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A commercially driven executive marketing and strategy leader with extensive experience shaping brand, growth and transformation agendas across large-scale consumer businesses and complex international markets.

Brings deep expertise across enterprise marketing strategy, brand transformation, commercial growth, portfolio strategy, customer-led innovation and multi-channel transformation, with a proven ability to translate strategic vision into measurable business outcomes. Experienced in leading significant investment portfolios, navigating complex stakeholder environments and identifying new market and growth opportunities.

A sophisticated and commercially astute leader who combines strategic marketing capability with strong financial and operational acumen. Recognised for driving organisational transformation, strengthening market position and building sustainable growth strategies across diverse and highly competitive markets.

Highly accomplished commercial retail leader with 15+ years’ experience driving category strategy, brand partnerships, product development and business transformation across premium retail and beauty. Proven track record leading high-performing teams, delivering large-scale commercial outcomes and building long-term growth strategies within complex, customer-centric organisations. With experience leading multi-brand portfolios, developing category roadmaps, driving innovation and partnering with executive leadership teams, this candidate combines strategic thinking with strong commercial acumen and a collaborative leadership style. Open to permanent opportunities, fixed-term contracts or strategic consulting engagements, particularly where they can influence transformation, team capability and long-term business growth.

CEO and business transformation specialist with a track record of turnarounds, growth strategy, and PE-backed change across UK, Australian, and Singaporean retail
Currently CEO of a national retail brand, appointed as part of an operational-improvement mandate under private equity ownership
Previously Executive General Manager of Convenience for a major Australian grocery wholesaler, merging two divisions into a single $1.5bn wholesale business and restoring it to break-even within 12 months through $10M in identified synergies
As interim CEO of a $1.6bn ASX-listed consumer electronics retailer, delivered a successful divestment process, meeting all profit and working capital targets
Earlier led a UK travel retail group as Managing Director, restoring the business to profitable growth with 70% profit growth over three years and a 9% sales increase to over £320M
Led the turnaround and disposal of a 500-store UK footwear chain on behalf of its principal lender, protecting over 3,000 jobs
Ran a Singapore-based consumer electronics retailer through a brand relaunch and eventual sale to an Australian retail group
MBA, GAICD, with deep expertise across consumer electronics, footwear, travel retail, pharmacy, and FMCG sectors

A senior CFO with more than 20 years’ experience across global, multi-market organisations in consumer health, retail, e-commerce, media and FMCG, operating at board and private-equity level. Currently CFO of a private-equity backed Australian consumer health and wellness brand, reporting directly to the board and PE partners, having evaluated and executed three acquisitions in the past 12 months and established reporting aligned to private-equity standards. Previously Group CFO of one of the largest Baltic grocery retailers, leading a 178-person organisation across finance, compliance, legal, sourcing and automation, chairing the SAP S/4HANA steering committee, and delivering $2M in annual savings through agile transformation. As CFO & COO of an LSE-listed international online retail group, led the ASX IPO and dual-listing process, lifted same-day dispatch from under 20% to over 95% within three months, and turned a loss-making business profitable through margin and cost initiatives. Earlier spent a decade in senior regional finance leadership for a major Hollywood studio’s consumer goods, digital and theatrical distribution business across APAC, Latin America and the Nordics, delivering multi-million dollar cost savings, margin growth and post-acquisition integration into a global media parent. Executive MBA (High Distinction), GAICD qualified.

A commercially driven senior executive with more than 25 years’ P&L and leadership experience across consumer goods and large-format retail in Australia, Singapore and Africa. Most recently Managing Director for a global vertically integrated housewares manufacturer’s ANZ and Singapore operations, growing revenue from $28M to $43M, leading a team of 90, and building a premium cookware brand that now represents around 50% of group revenue. Delivered a 30% revenue uplift in a single year, scaled e-commerce to around 40% of total revenue, launched a new loyalty program, and modernised the supply chain including a warehouse and logistics transition to third-party providers, with distribution spanning major department stores, mass retailers, marketplaces and e-commerce platforms. Previously Chief Marketing Officer for a major African general merchandise retail division of a global US retail group, with responsibility for 135 stores across 13 countries, a $55M+ media budget, and a $150M+ private label portfolio grown at a 17% CAGR, as part of a leadership team delivering $1.5bn in revenue and $56M EBIT. Also held General Manager Marketing responsibility for a major Australian discount retailer. MBA (Distinction) with Duke University electives, and GAICD qualified. Open to CEO, COO, CRO or CMO mandates, and open to relocation.

