Director

Owen is a transformation, turnaround and change expert who has held senior strategy, commercial and operational performance roles at Qantas Airways, Air New Zealand, Brambles Industries and Origin Energy.

At Qantas and Air New Zealand, he led the Profit Enhancement Team, which ran all transformational change and cost optimisation activities across the airlines.  This involved establishing a disciplined framework to identify savings, lock targets into forecasts, budgets and strategic plans and to manage successful implementation at a divisional level.  Projects included outsourcing, offshoring, competitive tendering, realising procurement opportunities as well as other value creation programmes. He previously led the Origin’s Enterprise Portfolio Management & Transformation Office.  Working for the Executive Team he executed the “Fit for the Future” Transformation, which succeeded in optimising the enterprise support functions across Finance & Commercial, Supply Chain, IT, Human Resources, Project Management, HSE and Risk.

Owen has independently consulted in a number of CFO and Commercial roles and as Program Director, Virgin Australia Airlines also led the introduction of inflight connectivity into the B737, B777 and A330 fleet. Owen’s most recent assignment was as the Chairman of the Crisis Management Committee at Sydney Airport, leading and project managing the organisations response to COVID19.

Owen has a first class honours degree in Economics, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales and a keen distance runner.

Partner

Wally is a strategic Human Resource executive with extensive experience in leading all aspect of human resource and change management functions. His experience is gained through a number of industries, including Mining & Resources, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Transport & Logistics, Retail, Manufacturing, Small to Medium Enterprises.

Wally has a track record of success in situations which present major challenges requiring creative, innovative solutions and influencing skills. An accomplished, respected and energetic leader with extensive generalist human resource and transformation experience. He has warm and engaging communication style, a professional demeanour and a flexible management style that is epitomised by integrity, fairness and getting results. Wally’s “mantra” is “helping employees and staff be the best versions of themselves”.

Wally holds a Bachelor of Business and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources plus is Six Sigma trained. Wally is married to his Australian wife and has two boys plus a very lively and energetic border collie that helps him keep fit.

Consultant

Mark has a passion for transforming business, drawing on over 20 years in senior management roles across Telecommunications, Airlines and Logistics.  He has proven ability to build strategy and deliver business improvement.  He is experienced at all levels of commercial and financial management including Board level representation; supplier and customer commercial negotiations; and steering group / working group level project ownership.  Mark has managed challenging key finance and commercial functions for businesses in Australia and the United Kingdom.  He has led major programs including operational, business improvement and systems implementation.  Mark builds positive engagement with teams and colleagues through authentic leadership, influencing, collaboration and living core values.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Southern Queensland and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand.