Dan Gardam

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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 and motivate staff and to project manage human, financial and physical resources.

Key strength 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.
• Led a small team that reviewed the performance and competitive position of a small finance company - identified specific restructuring and cost saving totalling $3.8 million pa.
• Completed a preliminary due diligence regarding a potential 2-% equity purchase in a technology start-up business.
• 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.