Dan Gardam
Associate, Risk & Reliability Associates (R2A Pty Ltd)Profile
Dan is an experienced business manager with extensive strategic planning, business turnaround, market and industry analysis, merger & acquisition and operations management experience.
He is able to bring to an organisation an ability to work across a diverse range of disciplines at all levels of a business to successfully develop stronger commercial focus and improved performance. Dan has a demonstrated ability to lead an motivate staff and to project manage human, financial and physical resources.
Key strengths include:
| Understanding of all aspects of strategic planning from industry, market and customer analysis to strategy development to implementation. | |
| Experience in managing feasibility studies, assessment of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures and market research. | |
| Ability to research and solve complex issues. | |
| Experience in business "turnarounds" and business process reengineering. | |
| Relationship management of business partners and external stakeholders. |
Experience
Over the years, dan highlights some key accomplishments as follows:
| Led or was a key resource for in excess of 50 business planning assignments. For example developed an acquisition strategy for a business in a weak competitive position that could achieve competitive operational scale and corporate R.O.I targets. |
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| Led a small team that reviewed the performance and competitive poisition of a small finance company - identified specific restructuring and cost saving totalling $3.8 million pa. |
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| Completed a preliminary due diligence regarding a potential 20% equity purchase in a technology start-up business. |
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| Successfully managed a $2.5 million GST implementation project with a cross functional team of over 40 staff and consultants within time and budget constraints whilst achieving substantial consumer & ACCC acceptance. |