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Building amazing teams, motivating, and building great businesses - I have been passionately involved with retail for over 25 years. I have worked for Harvey Norman since 1995, a leading global retailer of technology, electrical appliances, furniture and furnishings.. Motivated and innovative teams build strong companies and maintain a competitive edge. Creating the culture of innovation and...

Building amazing teams, motivating, and building great businesses - I have been passionately involved with retail for over 25 years. I have worked for Harvey Norman since 1995, a leading global retailer of technology, electrical appliances, furniture and furnishings.. Motivated and innovative teams build strong companies and maintain a competitive edge. Creating the culture of innovation and inclusion is the passion of my work. I am a strong advocate and believer in the longevity and value of bricks-and-mortar retail - as part of a complete omni-channel operation. People love to shop, and the act of shopping should never to be confused with buying. Shopping is recreation, inspiration, education, physical, tactile, exploratory, and social. Quality value added retail drives demand. A great shop is far more than shelves off which to sell products. I am occasionally asked "is retail dying?" Retail is not dying, retail is changing and ever more re-inventing itself. Despite the undoubted importance of a strong and vibrant digital strategy, shops still dominate how we buy. Through this change, retail is further establishing itself as absolutely critical to the consumer supply chain. I am a corporate and retail problem solver. Specialties: Corporate restructuring, turnaround and negotiation Enterprise marketing Team management and coaching Property development, negotiation, and management Retail operations, supply chain negotiation and management Retail construction, design, & fit out IT and systems development and governance Retail marketing, strategic and tactical campaigns and promotions Branding and brand rescue and re-invigoration Mergers and Acquisitions Business Coaching & Mentoring Management and Financial reporting Guest Speaker & Lecturer University degree in LawChief Executive Officer @ Manage all strategic and operational aspects of Harvey Norman's Irish operation, which includes 14 stores and 800 employees. From February 2010 to Present (5 years 11 months) Founder & Director @ Founder & Co-Creator of Miotto Design - European Wholesaler & Distributor of contemporary furniture from the far east. From June 2008 to May 2010 (2 years) Managing Director @ Operational control of our Central European business unit From January 2006 to May 2010 (4 years 5 months) Business Mentor @ Mentored emerging Slovenian entrapreneurs within their own business on matters of brand, structure, sales, and strategy. From 2006 to 2009 (3 years) Various Senior Positions @ 10 Years in Australia's Harvey Norman operation. Various positions including : Managing Director - Artemis Imports - Wholly owned subsidiary of Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd - importing and wholesaling furniture and interiors from Europe, the Far East, and the US. Managing Director - Noble House Design - Wholly owned subsidiary of Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd - retailing high end prestige furniture & furnishings Project Manager - assisting the CEO and Chairman in a variety of projects at Harvey Norman Global Head Office in Sydney - including the closure and restructuring of the Harvey Norman lighting division. Steering Committee - Harvey Norman Technology & Mobile - sat on a national steering committee for merchandise management, planing, and marketing for various aspects of the Harvey Norman national technology and communications division, retail strategy planning. Franchisee - Harvey Norman Oxley From July 1995 to December 2005 (10 years 6 months) Sydney, AustraliaMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General @ Trinity College Dublin From 2015 to 2017 LLB (law), Intellectual property, Psychology @ The University of Queensland From 1990 to 1995 BA (Arts), Philosophy, Psychology @ The University of Queensland From 1990 to 1994 Blaine Callard is skilled in: Corporate Branding, Restructuring, Retail Management, Negotiation, Real Estate Development, Mergers, Enterprise Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Management, Store Management, Marketing, Retail, Strategy, Team Building, Business Operations