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Arete is a Greek word that essentially means “the fulfilment of one’s full potential”. Or as the famous Greek author Homer wrote, “where heroes gather to realise their full potential”. The Arete podcast is designed to showcase the careers of leading CEOs, Chairs and other successful senior leaders. Rather than a formal interview, this is a relaxed “fireside chat” style conversation, where Richard Triggs talks to the guest about their careers, key achievements, lessons learned along the way, ...
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The sky's the limit when it comes to aerospace, and ASX-listed Quickstep taking that literally. I spoke with Mark Burgess, MD and CEO, about the stellar growth the company has had in recent years, growing from a staff of 12 to 265 just on one manufacturing site alone.The company has diversified from being primarily focused on the international mili…
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When you can contribute to improving the education and prospects of young people, you can sleep at night knowing that your work is worthwhile. This interview gives us a brief, behind-the-scenes look at the work of an organisation that’s doing fantastic work and changing lives at the point where it’s most critical. It’s a testament to what can happe…
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Omnii is a collaboration between some of the most talented minds in the safety and fire protection industry. Listen in as Peter shares the story of the birth of the business and their rise to having a team of 56 people across the east coast of Australia, and with affiliates in the US, Canada, Chile and the UKUseful LinksOmnii website: omnii.com.au/…
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Engineering workshops have come a long way in the past 30 years. With the advent of computer-aided design (CAD), laser cutting and CNC folding, much of what used to be noisy and dirty work is now done by machines that wouldn’t look out of place in a hospital.My guest on the podcast this week is Douglas Dart, Director of GCI Group, a fabrication bus…
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While most industries have embraced digital innovations over the past 30 years or so, few people probably appreciate the enthusiasm with which the energy and resources sector have done so in that time.With infrastructure downtime costing hundreds of thousands of dollars per hour, and optimisations returning millions of dollars in bottom-line profit…
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Open discussion about mental health issues has lost a lot of the stigma it used to have in years gone by. But one aspect of mental health that we don’t hear a lot about is the impact on children growing up with parents struggling with mental health issues, diagnosed or otherwise.Luckily we have organisations such as Kookaburra Kids to cater for the…
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While advances in technology should theoretically make things simpler, the reality is that it actually makes things more complex.Luckily though, we've got people like Phil Shipley who can make sense of out of complexity.Phil and his wife own two businesses, CompliantERP and Cerpass Software, specialising in IT and SAP security and compliance busine…
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Few executives get through their career without having to tackle change management on multiple occasions, but few people thrive at it quite like my guest on the podcast this week, Barton Green.Barton is the current CEO of The Committee for Brisbane, a not-for-profit established in 1958 as the Brisbane Development Association, with a mandate to repr…
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What do you do when a promising professional sporting career with the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League is cut short by injury? For Thursday Island born, Jack Reis, it meant an unexpected diversion to studying business and finance, a diversion that ultimately led to him co-founding Baidam, a Cyber Security Consultancy in Brisbane, four y…
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How many people do you know who can be in the same job for 17 years and still feel like they are 'living the dream'? Mitchell Giles was the CEO of the Alcohol and Drug Foundation of Queensland (ADFQ), before it merged with the Gold Coast Drug Council in 2012 to become Lives Lived Well, and he's remained CEO since then.If compassion were a blood typ…
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The mining and resources sector often gets a bad rap when it comes to environmental credentials, but what most people don't realise is that mining is actually critical for many of the emerging technologies that environmentalists are urging us to switch to.Glass for solar panels, for example, doesn't grow on trees. It relies on high-quality silica s…
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Brad Welsh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-welsh-a880a449/Energy Resources Australia Website: http://www.energyres.com.au/Richard Triggs on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardtriggs/ Arete Executive Website: https://www.areteexecutive.com.au/Av Richard Triggs
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IHG Hotels & Resorts Website: https://www.ihgplc.com/en/ Leanne Harwood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leanne-harwood-0a89892a/ Richard Triggs on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardtriggs/ Arete Website: https://www.areteexecutive.com.au/Av Richard Triggs