A CFO with three decades of finance leadership across construction, retail, wholesale and international markets. Most recently CFO and Company Secretary for a national tier-one construction group, where she led the acquisition and integration of a new business arm that doubled group revenue from $380M to $800M, drove a major uplift in cyber security, and strengthened bonding facilities and financial reporting to support continued growth. Previously CFO for a leading kitchen and appliance retail group, rebuilding the finance function after a period of instability and unlocking $1M+ in cash flow through a rebate process overhaul. Earlier served as CFO and Company Secretary for a global swimwear retail and wholesale brand through two private equity-backed acquisitions, including a majority buyout and an international brand integration, and led a US market entry. Also held CFO responsibility for an international fashion retail franchise group and senior finance leadership roles for a global vehicle glass repair and replacement business in the UK. Deep expertise in M&A, working capital, governance and finance transformation across multiple sectors and jurisdictions. Not seeking CEO mandates; open to CFO roles, with a preference to explore Sydney-based opportunities first.

A transformation-focused CFO with more than 20 years’ finance and operations leadership across luxury retail, FMCG and cosmetics, spanning the Middle East, GCC, Australia, South America and North America. Most recently Finance & Operations Director ANZ for a global luxury beauty and skincare group, leading finance, supply chain, IT and customer service regionally, delivering an end-to-end ERP implementation, a roughly 25% reduction in third-party logistics costs, and a head office relocation that cut facility costs by around 40%. Previously CFO for South America at a leading global luxury fashion house, holding full P&L ownership across multiple countries and delivering a 15% regional operating expense reduction, having earlier led senior finance functions across the Americas and the Middle East/GCC for the same group. Also delivered a margin enhancement project for a leading global beauty and cosmetics group through SKU rationalisation and rebate redesign. Deep expertise in ERP and finance transformation (SAP, Workday, Infor M3), cost control, inventory optimisation and store operations review, with a strong track record building financial discipline and cadence into finance functions. Open to interim, consultancy and permanent CFO mandates.

An award-winning marketing strategist with over 20 years’ experience shaping how brands are discovered, trusted and chosen, named Certified Practising Marketer of the Year 2023 by the Australian Marketing Institute. Founded and led a 12-year search-led content marketing agency, scaling from a solo practice to a team of 20, generating $10M+ in revenue and maintaining EBITDA above 20%, and recently led the business through a full financial turnaround from -13% to +8% net profit within a single year. A deep specialist in search marketing (SEO, AI search, owned channels) with full-ecosystem experience spanning above-the-line, digital and traditional PR, and a hands-on delivery style built on founder-level accountability. Currently teaching AI marketing capability to in-house teams at some of Australia’s best-known brands. With AI reshaping the agency production model, is now seeking a senior in-house marketing leadership role at Head of Marketing or CMO level, combining search specialty with broader strategic and team leadership, and a clear preference for building and managing teams over individual contributor mandates.

A 25-year veteran of the fashion and apparel industry, established as a leading executive across both wholesale and retail in the Northern Hemishere and now leading the merchandise team, spanning design, development and buying, for a major Australian retailer. Previously President of the Canadian division of one of the world’s leading branded fashion accessories, footwear and apparel companies, and before that President and Chief Merchant across a major Canadian department store retailer and a leading fashion wholesale group, where she built and deployed brand and market strategies that drove significant new growth and materially improved margin and profitability across multiple divisions. A recognised industry voice, profiled extensively in international media and a long-standing judge and committee member for leading fashion and arts awards, with a strong public platform on women in leadership.

A veteran retail CEO with more than 30 years’ experience spanning big-box retail, FMCG and marketing leadership. Spent over 10 years with a major ASX-listed automotive, leisure and outdoor retail group, rising from Managing Director to Group Managing Director and CEO, and in that time grew revenue from $1.4bn to $4bn, paid down $300M in debt, and lifted EBIT margin from 5% to 13%. Prior to this, led a national apparel division as Group General Manager for a leading Australian consumer goods group, and held Marketing Director responsibility for a major global brewing company. Earlier career includes Managing Director roles at two global advertising agency networks, giving a rare combination of large-scale retail P&L leadership and brand and marketing depth.

