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McKinsey Alum
Education
BSc: Management and Economics University of Warwick (UK) Executive MBA
Cambridge University: Judge Business School (UK)
Background
Rory has over 10 years of consulting experience with McKinsey and Delwood Advisory, advising client executive teams and senior management across Europe, North America and Australia
He has extensive functional experience in M&A / due diligence, corporate strategy, and has also led sizeable Project Management Offices on business transformation projects
More recently Rory spent two years with Healius as General Manager of Strategy and Transformation, helping drive a transformation program worth in excess of $70M EBIT and two years as a Senior Strategy Manger at Stockland
Sample Project Experience
IT Services – Business Transformation: Oversaw a transformation program for the Oceania division of a large IT Services provider, aimed at restoring the business to profitability. Developed and supported the implementation of 10 initiatives that delivered ~$20m EBIT improvement at full run-rate
Retail – Business Unit Strategy: Led development of the 3-year growth strategy for the clothing division ($>1b) of a large Australian retailer. Managed 10 cross-functional workstreams (e.g., ranging, price and promotions, sourcing, supply chain etc.) across three phases of work, reporting directly into the leadership team
Telco – Cost Optimisation: Supported a major cost optimisation programme for a large Australian Telco, reviewing the organisational structure for the B2B division and creating multi-disciplinary salesforce roles in order to both improve customer experience and reduce headcount
PE – Commercial Due Diligence: Led >10 commercial due diligence projects for major European and US funds (buy-side and sell-side) across a variety of sectors in including Consumer Goods, Tech, Healthcare and Industrials
Retail – Growth Strategy: Led the development of the health strategy for a leading Australian retailer, including defining the future brand architecture, pricing and promotional strategy and recommending >300 new SKUs for development
Telco – Network Strategy: Managed a team of three in supporting a large Telco define their network strategy. Scope included assessing investment decisions, leading workshops and supporting senior clients in collating inputs from >10 workstreams to generate a single integrated strategy
Transport – Business Transformation: Managed a >£200m business transformation tasked with driving the implementation of a defined transformation plan across five business divisions and reporting to the new CEO and CFO on programme performance