Stephen Cavanagh Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Responsible for facilitating investment growth opportunities to deliver new jobs and capital investments in Victoria - Identifying new investment leads and engaging with key major and strategic priority businesses
• Supporting wider opportunity teams in development of documentation for Whole of Victorian Government Investment Committee and briefings to senior management and/or Ministers

Frankston, Victoria, Australia

• Leadership of a new function and service for council aimed at overcoming the barriers to short term (COVID related) and inter-generational barriers for local job-seekers, and liaising with Australian and Victorian.
• Responsible for facilitating Frankston City JobSeeker Alliance Executive and it projects
• Developed a draft economic development strategy
• Provided statistical analysis to inform quarterly economic reporting.

Leading the economic development, investment and activation functions, and a team of people, whilst a new manager was recruited.

Frankston, Victoria, Australia

• Developed and facilitated a pipeline of business and property investment enquiries, leads and successful investments and developed a comprehensive method of recording all contact with investment enquiries and leads, to.
• Facilitated meetings with CEOs/founders of target companies to pitch for investment into Frankston
• Led a consultancy project to refresh the vision and development feasibility for the Frankston Health and Education precinct, working closely with key stakeholders such as, Monash University, Chisholm TAFE, Peninsula.
• Responsible for delivering a COVID-19 related grant to assist businesses experiencing significant reduction of turnover
• Worked closely with key central Frankston property owners and investors, with a view to diversify land use in the city (through new property investment), as the core retail function of the central area evolves.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Programme manager for the local board work programme of the unit:o 200 projects across all 21 local boards of Auckland Councilo Responsible for the approval of programmes by each local board, quarterly reporting and.
• Active member of the unit’s leadership team, contributing to the strategic direction of the unit
• Introduced project management principles and managed training for the unit to ensure timely project delivery and achievement of milestones.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Project leader for the development of the Business Improvement District (BID) Policy (2016). This included significant engagement with various parts of Auckland Council’s governance (local politicians); 48 largely.
• Prepared and delivered a workshop on strategic business plans and planning for business association managers (from the 48 Auckland BID programmes)
• Project manager for the Development of five local economic development action plans for local boards of Auckland Council. These plans provide a framework for economic development delivery and coordination in their.
• Project scoping, development and management of multiple economic development projects for various local boards of Auckland Council
• Programme manager for a baseline assessment programme for Auckland Council’s regeneration department in two major commercial areas in the city prior to commencement significance streetscape upgrades. Other - project.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Managed a number of diverse teams (up to 16 staff within overall team) and individuals working across a number of key sectors
• Managed the development of an overarching sectors strategy, providing a strategic context for investment in sector-related projects
• Led the development of sector based leadership groups and strategies for screen & digital content and international education – also ATEED’s official representative on these leadership groups
• Led an expression of interest process to develop an internationally competitive film studio complex.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Managed a team of dedicated professionals
• Provided a strategic context for council’s involvement in investment promotion, through the development of Auckland’s first investment attraction strategy
• Achieved a boost to Auckland’s economy through the attraction of jobs and investment into Auckland from multi-national companies and high-net worth individuals.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

• Sector investment lead generation – aviation sector, food and beverage, advanced engineering
• Leading on country specific investment attraction activity – Taiwan and China
• Project management and advocacy of major inward investment enquiries
• Attracted and safeguarded thousands of jobs from major investments from aviation, food & beverage and advanced manufacturing industries
• Provided a major boost for inward investment by putting Manchester on the map for Chinese investment by securing Chinese Government backing for a technology Incubator in the City.

Trafford Park, England, United Kingdom

• Investment enquiry handling, managed the dissemination of information and data to investors and management of marketing, property and company customer relationships management databases
• Programme management – provided programme and management reporting to ensure projects are on track and provide budget forecasts (budgets generated mainly from land sales)
• produced crucial performance and business intelligence through programme management of two extensive surveys of companies in the Trafford Park area (1,400 companies) with 99% response rate
• Attracted major industrial development into this key development area of North West England
• Comprehensively led the recording, compilation, reporting and marketing of key performance indicators for TPDC - a crucial role.