Prior to joining Group 8, he had more than 30 years experience in management, consulting and education in New Zealand, the USA, and Australia.
Doug’s academic career culminated with the degree of Ph.D in organisational psychology and for some 12 years he was associated with executive education at Macquarie Graduate School of Management. He now holds an Adjunct post at Southern Cross University as a supervisor on their DBA program.
Doug has written and published four books:
Career highlights include:
• Working with the Board and Executive Team at
Sydney Electricity (now Energy Australia) to help
facilitate the change from a government
instrumentality to a fully commercialized
operation.
• Working with the Board and Executive Team at
Ricegrowers Cooperative Limited to help facilitate
the introduction of SAP simultaneously with
completing a reengineering program.
• Working with the Board and Executive Team of
Caltex Oil Malaysia Limited to improve the
company’s market position from #5 in Malaysia
• Working with the Executive Team at Terrace Tower
Holdings on future directions for this property
development group
• Working with the Board and Executive Team of PTC
Telekom, Papua New Guinea, for corporatising the
operations
• Working with Sembawang Corporation in Singapore
to improve leadership practices for all their
operations through South East Asia
• Doug is a regular speaker about leadership issues
on the international circuit. He has been a keynote
speaker at conferences in Japan, Spain, Brazil,
Singapore, New Zealand, the USA, Indonesia, Hong
Kong, Finland, and The Netherlands.
• Doug coordinated the operations of the State
Relief Centre in Victoria during the Ash Wednesday
Bush Fires (the worst fires in the 20th century to
hit Victoria) and was commended in Parliament and
in official publications for this role.
Doug's own website is here.