Associate IIB, Certificate of Business Management UTS Sydney
If you want help with your Business Plan, reduce inefficiencies in your business or simply would like a guiding hand with your business issues, Arnold is your man.
He has been operating as a business adviser, mentor and coach in the Northern Rivers region of NSW and the Gold Coast in Queensland since 2008.
Arnold qualified as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor in 1973 and gain vast experience in the construction industry both in the United Kingdom and the Middle East and then started a retail business in Edinburgh. After immigrating to Australia in 1984 he changed his focus to firstly help his clients motivate themselves through the development of personal goal plans and then became involved in the fledgling Information Technology industry where he enjoyed considerable success over the next 24 years. His roles included Channels Manager, Sales Manager, General Manager, Country Manager and Managing Director for both Australian and overseas based companies. He also was involved in a highly successful services based family company which he ultimately sold very profitably.
These roles necessitated the need for the production of detailed and achievable Business Plans mostly for start-up companies as well as general management responsibilities including budgeting, accounting and profitability. In order to ensure he had not only the experience to do this but the qualifications he undertook a Certificate of Business Management at the UTS, Kuring-Gai Campus in Sydney where he graduated in 1991.
More recently his attention turned to how inefficient many companies were through lack of effective systems and processes. Arnold has studied this area in detail and now has a very well developed methodology to assist businesses save money and time whilst reducing risks and improving quality standards.
In 2010 Arnold submitted his application to the Institute of Independent Business in London to be tested and accredited as a Professional Business Adviser. He is now an IIB Associate and enjoys the considerable benefit of that organisation’s worldwide network of Associates as well as the highly respected SolutionWise network based on the Gold Coast of which he is also an Associate.
