Thomas Barwald Email & Phone Number

Asia

Sydney, Australia

• Profile SummaryI obtained my mechanical and industrial engineering education that included product development, production efficiency and factory management between mid to late 1980s. Over the past 27 years my.
• Constant focusing on and realigning to customers’ requirements
• Reaching and maintaining highest standard of Environmental, Health and Safety
• Contracts management of capital equipment projects and infrastructures
• Leading business management and corporate governance, regulation compliances, stakeholder relationships for multinationals, private and listed corporations
• Global sourcing, sub-contracting, lean quality fabrication, business operation and site installations/ services

Sydney, Australia

• Developed an operational structure – achieved 30% growth in turnover and grew operating profit to world-class percentage by launching the operational skills enhancement in marketing, design engineering, sales.
• Re-defined customer approach in Australia – Improved sales by 50%, and operating profit to a world-class percentage (double to quadruple of peers).
• Strongly advocated quality manufacturing/ fabrication in low-cost regions - 25% purchase costs reduction and in parallel, rebuilt the quality reputation focusing on root causes and counter measures.
• Founded the Japanese company in Tokyo - Secured the first large export contract, while having a solid opportunity pipeline to reach the high set target.
• Aligned the Korean operation – Fore-market grew by 50%. Observed a drastic decline in domestic and to a lesser extent export decline of new power plant projects since mid-2016.
• Poised to grow the lucrative high margin after-market in all A-PAC countries - Top-grading recruitment and training increased sales by 50% over the past 1.5 years. The platform was set to grow by 20% annually to.

Sydney, Australia

Executive Director Howden Holdings Limited (USD1.7bn) Mar 2011- Aug 2017Active Board & Executive Member – Contributed and participated successfully in all holding company decisions, directions and activities. Continually shaped the organisation and its 6,000 employees in 26 countries to meet firstly the Charter PLC (LSE) and then Colfax Corporation (NYSE).

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Spearheaded the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed Company -- Increased annual turnover to USD160m at world class returns between 18-27% operating profit percentage, year after year. Merged three companies in.
• Demonstrated outstanding investor returns - Top 1%- 4% performer on the JSE over the 7 years with a minimum annual return of 30%, some years 120%.
• Instituted new Corporate Governance– a qualifier to maintain listed company status. Complied with strict new regulations (King III & IV) including sustainability (Global Reporting Initiatives [GRI 3.1 & later GRI G 4]).
• Formulated strategic export expansion - Quadrupled within 3 years, the turnover of mining equipment packages to remote regions and sites in Africa since 2010.
• Facilitated a meaningful total reward system, engineering career-ladder, talent management and succession planning - Tripled the training facilities and headcount of the in-house trade and trade-assistance school to 40.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Dedicated combined regional approach – Increased turnover by 45% to ¼ of Howden’s total turnover while capturing the super-mining boom. Coordinated and transferred core and advanced skills to a diverse range of.
• Shared and developed - Added 50% fore-market sales from mine products. Enhanced the key skills in applications and design engineering knowledge.Australia and Indonesia:
• Devised product expansion - Experienced a 60% growth while expanding the mechanical, electrical and civil engineering skills equally to all continents. South America:
• Maximised the merger of the two Brazilian companies - Gained 20% more market-share of a double-digit market growth region over a 3-year period.
• Relocated and merged the facilities of the two Brazilian companies – 30% increase in efficiency to reach high-teen operating profit percentage.
• Positioned the organisation – 1/3 more fore-market with a sustainable income stream gaining the engineering & contracts management skills to secure the large steel pelletizing fans (Vale & Samarco/ BHP) and the.

Beijing City, China

• Fast pace of supplying more products in more growing niche markets – 70% of additional product volume changed/ switched and turnover grew by 30% to ¼ of Howden’s total turnover within 18 months. Competing technology.
• Validated the skills and resource requirement – Recruited and upskilled 150 top-graded newcomers, mostly highly qualified in their fields. Teamed up with other global leaders and specialists to embark on.
• Implemented the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) compliance – Exports have grown to 20% of total revenue, having attained OHS 18000 and ISO 14000 certification to ensure world class practice. The company is now.
• Introduced and enforced the after-market spares, retrofits and services - Tripled the after-market turnover within 3-year period (2006 - 2008) with lucrative operating margins. Constant growing market-size soon.

Sydney, Australia

Turned around a loss-making business to a world class performer – Turnover increased sixfold to a leading market-share and world class returns within a 4-year period, while being highly profitable from year one.Step approach to secure fore-market mining equipment contracts with a small work team. Expanded further into the after-market power generation.

Sydney, Australia

Pioneered an innovative approach to refocus from the decades of fore-market organisation into after-market. Now almost 20 years later a substantial 30-70% of those companies’ turnover is after-market, which generates 50-80% of the total margins. Adapted the well-developed concept from my previous position of promoting, selling, applications engineering.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Cemented the well-established after-market long-term power generation equipment service agreements while adding the spare and retrofit products. Increased service hours also generated significantly higher retrofit and spares turnover.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Grew the service division from few employees and few service hours to 450 employees and 800,000 hours annually.

Siegen Area, Germany

Succeeded in managing the fabrication and pre-fabrication workshops for large custom-made Ventilation Fans, Air Preheaters and Electro Precipitators. Project planning and monitoring, lean manufacturing, on time deliveries, managing of 60 trades people, ensured health and safety, quality control, interfacing of buy-ins and other sub-suppliers and design and.

Master, Mba - International Management

Level 7 Certificate, Executive Coaching And Mentoring, Acadamy Of Leadership & Managment

10 Assignments & 20 hours of Executive Coaching

Diploma, Welding Engineer

Activities and Societies: Member SLV Duisburg

Higher Diploma, Staatlich Gepruften Maschinenbautechniker, Majored In Product Development, A

2 years studies of mechanical engineering (major in R&D) after qualifying conditions achvied to be a tradesman (three years training) and.

Diploma, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member REFA Verband Arbeits Technik3.5 years evening classes and in conjunction studying and obtaining a Higher.

Graduate, Comany Directors Course, Graduate