Founders
The founders of Consigliere Private Counsel represent a wide range of business skills and industry sectors.
They are drawn together by the common belief that significant unrealised potential exists within Australian Private Companies.
Their objective is to help unlock that potential.
Consigliere
Wisdom that fitsMark Burrowes
FAICDMark has broad senior executive experience in both public and privatesectors including, Shell, Caltex, Medibank, Woolworths and Scope Victoria. He has well developed strategic planning skills across many sectors and in many countries. He is recognised as a leader in marketing, differentiation and business development with particular strength in placing customers at the centre of the business value chain.
Andrew Donovan
FAICDAndrew is a leader and Fellow of the AICD, a company director and board advisor specialising in organisations experiencing high levels of growth, change or complexity. He is Deputy Chair of China Digital (Australia), an innovative tourism publishing firm and Chairman of Barker Trailers - Australian manufacturer of world-class semi trailers. He is a former chair of the Dairy Innovation Australia Limited and Environment Victoria.
Paul Hill
BA (HONS) AICDPaul has had a successful career as a CEO, both in Australia and overseas, in companies such as Breville, Mattel, GE and Black and Decker. He has worked extensively internationally. For the last seven years he has focused on small and medium sized Australian companies and is now the Chairman of: Compacter - Australia’s largest commercial kitchen company. Brands WA - owner of 40 QSR in Western Australia and Tasmania.
Bob Talbot
GAICDBob is a business builder. He has a track record of creating shareholder value, launching and re-launching many of Australia’s most prominent companies and its best known brands, including Cussons, Colonial, GoldCross, Mayne and AMP. He believes that business are built, not by what they say, but by what they do. At every point that they interact with the customer.
Mark is at his best in situations and environments which demand change strategies and excels at creating learning and growth environments to exceed company and industry expectations. He has extensive experience in working with CEO’s and Boards in achieving exceptional growth and profitability outcomes.
He is a senior facilitator of advance learning programs for the Australian Institute of Company Directors in Australia and Asia, and has authored several education programs and publications for the AICD. He has experience in not for profit organisations, government statutory entities, joint venture companies, private and family companies and industry associations.
1300 TEMP FENCE - the no. 2 company in the fencing and toilet hire across Australia and New Zealand.AES - a growing specialist environmental engineering services company. In addition Paul also works with a number of private family companies advising on acquisitions, restructuring, capital raising and succession planning.
He founded his own firm in 1978 and it became one of Australia’s leading advertising and brand agencies. He works with senior management and company Boards to ensure that corporate capability, positioning and messaging are aligned to exactly match customer need. When that occurs, maximum value is created.