Team
Andrew Bruce - Managing Director
Andrew Bruce has jointly founded Red Monday as Managing Director, focussing on introducing Red Monday services across all market segments. Andrew joins Red Monday with nearly 27 years experience in the corporate sector in a variety of sales and management roles. Most recently he was with a Commonwealth Bank & Woolworths joint venture, Cyberlynx as National Commercial Manager, Business Development, prior to Cyberlynx he was at Optus, as a Corporate Sales Manager where he spent 10 years focusing on large corporate sector. Prior to Optus he held a variety of business development and management roles in the property industry, small business and paper distribution.
Email: andrew.bruce@redmonday.com.au
Scott Smiles - International Business
Scott has had over 20 years experience in Government (Austrade) and commercial sectors in a number of critical GCC and Asian states. Scott’s Extensive network in business and government sectors in Australia, parts of Asia (China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore) and the Middle East include major GCC banking institutions such as the HSBC, the Arab, Standard Chartered and Mashreq Banks as well as leading Dubai based commercial conglomerates such as the Al Futtaim and Al Ghurair groups. On a recent visit to the Middle East, Scott also met key officials within the emerging Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) to discuss local capital market developments and IPO listing procedures.
Achievements
- Established and quickly consolidated Dubai as a key Austrade Post in the Arab world between 1986 and 1989, from which humble beginnings it grew to a major regional office
- Presenter at Invest Australia seminars in Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt and New York during 1993-1994
- Non executive Director of ASX listed Investment AustAsia Investment Limited (BOT toll road and bridge projects and Badaling Great Wall Cable Car operations in China)
- Introduced the underwriter in advance of the listing of Cabonne Limited (integrated wine company), secured a State Government Business Development Grant and subsequently served as that company’s Australasian Sales Manager
- Working with Geoff Harrington & Co (GHC), have recently brought over 20 new ‘counter parties’ (lawyers, accountants, bankers, VC’s, high net worth individuals) into relationship with GHC.
- Working with a GHC colleague completed a successful capital raising for an Australian sporting goods manufacturer
Email : scott.smiles@redmonday.com.au
Vincent Mahoney - Mergers & Acquisitions, Profit Improvement
Vincent Mahoney has 25 year plus hands on practical experience in senior Financial and Administrative roles within the Retail sector (Dick Smith Electronics; Bi-Lo Supermarkets; Duty-Free Shoppers; Grace Bros, Ancol) and more recently with Cyberlynx within the business services sector. Vincent’s responsibilities have included Warehousing and Distribution, Management Information Systems, and Finance. He has an extensive experience across various Merchandising formats, Department Stores, Supermarkets, Duty Free, and Specialty Chains. Vincent has well developed analytical skills, a strong background in the areas of integration, restructuring, and business development and in-depth experience in Wholesale and Franchising
Achievements:
- Instrumental in driving integration of Shared Services for merged Specialty Retail companies in minimum time frame.
- Played major role in merging, developing, and growing Supermarket chain.
- Quickly discovered long term entrenched Financial and Operational issues in Wholesale Co-operative.
- Introduced technological solution to high labour cost function within Department Store operation resulting in considerable cost reduction.
- In recent contract assignment quickly unearthed internal abnormality requiring swift management action.
Email: vincent.mahoney@redmonday.com.au
Bill Dekker - Business Growth Initiatives Sales & Marketing
Bill is an experienced business professional with a track record of developing great results - delivered through a pragmatic, consultative approach, using proven methodologies. Bill delivers maximum value to customers and stakeholders while achieving bottom line objectives. He is an effective strategic manager who collaboratively develops business improvement plans that are realistic, insightful and sensible – applying big business knowledge to small ones
Experience Hutchison – GM Business Sales & Marketing, Telstra - NSW General Manager, Director Channels, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young – Sales Director, FileNet Corporation - MD Australia & NZ, Optus - General Manager, Business Direct, Pacific Star (Telecom NZ) - State Manager NSW/ACT, Wang Australia - NSW GM, Sales Manager, Services Sales & District Manager, Customer Service
Email: bill.dekker@redmonday.com.au
Carolyn Stafford - Small Business Marketing Expert
Carolyn is the leading small business marketing expert in Australia. After an extensive corporate career with Westpac and Merrill Lynch she established her own business, Connect Marketing Professionals six years ago. Her vision is to touch the millions of small businesses across the globe to change the way they think about and approach marketing. She is the author of the book Small Business Big Brand and runs her Small Business Big Brand workshops across Australia & New Zealand and soon the US. She is a regular guest speaker at national and international conferences and a sought after media commentator and small business advocate.
Connect Marketing Professionals can help you be brilliant at marketing your business, so you get noticed and generate more leads!
