Bruce Rosengarten
Advisory Chairman, CEO/MD
Senior Executive with 28 years’ extensive general management experience in retail, downstream oil and gas, casino and entertainment and health industries across global, regional and local Australian markets. Held responsibility for significant size businesses (up to $700m EBIT) and led substantive transformations through building strong people and teams to deliver outstanding results. Worked with Boards throughout the last 10 years of executive career.
Governance Capability
1. Experience in and in developing strongly and well governed organisations
• Broad governance and board experience across wide across section of operating structures: from family based firm through corporate MNC, through ASX listed and substantive not for profit
• Fundamentally reshaped governance in two organisations - a family JV with a MNC and a substantive not for profit
• Established sophisticated governance structures for a major not for profit including rebuilding the board and necessary competences with full annual board and director assessment program
• Established risk management board processes in both commercial and not for profit entities
2. Strategic thinking and environment assessment, including innovation
• As Chair, transformed a major not for profit from potential failure to successful financial base with a clear 5-year strategy that has led to the investment in a +$100m capital program
• Deep sector experience in retail, downstream oil and entertainment industries at C suite level and as an operational Managing Director including operating across a broad series of varied channels of distribution – direct, franchise and wholesale
• Established sophisticated governance structures for a major not for profit including rebuilding the board and necessary competences with full annual board and director assessment program
• Led multiple innovations and marketing breakthrough in various markets – launching in Asia largest Australian marketing campaign, developing differentiated fuels, new convenience store concept and brand launches driving improved sales and higher margins
3. Capable financial literacy and commercial acumen
• Key role in a hostile M&A bid whilst sitting on an ASX listed company
4. Strong experience and understanding of occupational health and safety
• Reshaped and reformulated the entire governance of family based company in a JV with an MNC, including driving down safety incidents from an LTI over 100 to less than 20 within two years
• Extensive executive experience and accountability for health, safety, security and environment is listed local and international companies
5. Well-rounded executive with broad international experience and skills at C suite level with strong people skills and a curious inquiring mind
• Deep sector experience in retail, downstream oil and entertainment industries at C suite level and as an operational Managing Director including operating across a broad series of varied channels of distribution – direct, franchise and wholesale
• Lived and worked through Asia Pacific, Middle east with strong cultural knowledge and business operational experience in these markets, have operated at global level
• Senior local organisational representative for one of the world’s largest MNCs, including running governance for the local operations
• Alumni of Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program
• Member and graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course (GAICD)