Business advisor with 30+ years of success in senior executive and advisory roles - helping clients grow their businesses, pivot in times of change and challenge, and develop effective marketing and strategic programmes to take their organisation to the next level.Providing access to senior level executive, advisory and governance support- Business strategy and planning- Marketing strategy and programmes- Business restructuring and transformation- Mergers and acquisitions- Performance management and team building, motivation, mentoring- Commercial negotiations, agreements, modelling, structures- Project management- Executive resourcing

Fuse Creative is an outstanding New Zealand creative agency - at the forefront of modern brand development, digital marketing, design and advertising.The perfect size to offer world class strategy and creative as a truly independent agency - in a small enough package to be engaging, friendly, results focused and cost effective.The outsourced, in-house, creative team for your business.

Imagetec was a nation-wide importer, distributor, sales and service provider of leading Business Technology solutions across Australia - with coverage across SME, Corporate and Government.I led the business through a major transformation process as Managing Director and then stayed on as a Director following a management buy-out that I was a participant in.A successful sale of the business has now been concluded.

Responsible for Group Strategy, Marketing and Business Development - including significant market share growth, business transformation, a number of business acquisitions, mergers and sales, performance management and governance of subsidiaries, all marketing activity, major supplier relationship management, commercial agreements and negotiations, and partnerships. I also ran the Production Print and Solutions business units for Konica Minolta (national sales and product)Onesource Group included Konica Minolta, Leasing Solutions, Cogent Communications and Imagetec Solutions (1,000 staff, $250m+ revenue)Group General Manager - Strategy, Marketing and Business Development (2009 - 2011)General Manager - Marketing, Strategy, Production Print and Solutions business units (2002 - 2009)Managing Director - Imagetec Solutions Australia (2007/2008)Member of MBO team to purchase Onesource Group with Archer Capital in 2005 - and then the successful sale of the business to CSG in 2010.I was part of a small senior executive team that lead the business through a period of sustained growth, the development of significant new markets, a number of acquisitions, mergers and business sales, and successfully navigating through the GFC.M&A activity included:- Acquisition of Minolta NZ- JV between Ubix and Konica Minolta Japan to create Konica Minolta NZ- Sale of Onesource Group- Acquisition of Onesource as part of MBO team- Acquisition of GDC and merger with Cogent Communications- Acquisition of Danka Australia- Sale of Cogent Communications- Sale of Onesource Group to CSG Australia- Sale of Imagetec Australia

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