James Wilkes – Business Bio

Birthplace: Perth, Western Australia

Age: 47 years

Corporate Experience: Technical Representative, Sales Manager (Commercial and Retail), Marketing Manager, National Marketing Manager, Commercial Manager, (Manufacturing & Wholesale), Product Manager, Brand Manager, Operations and Production Manager, Design Manager, Project Manager, Customer Service Manager, Supply Chain and Logistics Manager (national and international), Events Manager, PR Manager, Management Consultant, Agri-business.

Industry Sector Experience: Engineering, Construction, Industrial, Mining and Resource, Forestry, Commercial Building, Marine, Manufacturing, Tourism and Hospitality, High end Retail, Entertainment, FMCG, Commercial Fishing, Energy, Professional Services, Agri-business, Viticulture.

Education: The University of New South Wales and the Australian Graduate School of Management

Characteristics: Revolutionary, Creative, Passionate, Persistent, Loyal, Direct, Innovative.

My Vision: To work with great people who want to make a difference here and now.

My Mission: To add value, not cost and deliver, deliver, deliver.

My Driving Philosophy: People are everything.

My USP: Hands on coal face experience, blended with business smarts and a passion for people.

Niche: Savvy, professional Talent Management.

Customer Snapshot

Companies I have worked with:

ABB Engineering Construction Pty Ltd, Stork ICM Australia Pty Ltd, Transfield, United Construction, Pacific Industrial Company, Kewdale Engineering and Construction, John Holland Construction Pty Ltd, Hammersley Iron, BHP Engineering Services, Brandrill Limited, Canningvale Weaving, Diageo, Fiocco Hopkins Nash, Twentieth Century Fox South Pacific Limited, Clough Engineering, Signet Engineering Pty Ltd, Fluor Daniel, Boom Logistics, RSM Bird Cameron, Barnes Mossman, Molly Mines, GRD Minproc, MetOcean Engineers, Geolyse, Uni-U, Industrial Galvanizers, Ingal EPS, Office of Public Sector Standards – WA, Fisheries Department of Western Australia, Ital Steel, Gloss Media, TCW, Gindalbie Gold, BGC Blokpave, Access 1 Media, WAMA, Lynas Gold NL – Paraburdoo Gold Project, Abosso Goldfields, Roche Bros – Mining and Civil Engineering, Denso (Australia) Pty Ltd, New Hampton Goldfields N.L – Jubilee Operations, Lionore Mining International, Australian Resources, RGC Mineral Sands Limited, Riverton – NSW, IG Corp – Brisbane, Cyber Research, Forrestania Gold NL – Bounty Gold Mine, Wakatu, Tohu Wines, NZTE, Marlborough District Council and Nelson EDA...

Talent snapshot

Talent I have acquired:

Engineering Managers, Construction Managers, General Managers, Production Managers, Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Structural Engineers, project managers, Sales Managers, Category Development managers, Brand Managers, Account managers, Business Development Managers, Environmental scientists / engineers, Underground Managers, Mine Mangers, Senior Project Managers, Town Planners, Accountants – Partners, Accountants – Senior, CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s, Mechanical engineers, Waste Management engineers, Business Managers, IT project managers, Operations Managers, Mill Superintendants, Director – Electronic Commerce, IT Systems and Infrastructure Managers, Learning Systems Managers, Mining Shift Bosses, Financial Controllers, Company Secretary’s, Directors, Product Managers, Senior Mining Engineers, Channel Manager, marketing managers, exploration geologists, metallurgists, winemakers, manufacturing managers, industrial managers, regional managers, country managers.