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Neil is an experienced General Manager and Chartered Accountant with hands on experience in most areas of management and with a broad industry exposure. He has a varied career with involvement in over 6 business startups, a number of senior corporate roles and has been involved as both vendor and customer within the technology industry.
Achievements:
- Organisational Development: Nurtured start ups and lead transformation including merging, restructuring and rebuilding businesses. Worked closely with managers to develop an understanding of the business drivers/levers and implemented modeling and reporting necessary to plan and manage the business. Developed a team culture of customer service and continuous improvement.
- Leadership and Team Management: Facilitated development of shared vision, strategy and objectives. Developed loyalty and teamwork through an open management style, clarity and accountability around desired outcomes and leading by example.
- Strategic and Business Planning: Developed planning frameworks and models. Facilitated the capturing of strategy, objectives and action portfolio. Converted business plans into budgets and key performance indicators. Monitored progress and changing circumstances to enable timely corrective actions.
- Strategic management accounting & Technology ROI maximisation: Worked closely with managers to develop an understanding of the business drivers/levers and implemented modeling and reporting necessary to plan and manage the business. Established measures and benchmarks against best practice to improve processes/practices.
- Business Improvement and Implementation of Enabling Technology: Worked quickly to identify and quantify opportunities, reported back on potential strategies and alternative solutions. Project managed implementation of agreed plans.
Major Qualifications:
- CA/CMA - Chartered Accountants Assn (ICANZ)
- ACIS - Chartered Secretaries NZ (CSNZ)
Previous Positions:
- Head of Resources & Technology, Head of Operations & Technology, Chief Technology Officer, General Manager Information Systems - Television NZ
- Group Director People & Processes (HR, It & Business Inprovement) – Heinz Wattie Ltd
- Finance Manager (CFO) - J Wattie Foods Ltd
- Director and founding shareholder (new business start ups) - Agility Software Ltd, Object Technology Ltd
- Principal/GM International – Direction Consulting Group
- General Manager (PC dealership) – Softworks Ltd
- General Manager Australia & New Zealand (ERP Software start up)– Fact International Ltd
- Chief Accountant – Sanford Ltd
Contact: Tel: +64 21 711 700
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