A commercially versatile marketing and operations leader who has spent recent years applying AI to reshape how businesses run. Founded and scaled an AI consulting and automation practice from scratch to a team of five engineers and developers, building workflows that have cut client process time by an average of 70% while running the business on around two days of her own time per week. Prior to this, served as General Manager of a full-service B2C marketing agency, leading 30 staff across five divisions with full P&L accountability and driving a two-year digital transformation program spanning ERP, forecasting and performance systems. Earlier career includes global marketing leadership for a portfolio of recreation vehicle brands across four regions with $10M+ budget ownership, and senior key account management for a global consumer electronics brand representing 31% of annual turnover. A rare blend of brand, operations and AI automation expertise, well suited to interim and project-based mandates.

A top-12 ranked CMO with 25 years’ experience transforming iconic consumer brands across retail, food, telecommunications and entertainment. As CMO of a major ASX-listed retailer, reversed three consecutive years of double-digit losses into 13% revenue growth within the first year, delivered $20M in incremental sales, grew high-value shoppers by 45%, lifted average transaction value by 24%, and scaled the loyalty program by 134% to 2.4 million members. Previously led a $152M marketing program for one of the world’s largest fast food networks across 1,000-plus stores, including a digital kiosk rollout that generated $650M in sales. Holds 38 industry awards and a CMO50 ranking.

A transformation executive with more than 20 years’ experience across large-scale retail, wholesale and FMCG businesses, managing portfolios up to $20M within organisations generating up to $9.6 billion in revenue. Delivered a complete wholesale business turnaround, converting a loss-making operation into a $10M+ EBIT improvement within two years, while leading a full operating model restructure and securing CEO approval for a $10M technology investment. Delivered 15% average sales uplifts through a 100-plus store refurbishment program, generated $10M in inventory savings across 170 stores, launched a major retailer’s first mobile app with self-scan capability, and built analytics platforms delivering $3M in EBIT improvement. Dual-qualified with a Master of Commerce and a Bachelor of Engineering.

One of the region’s most experienced multi-brand retail executives, with a 25-year career spanning frontline store management to Country Manager of a $1.3 billion business. Played a central role in scaling a network from 32 stores to over 1,500 across 10 countries and 6 brands, leading more than 4,000 people at peak. A proven turnaround operator: added 4.2% back to EBITDA in a declining brand, delivered a 12% EBITDA improvement to rescue a struggling sub-brand within 12 months, and steered a $1.3 billion ANZ operation through COVID while achieving 85% staff engagement and positive customer NPS. Has held full P&L accountability across multiple brands and launched businesses into new international markets including the US and Europe.

A business transformer with more than 20 years’ global menswear experience across the UK, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Grew an NZ$110M retail business from the ground up, repositioning it from discount-driven to trend-led and full-price, and turned a loss-making international market into the business’s most profitable region, now 30% of total profit with an 18% CAGR since 2017. Delivered an 11-percentage-point improvement in margin erosion and grew sustainable product assortment to 45% of the business. Earlier managed a £27M private label portfolio, growing private label revenue from 15% to 55% of menswear sales and delivering record menswear margins.

A creative leader with more than 20 years’ experience spanning prestige print media and global e-commerce at scale. Has held senior creative leadership roles across major retail and media organisations, directing 360-degree seasonal campaigns, defining omnichannel brand voices, and pioneering the adoption of AI and CGI in content production across multi-billion-dollar divisions. Repositioned a leading men’s lifestyle title as a premium, design-led publication and led the full digital transformation of a global retailer’s fashion and beauty e-commerce verticals. Culturally fluent across more than 70 countries, with a rare ability to make creative output measurably effective.

A planning executive with more than 30 years’ global retail experience across the UK and Australia, most recently serving as General Manager of Planning across four major fashion and lifestyle brands simultaneously. Led a 70-person team across 60-plus categories, drove gross margin improvement, and personally designed and implemented a PLM buying system rolled out across seven brands in partnership with the CIO. Career spans children’s wear, ladieswear, menswear, accessories, beauty and duty-free retail. A data-driven decision-maker equally comfortable optimising inventory turnover as building succession pipelines and developing planning talent.

