[ { "role": "Senior Partner ", "company": "Strategic Excellence consulting ", "endYear": "", "endMonth": "", "location": "Melbourne ", "startYear": "2022", "startMonth": "8", "currentRole": true, "description": "Strategic Excellence is a consulting firm providing strategy advice to CEOs, Boards and senior managers. We help to set corporate direction, define business strategies and develop organisations." }, { "role": "CEO", "company": "Porta Australia", "endYear": "2025", "endMonth": "6", "location": "Melbourne, Victoria ", "startYear": "2023", "startMonth": "10", "currentRole": false, "description": "Step into the world of Porta, a distinguished Australian-owned company with a remarkable 90-year journey in the timber industry. As a leader in manufacturing and distributing an extensive range of timber products, Porta stands as a pillar in the Australian market, adeptly serving sectors from home improvement to commercial applications with a fusion of locally sourced and globally imported certified timber.\n\nAt the core of Porta's operations lies a synergy of advanced milling and importing, a testament to our unwavering commitment to quality. This ensures not just the provision of timber but the creation of innovative moulding and design solutions that set new benchmarks in the construction industry. With a wealth of expertise in timber, Porta is a pioneer of unique and trend-setting designs, suitable for a myriad of internal and external applications.\n\nPorta's dedication to sustainability and renewable practices is a pledge to future generations. Prioritizing certified timber sources, the company demonstrates its respect for the environment in every product. Our passionate team at Porta, with deep-rooted knowledge and love for timber, stands ready to meet customer needs with an unmatched blend of precision, care, and innovative thinking." }, { "role": "CEO ", "company": "Dindas Australia", "endYear": "2022", "endMonth": " 7", "location": "Melbourne, Australia", "startYear": "2021", "startMonth": "4", "currentRole": false, "description": "Dindas Australia is a leading distributor of Engineered Wood Products. We are positioned to provide value-added products to our customers through the provision of innovative building materials that have the potential to revolutionise the wood technology industry in Australia and beyond.\n\nWe very proudly remain a privately-owned Australian timber import and wholesale company with strong values based on people, passion and innovation and empower our people to not only understand our customer’s needs but to continually work hard to exceed them" }, { "role": "CEO ", "company": "Dutt Transport ", "endYear": "2021", "endMonth": "3", "location": "Melbourne, Australia", "startYear": "2020", "startMonth": "2", "currentRole": false, "description": "Dutt is Australia’s leading provider of end to end Retail store FF&E, (Fittings, Fixtures and Equipment) supply chain solutions. \n\nFor over 30 years Dutt has delivered results from origin to store for leading Global and Australian retailers offering a comprehensive suite of services drawing on our National scale and local insight. \n\nDutt is perceived by retail leaders in Grocery, Fashion, Cosmetic and Consumer Electronics as a trusted and respected, high calibre solutions partner." }, { "role": "CEO ", "company": "Mercator", "endYear": "2019", "endMonth": "4", "location": "Melbourne, Australia", "startYear": "2016", "startMonth": "3", "currentRole": false, "description": "Mercator is a 57-year-old privately-owned company which manufactures and wholesales lighting and ceiling fans through established retail and trade channel partners across Australia, NZ and the USA. It has a longstanding and envied market leadership position known and respected by all within the consumer market segments it competes in. \n\nMercator’s strength is underpinned by a workforce of 74 staff based at its Coolaroo headquarters and satellite sales office network. Mercator is perceived by retail segment leaders such as Bunning’s, Mitre 10, Officeworks, Rexel, Middendorp and various others as a supplier of excellence.\n\nIn conjunction with the Mercator Board of Directors, I helped execute the sale of the business to Arlec in April, 2019. " }, { "role": "CEO", "company": "Methven", "endYear": "2016", "endMonth": "2", "location": "Melbourne, Australia", "startYear": "2010", "startMonth": "3", "currentRole": false, "description": "The Methven group was a NZX listed company which manufactured and wholesaled premium designer bathroom products to the new build and renovation market segments.\n\nAs the market leader in showering products, Methven's excellence in innovation has been recognised through numerous international awards won for unique design and proprietary water-saving technologies.\n\nMethven had over 250 staff internationally and revenues of $97m with Australia the largest within the group. Methven is perceived by Australian retail segment leaders such as Reece and Bunning’s as a supplier of excellence" } ]