Education & Experience

Primary & Secondary Education

 Born Dandenong, Victoria 1961 raised  Adelaide 1963-80.

 Marryatville primary school 1967-9,

Kings College 1970-3 and Pembroke School 1974-8.

 3 academic scholarships Kings College. inc “Rutt” (3-yrs, full fees) 

Matriculated Maths 1/2, Physics, Geology, Economics.

Sport:

 1977  colours Squash, “D” Premiers.

1978  Captain Cricket 2nd 11.

Post-School Sports:

Played Cricket (Pembroke OS; West Alice Springs), Squash (Burnside; Alice Springs; Albert Park) and Golf (Royal Adelaide GC 1991-01, Handicap 17) 

Tertiary Education & more.

University of South Australia +

Graduated 1989 with B. Business (Marketing) from the SAIT/UniSA.

Worked part-time driving Taxis and field Merchandising  Seppelt wines.

Completed certificates in

Copywriting (93, AWARD) &

Direct Marketing (94, ADMA).

3-day Advanced Presentation Skills (95. Rogen SI)

Career – Sales, Marketing & Advertising.

Started career “Merchandising Cadet” REPCO Auto Parts, SA & NT, (78-85).

1984  6 month travel USA/UK/Europe.

1986 returned University, 1989 IBM IET 

1990-1 Product Manager (Suncare) Faulding Pharma

AWARD Winning Pack design 1991

91-2, travel USA / Canada 

93 Melbourne worked for Advertising agencies

93-4 DDB Needham (Telstra MobileNet),

94-5 Wilson-Everard (Stihl)

95-6 Y&R/M (HSV/HRT, Calder , Autobarn)

Viet Nam 1996 – 07

96 moved  HCMC Vietnam 

96-7 GM BBDO Advertising (Bayer, Dulux, LG, Mars).

97 Certificate Vietnamese Language and Culture from University Social Sciences and Humanities HCMC (HCMUSSH) Vietnam National Uni.

Cambodia 2007 – 17

2007 moved Phnom Pemh, Cambodia

07-8 G.M. DG Advertising 08-10 AdsCom Advertising

11 Lecturer Corporate Communications Raffles College and

Marketing at Limkokwing University.

Re-started training in 2012

Return Australia

3/17 Returned Australia 

18 Certificate 3 in Retail (Allfie). 

Darwin 2019

Jan 19 relocated to Darwin.