Greater Sydney Area
I am a highly regarded chairman and chief executive with substantial experience in running businesses throughout Australia and Asia. Areas of expertise include retail and business banking, private banking, funds management, life and general insurance, pension and financial planning businesses across many different brands. I have worked in Private Equity leading a turn around and transformation of both a quick service restaurant and financial services business. I have worked in large corporations, start ups and turn around situations in private, venture capital, private equity and public back businesses. I am currently the the Chair of Colonial First State and Executive Chair of ASX listed Generation Development Group, Chairman of AIEF (aief.com.au), Tibra Capital (Tibra.com) and Expert360 (Expert360.com) and advisory board member of 5V Capital. KEY STRENGTHS o Broad corporate operating experience, overseeing strategy and management of all aspects of Finance, Sales and Marketing, Technology, Administration, Product Management and Development and Human Resources. o People focussed with a long track record for driving world leading employee engagement. o Customer focussed with an established track record for lifting customer satisfaction and advocacy, growing market share, improving retention and growing customer numbers. o Strong innovation bias having launched a number of firsts across product, services and processes. o Deep experience in stakeholder management across media, investors, government and community. o Substantial Mergers and Acquisition experience with a track record for exceeding outcomes for all stakeholders. o Extensive board experience with listed and unlisted entities. o Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. o Works energetically, effectively & passionately under pressure and time constraint.