Experience

One Meal - It Makes A Difference

• Australia
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Engagement, Marketing, Grants and Funding; Board Member.

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  One Meal is a food-relief charity providing healthy, nutritious meals and a range of human services to the disadvantaged, vulnerable and at-risk members of our community. One Meal aims to provide dignified access to healthy, good quality food via community dinners, fresh fruit and veggie hampers, breakfast packs, pantry staples, and ready-to-eat, ‘home-cooked’ hot and frozen complete meals. Through these services One Meal aim to also create opportunities for positive connection and engagement that address social disadvantage and strengthen our community.



OzHarvest

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Gold Coast Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

  OzHarvest is Australia's leading perishable food rescue organisation collecting quality excess food from more than 2,000 commercial outlets and delivering it, direct and free of charge, to more than 900 charities across Australia. Our mission is to Nourish Our Country. OzHarvest also provides education on nutrition, sustainability, minimising food waste, nutritious eating on a budget, and vocational training (Cert II Kitchen Ops) for at-risk youth. OzHarvest is Australia's leading perishable food rescue organisation collecting quality excess food from more than 2,000 commercial outlets and delivering it, direct and free of charge, to more than 900 charities across Australia. Our mission is to Nourish Our Country. OzHarvest also provides education on nutrition, sustainability, minimising food waste, nutritious eating on a budget, and vocational training (Cert II Kitchen Ops) for at-risk youth.



Anglicare, Compeer, Thrive Refugee Enterprise

• Various Volunteer Roles

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2018

  Allocated a year to being immersed in community service via various skilled volunteering roles contributing to local community and social service charities. During this period I became committed to spending my future in not-for-profit work and applying my skills and experience to assisting charitable/philanthropic organisations to maximise impact and achieve goals. Allocated a year to being immersed in community service via various skilled volunteering roles contributing to local community and social service charities. During this period I became committed to spending my future in not-for-profit work and applying my skills and experience to assisting charitable/philanthropic organisations to maximise impact and achieve goals.



Fernhill Estate

• Australia
• Recreational Facilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director/CEO

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2017

  Re-awakening of 1810 heritage listed 2,000 acre Estate that had been in receivership and stood vacant for over 3 years. Previously always a private residence, this role opened the Estate to the public through events and functions plus hosting major events such as Picnic Races, music concerts, ToughMudder and various historical tours, fundraisers, etc. Role required a significant effort in managing community stakeholders, negotiating with local and state bodies, preparing and managing relevant applications and legisation including Office of Envirnoment and Heritage, and Land and Environment Court. A very diverse CEO role, from negotiating with Government to hosting fundraisers to scheduling the estates farm operational activties like cattle marking! Challenging Director role engaging stakeholders and quarterly reporting on progress. Achieved outcome of being self sufficient and open to the public with a sustainable future. Returned on 5 month contract during 2017 to assist in securing approval for a large scale rock concert at the Estate, and then delivering the marketing component of the event held in May 2017.



Van Zyl Tripp Pty Ltd

• Director

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2012

  Managing a portfolio of investments and property developments. A part-time role while allocating time to family commitments including two daughters competitive horse show jumping, representing Australia overseas on a number of occasions. This proved to be a very time consuming pursuit! During this time I also became active in volunteering including Projects Abroad (teaching in Fiji), Habitats for Humanity (building projects in Cambodia), and assisting with strategic planning, marketing and fund raising activities for various NFP ventures and a very active member of the community, including Pony Club President, Marketing Committee for school P&F and netball coach to a number of teams at the school and local club.



TACTICS Pty Ltd (Australia and NZ)

• Managing Director and CEO

  • Dec 1988 - Jul 2006

  CEO of a professional, independent management consulting group and leading provider of performance support services in the Asia-Pacific region (Aus, NZ, HK, KL and Singapore). Projects range from enterprise-wide process and system implementations, performance management and training rollouts, regulatory compliance and business process mapping, to the design and creation of information repositories including customised training and documentation design and development. During this period successfully restructured the business to facilitate greater independence and autonomy between AUS/NZ operations and Asia (HK, KL and Singapore) operations enabling each region to better adapt strategically and operationally to specific market and client needs. This restructure ultimately led to independent ownership, management, strategic direction and branding in Aus/NZ and Asia. Both organisations continued to collaborate and share insights, contacts and information, and to successfully grow while remaining on the leading edge of delivering effective solutions for clients. Following the success of the Aus/NZ/Asia restructure, went on to facilitate the negotiation and completion of a very successful MBO of the NZ business by senior staff in the NZ team which continues today. During this period, I also appointed and mentored a General Manager for Australian operations in order to begin a progressive handover with a view to achieving better work-life balance and being able to spend more time with my young family. In late 2005, negotiated a buy-out of my interest and stake-holding in TACTICS to a long term strategic business partner who had worked with TACTICS for years - a Singapore based firm ICUS, who then merged the business with Pollack Partners and the result was TP3 who continued to successfully deliver services to clients.



TACTICS Pty Ltd

• South Africa
• Retail Office Equipment

• Managing Director

  • Jan 1993 - Dec 1998

  Appointed as Managing Director to take on the company expansion to Australia along with rebranding to TACTICS Pty Ltd. Over the next 5 years the company grew to 120 staff with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Auckland and Wellington and revenues over $10M. Our services had also expanded to include documentation, information/content management, usability of online information (intranets and websites were becoming more mainstream), information architecture/design/interface, change management and general performance improvement consulting/solutions. This role required significant strategic and business planning, client, staff and business management to ensure client satisfaction and service quality were never compromised by rapid growth and regional expansion, along with recruitment, training and support for a growing team of professional consultants. Monthly Board reporting was an important aspect of my role, particularly during an 18 month period during which an IPO of the company was being considered.



TACTICS Training Technology Pty Ltd

• Senior Consultant

  • Aug 1991 - Nov 1992

  Joined TACTICS as a new start up company. I was the second person to be employed, initially to design and deliver comprehensive training solutions for clients, but the role quickly expanded into growing the client base and helping grow the business. Over the next 12 months I was responsible for opening offices in Auckland and Christchurch in NZ, grew revenue to over $1M and signed a large contract with Caltex in Sydney, Australia - which led to my move to live in Sydney in January 1993 and establishment of the Australian operations of the organisation.



Databank New Zealand

• Senior Training Consultant/Project Manager

  • Nov 1989 - Jul 1991

  Project Management and consulting, including training needs analysis, course design and development for Databank clients (major banks) using the Databank systems and procedures (operating shared services and data processing for consortium of competing banks). Shortly after migrating to New Zealand to take up this position it was announced that as a result of banking deregulation in NZ, Databank was to be closed down - hence my move to TACTICS. Project Management and consulting, including training needs analysis, course design and development for Databank clients (major banks) using the Databank systems and procedures (operating shared services and data processing for consortium of competing banks). Shortly after migrating to New Zealand to take up this position it was announced that as a result of banking deregulation in NZ, Databank was to be closed down - hence my move to TACTICS.



Barclays Bank, South Africa

• Training And Development Consultant

  • Jan 1986 - Oct 1989

  Graduate recruit joining a newly established task force charged with designing, developing and implementing distance-based and self-paced training programs, computer-based learning throughout the branch network to largely replace classroom based training of staff. At the time, computer based delivery of training was a new and innovative way to meet training needs and delivery was considered "leading edge". Graduate recruit joining a newly established task force charged with designing, developing and implementing distance-based and self-paced training programs, computer-based learning throughout the branch network to largely replace classroom based training of staff. At the time, computer based delivery of training was a new and innovative way to meet training needs and delivery was considered "leading edge".