A commercial leader with more than 30 years’ experience driving revenue growth across Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States, delivering first-to-market consumer products and high-value retail partnerships. Generated USD $100M+ in OEM accessory revenue through pioneering manufacturing programs, secured exclusive distribution agreements with major US big-box retailers, and negotiated cross-border manufacturing deals that delivered a three-month head start on global product launches. Also a product innovator, having designed and launched two world-first consumer products, one raising over USD $250K through crowdfunding and winning a Product of the Year award. Backed by 30-plus years of trusted supplier relationships across China. Currently operates as an independent commercial growth advisor, helping companies commercialise consumer products and expand retail distribution and global sourcing partnerships.

A luxury sector CEO who has scaled a major group’s strategic supply chain division from €100M to €800M in revenue, growing it from 4 to 18 companies across 36 production sites and 5 continents within four years, with board or director responsibility across 42 entities and oversight of 5,500 employees. Previously served as President of a leading European luxury fashion house, delivering a full five-year growth strategy and opening flagship stores in two major global cities within the first year. Founded and scaled an own luxury brand from zero to €2M in revenue across 13 countries ahead of a successful acquisition exit. Bocconi-educated, with deep fluency across Asian, Australian, European and North American markets.

A founder-operator who built a business from the ground up into a globally recognised fashion brand, scaling it to $369M in revenue and $47M EBITDA while serving over 1.4 million customers and maintaining 80%+ employee engagement. More than 30 years’ retail and manufacturing leadership, having navigated public markets, executed multiple international acquisitions, and delivered a 35% revenue CAGR and 24% EBIT CAGR through the volatility of COVID. Pioneered a major retail group’s digital transformation, growing online sales beyond $60M and to more than 50% of total revenue. Built a 105-store ANZ footprint and scaled US operations to 25%+ of total revenue through major retail partners. MBA-qualified, with deep expertise in omnichannel retail, turnaround management and M&A integration.

A commercially astute General Manager with over 18 years’ experience across sourcing, product development and sales, having led divisions producing more than 20 million garments annually. Delivered 117% of sales budget while reducing headcount and improving cost structures to return the business to profitability. Specialises in product-led growth, supplier strategy and operational efficiency, with hands-on technical knowledge of design, garment construction and sourcing. A well-rounded operator who drives both top-line growth and margin improvement across the full product lifecycle.

A transformational CEO with more than 25 years’ leadership experience across ANZ, Europe and the US, specialising in global beauty and consumer brands. Delivered revenue growth of 2.3x, lifted EBITDA from 17% to 36%, and improved gross margin to near 70% within a single business. Expertise spans brand transformation, omnichannel expansion and full P&L ownership, including growing digital contribution from 12% to 55% and building an innovation pipeline exceeding $4M annually. A people-first leader known for pairing creativity with data-driven execution to deliver sustainable, customer-centric growth.

A commercially driven operations leader with more than 25 years’ experience scaling multi-channel retail businesses beyond $700M in revenue. Track record includes a 38% revenue uplift and a £600K EBITDA improvement delivered in a turnaround environment, plus growth of an eCommerce channel to $150M annually. Deep expertise across merchandise planning, inventory optimisation, budgeting, forecasting and open-to-buy management, with direct experience leading a 65-plus store rollout and international market entry. Combines strategic vision with hands-on execution and a strong commercial lens on margin and stock efficiency.

A commercially driven CEO with a career spanning FMCG, retail and consumer, including managing a $1.2B global portfolio at a major confectionery group and senior leadership at a leading Australian retailer, before stepping into a Group CEO role across nine companies within a Singapore-based luxury villa management group generating $50M in revenue. Joined amid $2M of inherited debt, acting as de facto CFO through the first six months, and used the COVID downturn to rebuild the brand and website and pivot the customer base toward local and expat markets, protecting jobs through an across-the-board pay cut rather than redundancies. Grew direct bookings to around 60% of revenue against an industry norm of 10-15%, lifted EBITDA to roughly 50% of revenue, and delivered bonus outcomes of 210%, 150% and 100% in successive years. A proven P&L owner and brand transformer now seeking a CEO or GM mandate with genuine delivery accountability, with strong interest in PE-backed consumer transformation.