Ian has extensive and varied experience predominantly in the private sector but including a range of public sector consultancies and a senior public sector management responsibility. Whilst predominantly providing consulting services, he has over the past 19 years taken control of six businesses in trouble and returned them to profitable operation.

Ian has Degrees in Arts (B.A. Qld, 1964) and Economics (B.Ec. ANU, 1969) and has been recognised as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, and a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International.

Ian’s community service includes Rotary International and Guides Queensland (a State Councillor); he is a visiting lecturer at the Relaxation Centre of Queensland. He served on the State Committee of Young Achievement Australia for several years.

Achievements

Recent significant consultancies include:

- Formulation of economic development strategies for Queensland’s Wide Bay Burnett Region on behalf of the Queensland and Australian Governments.

- Research and development of export markets for a Queensland manufacturer.

- Turnaround to effective service delivery by the network maintenance operation a large Australian electricity transmission business.

- Strategic and business planning for several organisations including a regional natural resources management authority and a housing manufacturer.

- Management team development projects for several businesses including and international building products manufacturer and a regional infrastructure planning and delivery authority.

- Strategic and marketing planning and organizational restructuring of an engineering service and maintenance subsidiary of a regional international airline.

- Establishment of and business development for a new accounting practice and a 300+ employee architectural and engineering design and project management business.

- New strategic focus and management restructure for a specialist equipment manufacturing company.

- Over the past 20 years taken control of six businesses in trouble and returned them to profitable operation.

- Meat wholesale
- Supermarket group
- A licensed club
- Two printers
- An internet service provider.