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JOHN SCUTT
(Working through his firm, Lindfield Partners)
ATTRIBUTES:
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Extensive Board and management experience over the past 30 years at the Executive Director, CEO, Business Development and CFO levels with public and private organisations.
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Leader in change management projects identifying both revenue generation opportunities and cost reduction benefits from re-engineering work flows within an organisation to deliver demonstrable bottom line results.
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Substantial industry experience, in both large and small organisations, including management consulting, manufacturing, mining, retail, television, advertising and marketing, government and information technology industry sectors.
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Diverse work experience in different business environments including China, Japan, USA, UK, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia.
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Strong negotiation and communication skills in multicultural environments, particularly in the Middle East, Asia and Japanese markets.
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Practical start-up experience in the professional services, information technology and retail sectors.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Over his career, John has worked with companies including Commonwealth Steel Company Limited (BHP Group), Austen & Butta Limited (JV partnership with Shell Group), Young & Rubicam Advertising, Allders International Pty Ltd (Allders plc), TVSN Limited, CiTR Pty Ltd (University of Queensland) and Inventis Limited (formerly Gregory Australia Limited) in senior executive and Board roles.
- Actively involved with ASX and ASIC in mergers & acquisitions, raising venture capital and taking companies through the IPO process.
- Demonstrable track record of delivering improved profit performance. A recent example was taking the ASX listed, Gregory Australia Limited (now renamed Inventis Limited) through a corporate turn-around program over a three year period resulting in mergers & acquisitions to broaden the revenue base and a 241% increase in earnings after tax from $457,122 (2003-4) to $1,560,327 (2005-6).
- Active Fellow level memberships with CPA Australia, Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Management.
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