Advisory Services For Business Leaders

 

Advisory Services For Business Leaders-Why Choose Me?  

During my corporate career, I held “C-Level” positions (CEO, CFO & GM) for 25 years, in companies of all sizes, from new start-ups to large corporations, in multiple industries in 6 countries, and was Chief Financial Officer of 3 “ASX Listed Top 50” companies in Australia..

A highly experienced Board Member, I served on the boards of a number of large companies, including Optus Communications, Optus Vision, Air NZ, Qantas,
Consolidated Press, and Sunbeam Victa.

Starting and building a successful business has never been easy. But this may be the most challenging time in more than a generation to be a Business Owner or CEO.  According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, more than 60 percent of small and medium sized businesses fail within the first three years of their start-up journey.

This doesn’t mean their product or service wasn’t good enough! More often than not, it simply means they didn’t fully understand the challenges that come with running and growing their business.

Global uncertainty, conflict disrupting international supply chains, an ongoing series of tech-driven disruptions, climate change, and an ever-broadening set of risks have been piled onto an already daunting set of pressures on business leaders.

Your trusted advisor is a “sounding-board”, and a source of new ideas, solutions, innovation, growth and market trends.

They are also a source of peace of mind. Giving you confidence, just to know that they are always there for you if and when you might need them.

The role of a CEO/Business Owner or Top Level Executive can be very challenging, and at times can become overwhelming, particularly at a time the business is going through a difficult phase, rapid growth or change.

As a result, these situations can also lead to personal issues, and if that happens it can have an adverse impact on the executives business performance.

He or she might be reluctant to seek help or advice from a board member or senior colleague as that could potentially lead to their position being undermined or even threatened.

So having a suitably qualified business advisor, with the right experience and skills, can be a great option.

Why Choose Me as Your Trusted Advisor?

Born and Educated in England, after building my career in accounting, I wanted to broaden my potential career options beyond accounting, so I applied and was accepted to the MBA course at Cranfield University in England.

Shortly after completing my MBA I moved to the middle-east where I worked for over 10 years, initially as a consultant and manager with Ernst & Young, and for the last 6 years in Dubai, as CFO of the Dubai Aluminium Company, a major industrial facility owned by the Ruler of Dubai, before moving to Australia, where I have lived and worked in Sydney with my family now for over 25 years.

10 years’ consulting and advisory experience in the Middle-East, Australia & New Zealand, working with Business Owners and CEOs, initially to explore potential opportunities they are not taking action on, and priority problems they are too busy to resolve. Then working with them as their trusted advisor to increase individual and organisational performance and value.

Coupled with the skills and experience from my corporate career, this has made it possible for me to provide support to boards & leadership teams across multiple industries and provide a comprehensive depth of advisory services that few business mentors or coaches could match.

I am a passionate business advisor and have helped many people over the course of my corporate and coaching & consulting career to grow their business skills and confidence.

I have been excited to watch many of them achieve great success in their careers and their personal lives.

Over 28 years experience in manufacturing companies in the UK, Middle East and Australia from Cost Accountant to CEO, has given me a deep understanding of manufacturing businesses, their systems, financial management and the types of problems and issues they typically experience.

 

My training and experience in internet and social media marketing has given me the ability to infuse modern thinking and technology with traditional business solutions to achieve optimal solutions to today’s business challenges.

Commitment and enthusiasm are characteristics I bring to every company and executive I work with – always giving 100%

 

Corporate Career Highlights include:

• Private Equity Capital Acquisition of Sunbeam Victa. Appointed CFO & led the business transformation. Improved EBIT from ($7m. loss) to $16m profit, in first 2 years. Appointed CEO when the encumbent CEO resigned for health reasons.
• Qantas CFO – Played a leadership role in Profit turnaround from loss of ($300m.) to EBIT of $156m in 12 months. I was also heavily involved in the acquisition & integration of Australian Airlines into the Qantas business.
• Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) – CFO/General Manager. Renegotiated company’s paper & printing contracts, providing major competitive advantage & increase in annual profit of more than $2 million.
• Optus Communications – Finance Director. During my tenure, Optus achieved it’smaiden profit (at EBITDA level).
• Australian Kitchen Industries (AKI) – Negotiated & led private-equity buy-in. As  MD, my team and I  grew the business from annual sales of $12 million & loss of $2 million, to sales of $65 million & profit of $5m, over a 6-year period.

That experience allowed me to develop many new skills, and achieve outstanding results including:

The vision and experience to see the “big picture” coupled with the ability to master the detail that drives a business comes from my diverse experience ranging from  CFO of large ASX listed companies, board director of listed and private companies and working as business advisor to CEOs and Entrepreneurs.

I have extensive experience and skills in creation, presentation and ongoing management of strategic business plans, corporate restructuring, change management and financial management. 

My Broad range of experience and skills has enabled me to provide comprehensive advisory and coaching advice to Business owners, CEO’s and Senior executives in companies of all sizes and at any stage of their journey from start-ups to a mature businesses.

Education

Master’s in business administration (MBA) from Cranfield University in the UK.

Fellow Of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).

Why am I different?

My knowledge and skills are based on over 30 years personal practical experience of actually having done what many business leaders aspire to do, at top management level in multiple industries in a number of large and medium sized companies, and start-ups.

I have a proven history of honesty and integrity.

I give 100% in every position I accept, and always aim to exceed people’s highest expectations.

What do I have to back-up my claims?

My proven track-record and experience in finance and top management at the highest level.
Proven honesty and integrity in everything I do.

I invite you to read what others have said about working with me:

Testimonials from long term business partners and clients

In Summary – The benefits of working with me:

–    My Business experience. Whatever your issues are, chances are I have been there and done it in a number of different businesses and industries. The issues and solutions that businesses face are surprisingly similar and will most likely apply in your case.

–    I am carefrul when choosing clioebts to work with. My reputation and integrity is on the line with every client or project I accept. I normally work with CEO’s and Business Owners who have growth opportunities in their business that I can help them to unlock, and who are ambitious to grow their business, and prepared to make a commitment up-front to implement the strategies we agree together, in the time-frame we set and will commit to schedule weekly update meetings.

–    I work with CEO’s and Business owners who are open to advisory services and working as a team with me and their key managers to achieve their desired outcomes, whilst having fun in the process !!

–   If the strategies we agree require an additional cash injection, I can work with you to develop a business-plan, even help you to present it to your bank and/or finance providers, including private equity companies.

During my corporate career I secured private equity funding for 2 businesses in which I was CEO.

In Conclusion

If you believe I might be able to assist you, to work with you as your trusted advisor, to help you to resolve any current concerns or issues you might have, and to take your business and personal life to the next level.

If you would like to learn more, just click on the button below to book a free 20-30 minute strategy call with me personally, so we can discuss whether that might be a good fit for you and your business at this time:

 

Click Button to Book Your Free Strategy Call

 

You will receive an email confirmation and a reminder from my booking system prior to the meeting.

Alternatively, you can send me a connection request on LinkedIn or Sales Navigator, with a brief message eg. (I am interested to learn more about your advisory services). I will accept your Contact Request and contact you to arrange an initial chat within 24 hours. 

Alternatively, you can send me message on LinkedIn with a brief explanation of what you need help with, and I will message or call you for an initial chat within 24 hours. My mobile number is 0418 277 137

I look forward to talking with you.   You can View my LinkedIn Profile Here

(Last Updated April 2024)