Experience

Counselling in Melbourne

• Australia
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Owner

  • May 2015 - Present

  I am the Business Owner of Counselling in Melbourne, a boutique private psychology practice in the CBD. Our team of psychologists are career professionals, fully registered and outcome-driven. We've established relationships with many GP practices, multiple national EAP providers, TAC, WorkCover & online platforms eg Career Money Life. Psychology/Counselling Services Our team of practitioners provide face-to-face or online counselling in a safe, secure, and confidential environment. Our psychologists are fully registered & can provide services to clients who may be experiencing overwhelming emotions across the mental health spectrum. Intersect Mentoring Program Our program is a new approach to mentoring in the workplace. Its focus is about replacing the employee’s transactional experience by using and enhancing the organisation’s social capital (relationships). The program saves time & costs by leveraging internal employee resources to develop others, creating two-way relationships that strengthen horizontal & vertical connections essential for effective organisational development interventions. Our program is proven, evidence-based, collaborative, and bespoke. A key outcome is to support and develop mentees & mentors from different organisation departments to achieve an organisational-wide positive shift and gain direct personal and professional tangible benefits. Associate Partner Program Many psychology practices are seeking new client appointments but are unable to commit time & resources to meet client needs or they don’t have the expertise to establish new online client referral sources. Our Associate Partner Program leverages Counselling in Melbourne’s brand & we work with you behind the scenes to increase your online visibility & expand your network referral sources. Practitioners who join our Associate Partner Program have experienced an increase between 3-6 new clients per month. Discover how Counselling in Melbourne can help you, connect with us. Show less



Redholdings (Australia)

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services

• Business Owner

  • May 2010 - Present

  Redholdings (Australia) evolved when an opportunity was presented to contract my services due to my new business development skills, strategic thinking and relationship building capabilities. After several years of focusing on the establishment of a successful wholesale business and national reseller network, including projecting managing the highly successful Sri Lankan redevelopment of an ancestral property to become a boutique luxury hotel - Notary’s House, which won Trip Advisor Travellers Choice 2020 award. From 2016, I changed my focus to provide support services to solo or small General Practitioners and Allied Health Practices. Support services provided but not limited to include: - bookkeeping, which includes liaising with the practice accountant - website design and search engine optimisation (SEO) - management of practice management software - virtual secretarial service management - online marketing activities such as AdWords that incorporated campaign design, implementation, management and evaluation Through Redholdings I was contracted to project manage the complete refurbishment of Heidelberg West Medical Centre. New policies and procedures were introduced around management responsibilities ensuring the practice became an APHRA accredited. A program for staff training and knowledge levels where introduced to meet industry standards. I was also engaged by the principal Doctor for ongoing business advice and management of their personal financials. Contracted by The RedShed, I established and managed a wholesale distribution network for their range of equipment, including the signing of a distributor for New Zealand. I developed the company’s warehouse logistics procedures and protocols manual and coordinated all stock movements servicing 5 retail outlets across Melbourne for sales in-store and online. Show less



Pentana Solutions

• Australia
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• National Sales Manager

  • Feb 2008 - Apr 2010

  Pentana Solutions Pty Ltd were software developers and retailers of dealer management service systems for the global automotive industry. As National Sales Manager I expanded nine e-business products including client relationship management (CRM software portal) and e-marketing software and worked with the Product Band Manager to develop new e-business based products. I integrated the Dealer Management System with the website. Working with a strategic partner of the Business, I offered an alternate strategy solution that achieved retention of Business and saw established KPIs met. Show less



The Apartment Superstore

• Client Relationship and Business Development Manager

  • Apr 2007 - Jan 2008

  The Apartment Superstore was a property consultancy specialising in project marketing and sales on behalf of residential apartment developers. As Client Relationship and Business Development Manager, I liaised with large property developers and international and local property investors. To grow the Business, I identified and presented marketing options to boutique property developers aiming to become their preferred marketing and selling agent. The Apartment Superstore was a property consultancy specialising in project marketing and sales on behalf of residential apartment developers. As Client Relationship and Business Development Manager, I liaised with large property developers and international and local property investors. To grow the Business, I identified and presented marketing options to boutique property developers aiming to become their preferred marketing and selling agent.



Wirads Nominees Pty Ltd

• Business and General Manager (Australia and Sri Lanka)

  • Jan 2002 - Mar 2007

  Wirads Nominees Pty Ltd was a diversified private property and investment group with a strong record in residential and agricultural property development, construction and sales in Australia and Sri Lanka I negotiated with key stakeholders to secure venture capital and strategic alliances for new and existing projects. I was responsible for the international (Australia, UK, Canada and USA) project management, marketing and sales of redeveloped estates and properties in Sri Lanka, which included liaising with statutory authorities about development building and planning permits and approvals. In conjunction with overseeing building design with architects. I identified and acquired suitable land in key growth areas for residential development and non-productive coconut estates for redevelopment into commercially viable agribusiness enterprises (Sri Lanka). Show less



Virbac

• France
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • Jan 1999 - Dec 2001

  Virbac specialises in development, manufacture and marketing of animal health pharmaceutical products. I researched and identified new market opportunities including feedlots and live export trade. As part of a team, a new nutritional division was developed and marketed throughout the sales network. I established strategic relationships with key stakeholders which resulted in increased sales of specialised products to their members and growth for the Business. Virbac specialises in development, manufacture and marketing of animal health pharmaceutical products. I researched and identified new market opportunities including feedlots and live export trade. As part of a team, a new nutritional division was developed and marketed throughout the sales network. I established strategic relationships with key stakeholders which resulted in increased sales of specialised products to their members and growth for the Business.