Experience

ChallengeWorks

• Australia
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Director

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  ChallengeWorks develops and manages memorable corporate and charity fundraising and engagement campaigns - many of which are event focused. Our core capabilities include: ► Strategy & Advisory - Where we assist our clients to shape their organisations for mission success, support their teams to deliver like seasoned professionals, and also develop fundraising and engagement campaigns that fit their organisation like a glove ► Technology - Where we build fit for purpose, class leading donor platform solutions to drive or support campaigns ► Event operations - Ensuring everything just works on event day. Show less



Gotcha4Life Foundation

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager (Consultant)

  • Oct 2020 - Jan 2023

  Having worked on many projects with Gotcha4Life in the past, the opportunity came to step into more of a substantial retained consultant GM role to guide this incredible organisation through a period of enormous growth and increasing social impact. The most significant aspects of the role included developing and executing achievable and impactful operational strategies that took program delivery from 2 states and 34,000 annual participants to national participation of 120,000. In order to fund this expansion I oversaw the implementation of a number of funding initiatives that resulted in a 180% revenue growth over 2 year period. Most importantly all of this was focused on driving towards Zero Suicides. Show less



Third Horizon Consulting

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Management Consultant

  • Feb 2011 - Jul 2015

  I led and consulted on a broad range of people and communications focused consulting assignments across a diverse range of customers within government, utilities and the private sector. Engagements included change management within complex improvement programs, acquisition integrations, operationalisation of strategy and the delivery of sustainable business transformation. I led and consulted on a broad range of people and communications focused consulting assignments across a diverse range of customers within government, utilities and the private sector. Engagements included change management within complex improvement programs, acquisition integrations, operationalisation of strategy and the delivery of sustainable business transformation.



Planit Testing

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Organisational Change Consultant

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

  I was responsible for conducting a strategic review of the marketing, IT and HR functions of this successful and fast growing business. I developed and kicked off the implementation plan for quality improvement and 'professionalisation' of the various functions. with a strong focus on staff engagement and communications. I was responsible for conducting a strategic review of the marketing, IT and HR functions of this successful and fast growing business. I developed and kicked off the implementation plan for quality improvement and 'professionalisation' of the various functions. with a strong focus on staff engagement and communications.



Honda Australia Motor Vehicles

• Australia
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Business Unit Manager

  • Nov 2005 - Dec 2008

  Management of Honda's stand-alone CSR focused training division with broad GM responsibility across all aspects of this business. The division was established to deliver on Honda's corporate social responsibility strategy and provided a range of philanthropic training and road safety services to community and charitable organisations, all of which were funded by the divisions commercial training services. My most significant areas of value add included; turning the loss making commercial service offerings to profitability. This was achieved through the development and implementation of a comprehensive sales and marketing strategy and extensive product development, retaining the lease on a unique and irreplaceable training facility via an extended negotiation and lobbying process with local and state government, and achieving a 30% improvement in staff retention rates whilst reducing overall staff costs. These commercial strategies facilitated and funded the expansion of the division’s philanthropic activities in terms of both services and impact. This expansion covered schools road safety programs, provision of training to disadvantaged youth and similar community support programs. Show less



Medialink UK Ltd

• Director

  • Jun 2004 - Jul 2005

  Overall finance, HR, IT and administrative responsibility for the 3 UK subsidiaries of Medialink Worldwide Inc. The most significant areas of value add included; driving company wide margin improvements via an integrated recruitment and restructuring strategy, the sourcing and implementation of a bespoke IT infrastructure and database solution to improve operational efficiency and leading several successful large tender application teams.

• Group Finance Manager

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2004

  Financial, HR and Administrative operational responsibility for the 3 UK subsidiaries of Medialink Worldwide Inc. Reporting to the UK Group Finance Director.



P&O Nedlloyd

• Netherlands
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Management Accountant - IT Division

  • Jan 1998 - Dec 1999