cover story), Outsourcing Journal, Multilingual Computing. Spearheaded negotiations with issuers for new company division, involving launch of an airline co-branded credit card.

Freelanced as bilingual Japanese-English reporter on TV; interpreter, translator

B.A. Hons (1St Class, University Medal), Japanese, German, French, Linguistics

German Government Scholarship, German Literature

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