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Sydney, Australia

ChallengeWorks is a full-service event agency that can provide an outsourced, turnkey service or alternatively supplement the client's event or fundraising team in key areas. ► Event concept design - Developing event solutions that fit the organisation like a glove► Event operations - Planning and managing all aspects of safety, ;logistics and production to deliver top quality event participant experiences► Digital and website - Developing everything from class leading… Show more ChallengeWorks is a full-service event agency that can provide an outsourced, turnkey service or alternatively supplement the client's event or fundraising team in key areas. ► Event concept design - Developing event solutions that fit the organisation like a glove► Event operations - Planning and managing all aspects of safety, ;logistics and production to deliver top quality event participant experiences► Digital and website - Developing everything from class leading donor platforms and websites to digital assets to support virtual or live events► Fundraising marketing - Maximising all aspects of supporter acquisition engagement and fundraising returns Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Having worked on many projects with Gotcha4Life in the past, the opportunity came to step into more of a substantial retained consultant GM role to guide this incredible organisation through a period of enormous growth and increasing social impact. The most significant aspects of the role included developing and executing achievable and impactful operational strategies that took program delivery from 2 states and 34,000 annual participants to national participation of 120,000. In order to fund… Show more Having worked on many projects with Gotcha4Life in the past, the opportunity came to step into more of a substantial retained consultant GM role to guide this incredible organisation through a period of enormous growth and increasing social impact. The most significant aspects of the role included developing and executing achievable and impactful operational strategies that took program delivery from 2 states and 34,000 annual participants to national participation of 120,000. In order to fund this expansion I oversaw the implementation of a number of funding initiatives that resulted in a 180% revenue growth over 2 year period. Most importantly all of this was focused on driving towards Zero Suicides. Show less

I led and consulted on a broad range of people and communications focused consulting assignments across a diverse range of customers within government, utilities and the private sector. Engagements included change management within complex improvement programs, acquisition integrations, operationalisation of strategy and the delivery of sustainable business transformation.

I was responsible for conducting a strategic review of the marketing, IT and HR functions of this successful and fast growing business. I developed and kicked off the implementation plan for quality improvement and 'professionalisation' of the various functions. with a strong focus on staff engagement and communications.

Management of Honda's stand-alone CSR focused training division with broad GM responsibility across all aspects of this business. The division was established to deliver on Honda's corporate social responsibility strategy and provided a range of philanthropic training and road safety services to community and charitable organisations, all of which were funded by the divisions commercial training services.My most significant areas of value add included; turning the loss making commercial… Show more Management of Honda's stand-alone CSR focused training division with broad GM responsibility across all aspects of this business. The division was established to deliver on Honda's corporate social responsibility strategy and provided a range of philanthropic training and road safety services to community and charitable organisations, all of which were funded by the divisions commercial training services.My most significant areas of value add included; turning the loss making commercial service offerings to profitability. This was achieved through the development and implementation of a comprehensive sales and marketing strategy and extensive product development, retaining the lease on a unique and irreplaceable training facility via an extended negotiation and lobbying process with local and state government, and achieving a 30% improvement in staff retention rates whilst reducing overall staff costs.These commercial strategies facilitated and funded the expansion of the division’s philanthropic activities in terms of both services and impact. This expansion covered schools road safety programs, provision of training to disadvantaged youth and similar community support programs. Show less

Overall finance, HR, IT and administrative responsibility for the 3 UK subsidiaries of Medialink Worldwide Inc. The most significant areas of value add included; driving company wide margin improvements via an integrated recruitment and restructuring strategy, the sourcing and implementation of a bespoke IT infrastructure and database solution to improve operational efficiency and leading several successful large tender application teams.

Financial, HR and Administrative operational responsibility for the 3 UK subsidiaries of Medialink Worldwide Inc. Reporting to the UK Group Finance Director.

Mba

Completed the degree with a distinction average and received a merit award for achieving the highest mark in Accounting.

Ba, Law & English