Our Leadership Team
James Darling, Managing Director
Specialty
- Business Strategy and Execution
- Change Management and Business Integration
- HR Performance Management
- Operational Effectiveness
- Coaching & Mentoring
Tertiary
- M.B.A, London School of Economics
- Diploma in Management Practises, MRG
- Summary
James is a highly experienced and well-respected business executive with over 25 years in the business. Over the past 10 years, his roles have included CEO (Real Estate Company), General Manager (HR and Recruitment Business), Managing Director, General Manager and National Director Operations (Strategic Solutions Provider). James has the ability to identify issues and advise your business in competitive and demanding markets, ensuring that your organisation is capable of meeting and exceeding your targets.
He has advanced abilities in the development of effective and efficient business strategies as well as their implementation and execution in order to deliver superior business performance. He also has recognised skills in change management and strategic management.
Joan Tan
Specialty
- Training and Development
- Process and Procedures
- Euducation and Training
Tertiary
- Masters Education
- Grad Dip IT
- Grad Dip Marketing
- Grad Dip Art
Summary
Joan understands the need for your business to continually improve its operations in all areas to obtain maximum productivity and efficiency, and to increase staff commitment, performance and profitability.
Joan’s skills have been used in corporate professional roles, small business roles, government and university roles to assist in the following areas:
- Provide process and procedure development and re-engineering in conjunction with staff to improve productivity and profitability education and training strategies.
- Training materials and delivering of training to improve staff skills and efficiency increase staff morale and buy-in through team workshops that look at the teams strengths and weaknesses and the individuals strengths,
- Empowering both the individual and the team to make positive improvements and increased commitment and motivation.
Garry Bourke, Business Development
Specialty
- Business Strategy and Execution
- Franchising
- Change Management
- Sales & Marketing
Summary
With strong management and leadership capabilities, Garry possesses a keen business acumen and sound commercial awareness. He prides himself on his creativity and innovation, clear business strategy, advanced technical evaluation capabilities and client success, with a proven record of increasing company profitability, growth rates and turnover in new and established markets.
Working across cross-functional business processes, Garry possess an in-depth understanding of complex business solutions, strategic operational analysis, (business unit) management and development, staff recruitment and leadership, strategic sales and marketing and overall best business practice.
Committed to delivering beyond client and stakeholder expectations, Garry is an excellent communicator, displaying the ability to build rapport and influence across all levels of an organisation.
Fran Whittingham
Specialty
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Operations
- Training and Development
- Health and Community
- Industrial relations
Tertiary
- Bachelor Business
Summary
Fran provides coaching and consulting expertise that draws on a broad range of talent and experience in leadership, management, teaching, training, consulting and business ownership.
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Fran has coached individuals and teams in a management capacity as well as in a consultant or training role. Her clients have ranged from blue collar to senior management and she brings the additional and invaluable experience of working with the public, different cultures and diverse socio-economic groups.
Fran has gained executive coaching, human resource and management consulting credentials. Her assignments have been in Asia and Australia. Fran specialises in working with individuals and teams to produce personal, career and organisational change and has provided services to many industries as a consultant since 1998 and was a was a finalist in the Telstra Business Womans Award.
Chris Stewart
Specialty
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Strategist
- M&A
- Training and Development
- HR Performance Management
- Project Management
Tertiary
- Masters of Science, Swinburne University
- Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations, Psychology (University of Canberra)
Summary
Chris joined Next Move from a boutique strategy consulting firm focused on strategic foresight where he was Managing Director working with public, private and community sector organisations across ACT, NSW, and VIC.
He has over 10 years consulting experience providing project management, communications planning, and policy and strategy development services. Combining hindsight from practical experience with foresight from futures research, Chris assists SMEs to develop a wealth of strategic insights into their business, markets and industry and find how to better navigate to the futures they want.
Chris is a Member of the Association of Professional Futurists and professional member of the World Future Society, a Fellow at the Asian Foresight Institute and co-chair of the United Nation’s Millennium Project, Australasian node.
Dave Simpson
Specialty
- International Management across Multiple Cultures
- Marketing and Advertising Management
- NFP
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Strategic Planning
Summary
With over 34 years in general management, marketing, strategic planning and latterly, not for profit , David has been exposed to virtually every business category. Dave has also had the opportunity to work in diverse cultures as well as different business climates thanks to senior postings in North America (New York, Chicago and Toronto) Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and South Africa.
The lion’s share of his career was spent in national advertising agencies. Their matrix structure and focus on the strategic and creative development process places a high premium on facilitating teamwork and collaborative problem solving.
David is trained in Open Space technology, a highly effective technique to harness group resources for issue management, conflict resolution and goal setting has also co-facilitated retreats with Jim Warner, a US team building expert used extensively by members of YPO (Young Presidents Organization).
Chris Crole, IT Director
Specialty
- Information Technology and Communications
Tertiary
- MSTCP/IP
- Windows NT
Summary
Chris brings over 22 years experience in the IT industry from a diverse range of sectors including Finance and Stockbroking in the UK, to Tourism and Human Resources in Australia.