Email: carolyn.stafford@redmonday.com.au www.connectmarketing.com.au
Jef Rowlison - Market Development & Marketing
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Jef is has been involved in opening new markets & channels for 20 years in the Asia Pacific region. From a back ground in retail management (Grace Bros. & Lend Lease) & media (Fairfax & Macquarie Radio) Jef was one of the founders of direct marketing in Australia opening Y&R’s Cato Johnson-Wunderman business in Aus & NZ then establishing Rh+ to build major marketing & CRM programs for businesses such as BT, Nokia, Caltex (Star Card) & Parkroyal Hotels in Asia. Prior to establishing the Mercury Group Jef spent 6 years with public companies ONQ & Bill Express commercialising payment technology applications for retail loyalty programs, event ticketing, in-store media & card system in Australia & Singapore. Jef currently leads Mercury- a business focused on the emerging mobile convergence to address 3 core business needs; Direct to consumer promotion- mobile tickets & mobile coupons; Retention- Card payments systems; Consumer intelligence- Data collection, segmentation & predicative modelling.
Achievements
§ Established the Asia wide survey of the Top 1000 businesses researching on a quarterly basis purchase intentions & attitudes in ITC.
§ Creation of Australia’s biggest fleet fuel card- Caltex Star Card
§ Developed & managed the fist Asia wide CRM program for MIS-“Global Exchange
§ Developed & managed Australia’s first national cash reward card program-cash4biz.
§ Developed & managed the MCI WorldCom SME marketing program in Australia
§ Developed the first national Magazine Gift Card program for Pacific & FPC magazines.
Email: jef.rowlison@redmonday.com.au
Brian Quirke – Human Resource Services
Brian is a highly experienced and successful business manager & coach. He’s held senior roles in both line management and specialist HR areas in a variety of industries including banking and finance, career management, recruitment, manufacturing and organisational consulting. In banking Brian spent four years as Head of Group Human Resources with State Bank followed by a similar period managing the bank’s 200 branch metropolitan retail network which employed over 3000 people. After leaving banking Brian worked with a world leading career management organization where he ran the Sydney business for a number of years.
Brian currently consults and coaches at both the organisation and individual levels with a particular emphasis on executive coaching, performance enhancement and talent retention. Clients include the Goodman Group, Liberty International Underwriters, MF Global, Corporate Express, Samsung, L’Oreal, Geon & Harrison Manufacturing.
He’s a very experienced coach, trained by Coach U and a member of the International Coach Federation. He has worked successfully with many executive teams in the planning and implementation of major people related restructuring.
Graham Heath – Human Resource Services
Graham has considerable business experience and has held senior executive positions in banking, professional services and in the SME sector. He has held a variety of senior human resource management positions where his focus has been on organizational redesign and structure, leadership and team development, counseling, cultural change and performance management. His experience also includes general management in small and corporate business enterprises. He is a founding member and director of PHR Consulting, an accredited executive / management coach, a member of the International Coach Federation and has been coaching for more than nine years working with many business managers helping them to develop their leadership strengths, self awareness and executive potential.
Graham has coached senior executives and CEOs from national and international organizations including Corporate Express, Challenger, Sydney Water, Avant, Liberty International Underwriters & Goodman Group. With his extensive experience at all levels in management and with a considerable consulting background, Graham applies a “hands on” / practical approach to assist his coaches to maximize their potential and balance the many demands made of today’s workplace.
Email: human.resources@redmonday.com.au
Christopher Simpson – Human Resource Services
Christopher has worked at senior levels in the human resource consulting and professional services industries for many years working with a wide range of organisations. During his six years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their Global Human Resource Solutions Division he provided expert advice to many businesses on career management and leadership development.
Christopher has worked with senior leadership teams across a range of industries with particular emphasis on restructures and change management and has coached senior executives from national and international organizations including Liberty International Underwriters, Access Group, Sydney Water, Commonwealth Bank, Goodman Group, DHL, Zodiac Group, Avant Insurance & Ingal EPS.
He is Coach U qualified, a member of the International Coach Federation and holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce, a Graduate Certificate of Counseling and an Associate Diploma of Management. As former naval officer, Christopher is very familiar with the challenges of leadership, team building and management in high pressure environments.
Email: human.resources@redmonday.com.au
Having been post to Australia by a British hotel group on a two contact to set up an ASPAC sales and marketing operation for them. Julian has spent the last 10 years offering sales, marketing and corporate representation services to the travel and hospitality industries.
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Lindsay Kelly
Lindsay is an exceptionally skilled hands-on Interim Manager specialising in change management. He has been parachuted into a variety of roles ranging from projects of strategic importance such as a Chief Financial Officer, improving working capital, commercial negotiations, through to consolidating and streamlining back-office activities. His experience covers the following industries:
- Fast Moving Consumer Goods
- Manufacturing & Distribution
- IT & Telecommunications
- Government, Arts, and Heritage Buildings (Sydney Opera House)
- Property construction and development
- ASX Listed entities
- Not-for-Profits
