Business & Marketing

MARCIA GRIFFIN - as CEO of POLA Cosmetics Australia and New Zealand between October 1987 and December 1997, Marcia Griffin is believed to be one of the few Caucasian women in the world to have ever headed up a Japanese company. POLA Cosmetics, unheard of in Australia before 1982, is a $3bn corporation based in Tokyo. Marcia joined the Australian franchisee who started marketing POLA in 1982, as the solitary sales person, by December 1997 she had built the company to a multi-million dollar business, with approximately 4,700 POLA consultants across Australia and New Zealand. In December 1997,Marcia sold back her share of the Pola business to the parent company to take on other challenges.[More...]

BOB PRITCHARD - 30 years experience as a business / marketing troubleshooter and consultant with many of the world's leading companies, including The Coca-Cola Company, Citibank, Anheuser Busch, Mercedes Benz, Los Angeles Raiders, Frito Lay and dozens more. This has provided a wide variety of experience with a vast number of business, marketing and leadership issues in many diverse industries. Los Angeles based businessman, entrepreneur and marketing consultant for 19 years working in Europe, North and South America, Australia and Asia. [More...]

FABIAN DATTNER - is well known to many Australians. She is a regular commentator in the media on corporate ethics, organisational alignment and leadership issues. Through her company, Dattner Grant, Fabian facilitates and supports a range of high profile organisations in cultural alignment, leadership development and strategic transformation. She has a number of commercial and community achievements to her credit. She has penned several books on leadership and has been included in many others, including works on successful women in leadership in Australia. She is widely recognised as a highly effective cultural/change strategist, facilitator, teacher, ethicist and social entrepreneur. She has been cited by Australia's premier business magazine, The Bulletin, as one of Australia's top 100 contributors, she has twice been a runner up in the state Telstra business women's awards. [More...]

ALAN PATCHING - is regarded as one of Australia's most internationally recognised leaders, consultants and business presenters in his field. He has been described as 'the Australian project and business leadership guru'. Alan Patching's speaking and consultancy client list reads like a 'who's who' of the corporate and government world. The reason is his business credibility. Patching is the Executive Chairman of the Asia Pacific operations of US based Management Concepts, which partners with the American University, Regis University and Aspen University to deliver leadership and management education programs to corporations worldwide. [More...]