With design, implementation and management of computer networks at the global and local level, his project management experience covers all facets of computer integration and communications.
Chris has designed, implemented and managed Microsoft driven networks from the global enterprise level down to small business and Soho environments.
Tertiary educated towards a career in Journalism, Chris brings a broad and deep range of technical skills with a refreshing and articulate plain-English business solutions approach to your IT challenges.
Helen Milhouse
Specialty
- HR and Performance Management
- Change Management
- Training and Development
- Recruitment
Summary
As a career consultant for the past 10 years, Helen has been providing essential individual career counselling, training delivery and change management workshops to a wide range of customers in diverse industry sectors.
Helen’s previous 20 year career with Telstra incorporated executive level responsibilities managing large groups of employees (over 100), in environments of significant change, real time service delivery and competitive performance targets, managing training delivery, recruitment and selection and redundancies and redeployment.
Helen’s expertise is people issues. Whether it is the provision of mentoring, counselling, training or coaching, Helen is equally skilled and qualified to deliver exceptional results for employers and employees.
Dave Greenwood
Specialty
- Entrepreneurship
- ITC
- M&A
- Venture Capital
- Business Development and Marketing Strategy
- Operational Efficiency
Tertiary
- MBA
- Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering)
Summary
Dave is a business leader and entrepreneur with over 20 years of local and international experience.
Over these years Dave has led teams in the areas of venture capital, interim management, strategy, business development and operations.
Technically and commercially astute, Dave has significant experience leading Sales, Marketing, IT, Customer Services and Engineering functions and has advised some of the world’s most prestigious financial and telecommunications organizations on techno-commercial issues.
Dave Possesses excellent technological skills combined with commercial application and is able to communicate complex ideas with clarity and has proven leadership capabilities.
Joshua Ball
Specialty
- Hospitality
- Business Management
- Training and Development
Tertiary
- Bachelor of Commerce
Summary
With more than 20 years in the hospitality industry Josh brings a wealth of hands on experience and demonstrated success to the Next Move team.
Josh’s hospitality experience is exceptional with management accolades including:
- Manager and owner of Best Restaurant Café in Australia 2009 within two years of opening.
- Best Restaurant Café in Victoria 2009 and 2010, and Best Restaurant on Mornington Peninsula 2009 and 2010.
His background includes working in some of the world’s best restaurants including Sydney’s Rockpool.
Josh is dynamic leader, exceptional communicator and team builder, who’s consistently motivating others towards success. His significant financial skills will ensure your hospitality business is profitable and positioned for growth.
Sally Ann, Marketing Manager
Specialty:
- HR
- Relationship Management
- Customer Focus
- Business Development
Tertiary
- Grad dip Counseling
- Bach of Arts
Summary
Sally is an innovative and dynamic sales and management professional, with expertise in the growth and development of businesses across multiple practices, including career planning, sales growth, relationship building and people management.
A passionate approach to business development, with a strong focus on customer service. Sally brings a fresh and candid perspective to the current “business development” processes within the workplace. Sally will challenge procedures and returns to ensure the delivery of profitable business opportunities through the development of productive long term relationships, resulting in new customers, vertical marketing opportunities and new revenue streams.
Sally is an articulate communicator and creative thinker, who thrives on new challenges.
Wayne Beasy, Export
Specialty:
- Import and Export Procedures, Documentation and Operational Management
- Import and Export Risk Management
- International Trade Banking and Finance
- International Trade Education and Training
- Coaching and Mentoring
Professional Qualifications Export
- Import Administration Certificate
- Diploma of Training and Assessment
- Cert IV in Training and Assessment ( TAA40104 )
Professional Membership of Associations
- The Australian Institute of Export – Member
- Financial Services Institute of Australia – Associate (Finsia)
- Australian Chamber of International Trade (ACIT) (AIEx)
Profile Summary
Wayne is an accomplished International trade import/export specialist with over 30 years experience within the international trade and banking industry.
Wayne’s areas of expertise include: import / export procedures, operational management, export and import documentation, technical and processing management, risk management, international trade terminology, cash management solutions, international trade finance, foreign exchange, transactional and electronic banking (banking e-commerce), international trade payment methods, business development, relationship management and product sales.
In addition, over the past 15 years Wayne continues to develop and conduct many import and export courses for various education institutions and independent training organizations, such as; Swinburne University of Technology, Box Hill Institute, Chisholm Institute and the Australian Institute of Export (AIEX).
Our extensive consultant network.
In order to offer both innovative solutions as well as value for money in the business consulting industry, Next Move has developed a very specific resourcing model: A team of local professionals who can appreciate the very unique challenges the SME faces daily.
Using this model, we can help you to navigate your most critical decisions. We work with you as partners to identify and implement the solutions that best suit your business.
If you would like to know more about how Next Move’s network of consultants can work for your business, please contact us at info@nextmoveconsulting.com.au
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