Transformation or Turnaround, it’s all about the People (& Christmas drinks)

Join us for an end of year presentation by David Blower from Edenbrooke Partners Pty Ltd. David is a respected Queensland-based Senior Executive and Non-Executive Director with a reputation for leading highly successful business transformations and turnarounds.

Following David’s presentation join us for Christmas drinks and networking.

David Blower is a proven change agent, David is an expert in empowering people to develop the skills they need to succeed. Through his no-fuss focus on effective processes and smart outcomes he has led dramatic results such as:

• Increasing revenue and improving margins by 25%, resulting in a 75% increase in profitability for a mining company in a declining market
• Returning a $100m consumer goods business to long-term profitability
• Led a whole of business transformation covering culture, strategy, new product development, lean manufacturing philosophies, systems and processes, resources and structure
• Guiding a corporate restructure generating vital multi-million dollar savings
• Establishing a ‘greenfield’ retail franchise network of 80 stores
• Repeatedly strengthening performance through culture development programs anchored in authentically shared vision and values
• Shifting a business to a position of industry leadership through a widespread people development program

David is a Fellow Certified Practising Accountant (FCPA), holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Queensland and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

He will present on his reflections of the business transformations and turnarounds he has been involved in and answer some questions from the audience around how he got into this line of work and key learnings for younger professionals.