LEO LAWRENCE


ATTRIBUTES:

  • An Honours degree in International Relations from the University of Keele led to extensive global experience in worldwide product development, working in 32 countries for Reckitt & Colman
  • Solid marketing, communications and management roles with blue chip companies including Procter & Gamble, Spillers and the Warwick Deakin Group in UK, then Colman Foods, Allied Mills and White Wings Australia
  • Knowledge and experience across a wide range of industries including FMCG, travel, advertising, data management, publishing, television production, Olympics & Paralympics, furniture manufacture, technology, event management, mobile communications and many more
  • Entrepreneurial approach to business issues and opportunities
  • Extensive experience in mentoring CEO’s in the SME sector in Australia


ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Integral part of a new management team to which rebuilt Colman Foods profitability over 18 months from an increasing loss position
  • Founder of LHV Advertising, subsequently sold to Dentsu, Japan
  • CEO and co-founder Visual Motivation, the world’s first supermarket trolley advertising system
  • Promotions consultant for the foundation of World Series Cricket
  • Sponsorships Director, Shell Truck Superprix, Melbourne, Sydney and Pukekohe NZ
  • Official publisher to the Australian Olympic Committee for the Barcelona Olympic Games
  • Executive producer for co-production on Innovation with ABC Television
  • Syndicate Chair of 3 Syndicates for The CEO Institute of Australia
  • Visiting Lecturer in Public Sector Communications, Business School, University of Technology, Sydney
  • Consultant, Spatial Sciences, University of Sydney
  • MD and shareholder, Noble Beverages
  • Strategy and Business Development Plans across a wide range of industries, both independently and under NSW Government Business Expansion Programs
  • Mentor, NSW Government ‘Women in Business’ Programs


PRO BONO:

  • CEO Ability Australia Foundation, seeking technologies to overcome infrastructural barriers faced by people with disabilities
  • Fundraising for Australian Paralympic Federation
  • Advisory Board Member, NSW Sports Council for the Disabled
  • Business Development Committee Member, Sydney City Mission and Mission Australia

AND LASTLY:

  • Restaurant critic, Inaugural Sydney Good Food Guide
  • Foodmaster and Past President Beefsteak & Burgundy Club, Sydney #7



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