Speakers Corner » Finance/Business

Alex Fevola

speakerscorner — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:31:40 +0000

Coming soon

Chris and Marie

speakerscorner — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:21:41 +0000

Coming soon

Peter Alexander

speakerscorner — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:14:12 +0000

Peter Alexander is a true entrepreneur. Founder of Peter Alexander Sleepwear, Peter grew the company from a single man operation on a living room table to an internationally recognised sleepwear business and brand name.   At age 24, having worked for four years in the retail industry, Peter Alexander decided it was time to be his own boss. Identifying a gap in the market when his female friends were unable to find comfortable women’s pyjamas that weren’t flannelette nighties or lacy lingerie styles, Peter decided to establish his own business.  With the support of his parents, Peter Alexander began making women’s pajamas for the wholesale market, working from his mother’s living room table. He worked like this for four years and in the early days was the only person working in the company. When the phone rang, in order to make the business seem bigger, Peter would pretend to be someone else.      
Peter Alexander’s only regret about his education is that he didn’t do a business course. ‘As a result I didn’t make any money from my business for seven years because I didn’t know what I was doing’ he says.  Believing in the importance of setting high goals, Peter says people with high goals have far more chance of achieving them, than people with lower goals or no goals at all.   For Peter Alexander, the most satisfying thing about running his own business was being able to take both the blame and credit for his work. He says ‘When you work for someone else you often get blamed for something that’s not your fault, and when you deserve credit, you don’t’ get it. When you work for yourself, you only have yourself to blame if you mess up and you can also take the credit.’  A few years ago, having felt he had taken the business as far as he could, Peter sold Peter Alexander Sleepwear to Just Jeans for an undisclosed sum. At the time of sale, the business was making $6 million per year and growing by 40% each year.

Part of Peter’s arrangement with Just Jeans is that he continues to run Peter Alexander sleepwear for five years. He currently manages the company and employs eight full time staff and twenty casual staff. Peter is an exceptional speaker with the capacity to motivate and entertain. He brings a wealth of business knowledge to any event, corporate or otherwise.

Andrew Morello

speakerscorner — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:18:07 +0000

Andrew’s lifelong exposure to the property industry, his natural enthusiasm and his outstanding sales skills, mean he can provide exactly the service and the outcome that people seek.

A natural leader, Andrew has represented Victoria in the 2008 Senior Auctioneers’ Competition and is Vice Chair of the REIV Young Agents’ Chapter Committee.

Topic – Creating Relationships

Andrew will discuss how to create relationships, the power of relationships, and the opportunities you can create. Andrew will show you how to reach your full potential through business and relationships.

Learn about Andrew’s communication styles, dealing with cultural differences, and creating a rapport with clients, family and friends.

A Q&A session will provide you with an opportunity to ask Andrew about his experience on the hit show The Apprentice – Australia and making it all the way to the top 2 out of 10,000 applicants.

James Dunn

speakerscorner — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:58:42 +0000

James Dunn is a freelance finance journalist and media consultant. He writes for The Australian, Mortgage & Finance Brief, Investor Weekly and IFA magazines as well as the global credit magazine Creditflux, and is a regular finance commentator on Australian radio and television.

James was founding editor of Shares magazine, and oversaw one of the most successful magazine launches in Australia. He has also written for BRW, Personal Investor, The Age and Management Today, and was subsequently personal investment editor at The Australian and editor of financial website, investorweb.com.au. His first book, Share Investing for Dummies, was published by John Wiley & Co. in September 2002: a second edition was published in March 2007, and a mini-version, Getting Started in Shares for Dummies, followed in March 2008.

James gives a daily finance report on Radio 3AW in Melbourne and is a weekly commentator on Sky Business, and has appeared on The Panel, Four Corners and Today Tonight.

In 1984, James won two BMWs on Sale of the Century. Selling the cars financed a year of overseas travel and also a share portfolio – which did not survive the 1987 crash, the event that inspired James to become a finance journalist.

Tom Elliott

Dig Creative — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:37:01 +0000

Managing Director, MM&E Capital Limited.

Tom is both Managing Director and co-founder of MM&E Capital Limited, a Melbourne based hedge fund.

Before founding MM&E in 2001, Tom was an Executive Director of investment bank Flinders Capital Limited. Tom has also worked with stockbroker McIntosh Securities Limited, Canadian investment bank Wood Gundy Inc. and retailer Country Road.

Tom is a commentator on Melbourne radio stations 3AW and 3RRR, and appears both regularly on the ABC’s “Inside Business” program and irregularly on the evening news bulletins and current affairs programs of Channels 7, 9 and 10.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) from Oxford University (UK).