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It’s always nice to speak to a business leader who understands the power of community. Jarrod Stephenson is the GM of CadMac: agricultural machinery specialists with branches in Southern Riverina and North East Victoria. He tells us how his company connects with the local agricultural community to (literally) keep the wheels turning, and how he has…
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We speak to a truly inspirational guy on this episode. An inventor, business owner and thoroughly entertaining conversationalist, Alex Gransbury regales us with his personal journey from wannabe financier to world-renowned inventor, and how his company Dreamfarm took the kitchenware market by storm.In Alex’s words, Dreamfarm “takes problems in life…
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Tidal Solutions, founded by Natasha and Rob Collins in 2009, provides the Mining and Oil & Gas industries with complete maintenance solutions, including onshore, offshore, and isolated mine site support services.After seeing a gap in the market in the mining sector, Rob and Natasha thought that they could offer great service to their clients in min…
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We’ve spoken to some high flyers in our time, but you’d be hard-pushed to find an executive who has hit the heights of Alan Sparks. What hasn’t this man done?!? In no particular order, he’s been the Senior Vice President of Philips Consumer Electronics across Asia Pacific/Middle East/Africa, he’s been the CEO of Cellnet and he’s been the President …
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Michael is the Regional General Manager for Asia, Russia, and Australia for RPMGlobal (aka RPM). RPMGlobal (Runge Pincock Minarco) Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides mining software, enterprise mine management, planning, simulation, consulting, and training services.In this episode, Micha…
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In this episode of the Arete Executive Podcast, I talk to John Grant. John is the Executive Chairman at FirstWave Cloud Limited. FirstWave Cloud Limited is an Australian headquartered global cloud security technology company, providing unique telco orchestration platforms. The company develops and sells locally produced technology to a global SME m…
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It was great to hear from two big hitters in an industry that is thriving in uncertain times.John Wilton is the MD of Piping Speciality Supply Service (PSSS), providing equipment for sale and hire to the mining and infrastructure industries and CST Hire, a specialty truck hire business, while Nick Barnsdall is his investor.John has a great track re…
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Gavriel Schneider is the CEO of the Risk 2 Solution group, founder of Presilience & program director at ACU, chair, and member of the Global Advisory Committee at Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM), and a keynote speaker.Risk 2 Solution is a group of companies that focus on providing solutions in the Risk, Culture and Management, Safety,…
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In this episode of the Arete Executive Podcast, I talk to Mushfiq Rahman. Mushfiq Rahman has worked in diverse roles in his career – from owning his own computer services business to working in the energy, resource, and infrastructure sectors in senior executive roles. He is currently Executive General Manager for Valmec Limited, an energy resource…
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My guest today has had an interesting and varied career, starting with the UK Navy, where he flew helicopters among other duties, and working through a range of roles in Australia and New Zealand, before settling into his current role as CEO of DBM Vircon.DBM Vircon is a global 3D modeling steel and concrete detailing company with sister and parent…
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Some people have a vibrant energy about them that you can’t help but like, and today’s guest is one of those people. Judah Rowe is a serial innovator and a key player in two family-owned businesses, Hybrid-Ag and Vard Group.Hybrid-Ag ‘transforms food for health’ by providing quality nutrients for the agricultural sector, and Vard Group was born out…
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Our guest for this episode is Bruce Youlden, the MD of Educare: a multi-disciplinary health practice incorporating, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, speech and social work. Bruce is responsible for 35 clinicians and staff, and has the additional responsibility of having to cope with an incredible rise in demand.Bruce made an interesting transiti…
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Have you ever wondered what happens to your computer hardware when you don’t need it anymore? We speak to someone whose company offers a landfill-free recycling solution, and the all-important peace of mind that sensitive data will be erased thoroughly.Since Shane Mulholland founded Greenbox in 2000, he has seen it grow into one of the leaders in t…
