When working with Richard you draw upon a unique blend of commercial experience, qualifications, training excellence and an extensive client base to help you drive your business development effort forward
Commercial experience
Richard has held senior marketing and sales positions in Australia and the UK for the Commonwealth Bank, Sydney Opera House, KPMG, Telstra Stadium, and the Royal Automobile Club
A trainer of trainers and facilitators
Richard worked as a corporate trainer, training management in some of Australia's leading companies in presentation, facilitation and training skills (RTA, AMP, ING, Perpetual Trustees, Colonial First State and Boral)
Qualifications
Richard holds a BA (Hons) in Applied Social Science, a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing, the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Market Research Society Diplomas (UK) and a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. He is also a Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguisti
An extensive client base and outstanding results
Richard’s client base and testimonials are testament to an ability to attract business and deliver results
Specific expertise in the area of Sponsorship and Corporate Partnerships
Richard has specific expertise in the area of Sponsorship and Corporate Partnerships. He has experienced both sides of sponsorship including roles as National Sponsorship Manager for the Commonwealth Bank and as Sponsorship Manager at the Sydney Opera House. During his time at the Commonwealth Bank, the Bank won the Australian Financial Review National Sponsorship Awards in both the Sports and Cultural & Community categories. In addition, Richard has been Chairman of the Australasian Sponsorship Marketing Association (NSW), a judge in the National Sponsorship Awards and is a frequent speaker at conferences on Sponsorship
Specific expertise in the area of SME Marketing
Richard writes articles on the topic of attracting business and marketing for Flying Solo, an online resource for small business and has been published in Dynamic Small Business magazine. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences.