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Melbourne, Victoria, Au

CiBUS Group has a fairly simple mantra - Local Values; Global Understanding; Effective Communication; Strategic Execution.With a primary focus on innovation and expansion, CiBUS Group seeks to utilise our wide ranging skills to provide our clients with tailored solutions.Our clients range from companies seeking to raise capital to achieve their ambitions, operating businesses seeking to define and execute strategies (sales & marketing, corporate structure, people, communications, etc.) through to investors looking to establish or broaden their position within a specific sector.We work across the breadth of our clients operations, from strategy development and execution, through to corporate structuring (M&A, Capital Raising, Divestment), Advertising & Marketing and Communications & Promotions.CiBUS Group works with a range of industry specialists who share one of our core values of delivering superior commercial outcomes to our clients.www.cibusgroup.com.au

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Inspired by Australian wine makers, New World Whisky Distillery is a modern distillery unafraid of breaking with convention and tradition. Starward is the leading Australian whisky, founded in Melbourne over a decade ago, and sold throughout Australia, the UK, Europe and the US. Starward distils and matures malt whisky at its facilities in Port Melbourne, and Brooklyn, Melbourne.Our whiskies have won numerous international awards: Double Gold for Craft Distilled Whisky at the San Francisco World Spirits Awards; Best Australian Single Malt and Best Australian Blended whisky at the World Whisky Awards. The distillery in Port Melbourne is the largest city centre distillery producing and maturing whisky in the world. Starward’s signature is maturing its whiskies in Australian red wine barrels – not as a “finish” for a few months, but as the home for the spirit from the moment it comes off the still through three years of Melbourne’s highly variable climate until it is bottled for sale.www.starward.com.auwww.newworldwhisky.com.au

South Yarra, Victoria, Au

Newmarket Capital is an investment and strategic advisory firm that sits at the intersection of ideas and capital.Newmarket's investment business focuses on companies requiring transition capital and capability - including earlier stage ventures looking to drive growth and more mature companies needing to make real change. We look for significant or control positions and to work hands on in a direct and focused way. Since our establishment our investments have been in the food security, technology and on-line media sectors.www.newmarketcapital.com.au

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Pinion provided unique digital advertising opportunities for companies looking to reach the coveted 18 to 34 male demographic in the rapidly growing and interactive medium of online PC gaming.In February 2015, Pinion was acquired by Unikrn, a Seattle-based gaming and entertainment company with a focus on eSports. Unikrn owns a network of gaming communities that reach millions of gamers in over 100 countries worldwide.

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Coles Group Limited is Australia's second largest supermarket, liquor and convenience business with more than 2,400 outlets across Australia and revenues of over A$40 billion. Coles was acquired by Wesfarmers Limited in 2007 and was subsequently demerged from Wesfarmers in 2018.The General Manager Commercial role was responsible for overseeing various business improvement initiatives, managing M&A activity across the business units and assisting the Coles divisional senior leadership team implement and monitor the performance of the Coles turnaround strategy.

Mulgrave, Vic, Au

Kmart is one of Australia's largest retailers, with stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, product-sourcing offices in China and India, and revenues in excess of $5 billion. In November 2007, Kmart was acquired by Wesfarmers as part of the acquisition of the Coles Group.Reporting directly to the Kmart Managing Director and leading a team of over 60 FTEs, the role incorporated managing the annual Corporate Planning process; developing strategic relationships with key industry stakeholders; improving the speed and execution of delivery in the end-to-end process of project management from store build through to fit-out for handover to Store Operations; developing new initiatives, equipment and point-of-sale to improve customer experience; and developing and evaluating new business opportunities.

Perth, Wa, Au

Led the commercial focus of the integration and change management program and managed the evaluation of several business units and various commercial arrangements in a complex and sensitive environment. Specifically, the role was charged with developing and delivering an integration plan to ensure the Coles acquisition thesis benefits were realised. This included leading reviews of Kmart, Coles’ Supply Chain, and the former Coles Group IT infrastructure requirements, as well as establishing a framework for the creation of separate autonomous divisional operating structures for each of the former Coles Group business units.

Perth, Wa, Au

Wesfarmers' Business Development unit is widely recognised as an internal centre of excellence in corporate advisory. The key deliverable of this position was the execution of attractive and value creating international investment opportunities, with a particular emphasis on India. This required collaboration with Wesfarmers’ Divisional Senior Management to identify new international business development opportunities, to coordinate and evaluate the commercial development of new investments and projects, and to lead project teams seeking to exploit any approved opportunities.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Gresham Rabo Management Limited ('GRML') was a joint venture between Rabobank, the world’s leading specialist food and agribusiness bank, and Gresham Partners, an Australian investment house. GRML managed the specialist Food & Agribusiness Investment Funds (FAIF & FAIF2), investing primarily in companies operating in the broader food sector (beyond primary production). Leading a small team, this role had responsibility for all investment and stakeholder activities of the management company, including deal origination; review of new investment proposals; preparation of Investment Review Committee submissions and quarterly reports to investors; negotiation and structuring of investment documentation; managing commercial due diligence; and providing ongoing management advice to investee companies through direct board participation.

Responsible for evaluating strategic commercial and investment opportunities.

Perth, Wa, Au

Responsible for evaluating strategic commercial and investment opportunities.From its origins in 1914 as a Western Australian farmers’ cooperative, Wesfarmers has grown into one of Australia’s largest listed companies. With headquarters in Perth, Wesfarmers’ diverse business operations cover: home improvement, outdoor living and building materials; general merchandise and apparel; office and technology products; health, beauty and wellbeing products; wholesale pharmacy distribution; manufacturing and distribution of chemicals and fertilisers; mine development and construction; industrial and safety product distribution; and retail and commercial energy supply. Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest private sector employers with almost 120,000 team members, including more than 4,000 Indigenous team members, and is owned by more than 515,000 shareholders.