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It’s very hard to sum up the career and life of Terry Aronson… what hasn’t this man done? Starting out in Sydney with his own highly successful construction company, Terry made the decision to go to the US to broaden his horizons. Despite his success in business, the US authorities would only issue him with a green card if he had a skill that was m…
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We’ve got a real all-rounder on the latest Arete podcast. Mark Edmonds is currently a business mentor with MRE Consulting and the part-owner of the Ocean Grove Chalet motel, with the most incredible range of senior-management experience outside of his current ventures. He’s chaired numerous boards across different sectors, he’s worked as a national…
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John Perry has gone through everything you could imagine on his executive journey. He’s been a CEO in a high-pressured corporate environment and he’s built up his own SME from scratch. It was interesting to hear why he decided to start up on his own having been so successful in larger organisations.Nowadays he is Managing Director/Founder of Conque…
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What an enthusiastic and innovative guy we have on the show this week. Mick Carter is the CEO of Beyond Clarity: a company that provides ambitious and unique technology solutions across Australia. In Mick’s words “we help the world become a bit greener and a bit safer”. Mick shared a load of interesting stories about the products he has brought to …
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We’ve got a super-interesting story from our latest guest, Stijn Koppers. Stijn is the CEO of Banpu Energy Australia - a renewable energy resource and technology company with operations in 10 different countries around the world - but the way he got there is a story in itself.As a high flyer in his native Holland, he landed his first major job with…
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We have quite a range of subject matter on this episode of the Arete podcast. Tony Eyres was our esteemed guest: a man just as comfortable in the boardroom as he is out on the farm. Tony is director of his own company, Rounding Up, which helps deliver growth for Australia’s food and agribusiness sector from independent farmers to big corporates. He…
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Our latest guest is a real visionary. As Principal of Onyx Online Law, Jeanette Jifkins pioneered digital legal advice and remote working long before COVID made it fashionable. Onyx Online Law is a boutique firm specialising in commercial and corporate law with a focus on businesses in the digital space. Jeanette tells us how Onyx has grown in the …
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In this episode I talk to Glenn Shepherd: a highly successful exec who tells the story of how he managed to become the top dog of a company who weren’t even advertising the role, in an industry he had no knowledge of whatsoever. Glenn is currently CEO of National 360, a fast-growing allied health services provider (formerly known as National Occupa…
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This week’s Arete podcast really demonstrates the value of a CEO with an open mind. The CEO in question is Leanne Williams from West Gippsland Libraries in Victoria. She tells us how she delivered growth in a sector that faces more and more competition by the day, and how COVID has proven the worth of the change in company culture she pushed to del…
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We go really deep in this week’s Arete podcast. Our guest Simone Dowding was recently voted into Inside Magazine’s top 50 businesswomen, but it was much more interesting to talk to her about her life journey than simply go through her career. Would you believe, she actually lived with the Dalai Lama in the Himalayas!Nowadays she is CEO of Storytown…
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Dennis Cronje tells us how he used his autonomy to deliver incredible results at InMode. As MD of ANZ, he is an integral part of a truly global business that recently floated on the NASDAQ. InMode is a serious success story, having just achieved record annual revenue of $206m and 32% growth in 2020. They are the fastest-growing aesthetic device com…
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Not knowing an industry is a challenge many executives face when they climb the ladder, so we thought it would be good to speak to someone who overcame that challenge to deliver some incredible results. Our guest this week is Sean Simmons, COO of Fallon Solutions: a category leader in the trade services industry.Sean’s role is wide ranging. He has …
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It’s always good to talk to someone with such wide-ranging experience, and it’s even better when they’re incredibly successful. Cheryl Barrett is the CEO of Southern Cross Support Services, which provides NDIS care across Australia. What started ten years ago as two people in a lounge room has now grown to 1,045 staff across Australia.With Cheryl n…
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Just how do you learn the ways of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across the world if you’ve never done it before? Scott Douglas tells us how. The Managing Director of Asia Pacific for WernerCo gives us an insight into his rise to the top of the management tree, and the inner workings of a truly global business. He’s on the phone to the global CEO a…
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