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Senior Solicitor
Better Business LawyersSenior Solicitor
Jan. 2023Gold Coast, Queensland, AustraliaCommercial, company and business law; wills and estate planning for retirees, PAYGs, and business owners; and litigation in each of these areas
Business Consultant
Jim Wilson- Business ConsultingBusiness Consultant
Oct. 2022 - Jan. 2023Gold Coast, Queensland, AustraliaConsulting on business arrangements and litigation support
Senior Solicitor
Stacks Law Firm - Tweed (NSW), Sanctuary Cove (Qld)Senior Solicitor
Jun. 2021 - Oct. 2022AustraliaWills and Estate Planning; and Commercial and Business Law ( commercial agreements; buy and sell agreements; governance and litigation).
Certified Advisory Board Chair
Advisory Board CentreCertified Advisory Board Chair
Jan. 2018
Managing Director and Principal - Practicing Lawyer and Business Adviser
Wilson Haynes - solicitors - conveyancers- trademark consultantsManaging Director and Principal - Practicing Lawyer and Business Adviser
Mar. 2013 - Jun. 2021Gold Coast - Tweed Area, Australia; Gold CoastWilson Haynes provides legal and commercial advice to individuals; businesses; and companies large and small (including family businesses.)
General Manager and Company Secretary (inaugural)
Connecting Southern Gold Coast Ltd (regional economic development, tourism and events and festivals)General Manager and Company Secretary (inaugural)
Dec. 2008 - Mar. 2012Controlled entity of Gold Coast City Council, formed to promote economic development, tourism and events and festivals on the beautiful Southern Gold Coast (Currumbin to Coolangatta) Queensland, Australia. Under my leadership, the company successfully and cooperatively developed and implemented regional strategies in: new business investment and development activities; tactical tourism promotion; and events and festivals (3 major, new created.)
MD; COO; and GM
Prior companies involved in:health; mining; environmental; financal products; new industrial productMD; COO; and GM
Nov. 2003 - Nov. 2008BrisbaneContracted directly, or via my company, Beacon Business Directions Pty Ltd, for varying terms, to deliver in-house, senior leadership via the roles of MD; GM;and COO to local and international companies (start ups and existing).
National Relationship Manager
IPAC Securities Limited (national fund manager and financial planner)National Relationship Manager
Mar. 1999 - Nov. 2003National portfolio manager and financial planning firm, now owned by the AXA group. My role involved working with independently- owned financial planning firms, to assist them to engage in business process reengineering. Also, I coordinated the team which developed ipac's business acquisition model, to offer owners of independently-owned firms to have an an exit strategy, available to them at retirement from their business. I then went on to acquire businesses for ipac in Qld. Outplaced due to AXA takeover and their desisting with acquisitions of businesses in Qld.
CEO and Company Secretary
Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty LtdCEO and Company Secretary
Mar. 1997 - Mar. 1999Brisbane, AustraliaSuccessfully 'bedded down' a merger of 3 large south-east Qld radiology practices, represented in Brisbane Gold Coast and Ipswich. The merged company had 40 practices (7 in hospitals) was owned by 28 radiologists and employed 275 + FTE. Under my leadership, we closed unprofitable sites, reinvested in existing, relocated some, and opened an inaugural full service practice on the Sunshine Coast. Company subsequently taken over by an aggregrator.
CFO and Company Secretary
QIW LimitedCFO and Company Secretary
Jul. 1994 - Sep. 1996Brisbane, AustraliaThe company was a major wholesaler to independent grocery and foodservice retailers. This was a tumultous time for independent wholesalers in the industry. During my term we: 1. Took over a $50 m interstate company in independent retail; 2. Exited a $60m pa turnover liquor wholesaling business; 3. Sold a $120m pa corporate grocery retail business in Central Qld; and 4. Disposed of over $20m in non-core real estate. Outplaced due to takeover by Davids Holdings Limited of Sydney which was a competitor in Queensland and had its own corporate infrastructure.

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