Tim Schaafsma Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, AU

Global CEO of an iconic, aspirational Australian lifestyle retailer with showrooms in Australia, USA and New Zealand

Neutral Bay, New South Wales, AU

Working with two long-term friends and colleagues to bring a new food concept to life. We focus on quality, sustainable Australian and New Zealand seafood, and amazing people to deliver it. Launching in Neutral Bay soon, with a plan for rapid growth. Fitchies - the Reel Deal!

Spring Hill, Queensland, AU

Member of the Board of the National Retail Association, which is a not-for-profit organisation that represents the interests of retailers across Australia.

Sydney, NSW, AU

Company Secretary for the newly-formed Australian Bedding Stewardship Council. Appointed Chair in 2022. Have assisted the Board of ABSC to establish Asia Pacific’s first industry-led product stewardship program for bedding products, including mattresses, to eliminate mattresses from landfill and improve recycling rates.

Lewisham, NSW, AU

Providing tailored and unique consulting services to corporates, investors and private equity organisations. Combining 25 years of senior level experience in legal and retail environments to assist clients with strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, synergy identification and calibration, governance, risk management, property planning, organisational.

North Ryde, NSW, AU

Spearheaded all business areas directly supporting the retail businesses in Legal, Corporate (M&A), Property, Logistics, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Insurance, Risk and Compliance with a combined group headcount of 10K+ individuals covering the Household Goods and General Merchandise Divisions of the group. > Promoted to positions of increased authority and.

North Ryde, NSW, AU

Evolved the brand’s positioning as Australasia’s lifestyle retailer offering complete solutions through a re-assortment of product, marketing and employee skills.> Optimised performance of the A$350M Freedom business in Australia, New Zealand and China by establishing, developing and retaining a strong senior leadership team and a total employee group of.

North Ryde, NSW, AU

Transitioned to an operational management role with responsibility for the Freedom Home and Bay Leather Republic businesses, focusing on delivering specialised solutions in the household goods segment with various strategic plans.> Spearheaded all operations in Australia with 6 direct reports and 400 total employees for the A$60M business.> Led the company.

North Ryde, NSW, AU

Oversaw all corporate services within the group including Legal, Company Secretarial, Compliance, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Insurance, Property Acquisition and Management, Corporate Infrastructure, Occupational Health and Safety, Human Resources, People & Culture and Payroll. > Established the first in-house legal function within the listed Freedom.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Responsible for carriage of matters in the Company’s legal functions in Real Estate, Franchising, Corporate/Commercial and Marketing in Western Australia > Provided high quality internal legal service resulting in reduced spend and time investment and improvement of organizational outcomes. > Played a significant role in ensuring stores were capable of.

Assisted the firm's partners with a variety of legal matters, in the following disciplines:> Property & Conveyancing> Commercial Transactions> Intellectual Property> Litigation> Family Law

London, GB

Responsible for advising the firm’s clients on a range of issues involving executive migration.> Preparing submissions to the Department of Immigration for visa applications.> Preparing personal taxation arrangements.

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Law

Graduate Diploma In Company Secretarial Practice, Governance

Graduate Diploma In Legal Practice, Law