Selected achievements from executive experience across corporate partnerships, philanthropy, capital campaigns and fundraising events.
Experience built in senior roles across healthcare, community and not for profit organisations, connecting ambitious ideas with the partners, donors and practical delivery needed to make them work.
The opportunity: Grow corporate support for a major Melbourne community organisation.
The work: Developed relationships across media, banking, sport, entertainment and consumer brands.
The result: Annual partnership revenue grew from approximately $40,000 to $800,000 in three years, and the portfolio expanded from 11 to 50 partners.
The opportunity: Create a distinctive fundraising event with lasting appeal.
The work: Developed the concept, secured the Melbourne Cricket Ground, created the fundraising model and brought corporate and media partners together for its first three years.
The result: The event was established and now generates more than $1 million annually.
The opportunity: Support major philanthropic investment in healthcare facilities and redevelopment.
The work: Worked on two healthcare builds with a combined value of $400 million and capital campaign fundraising targets totalling $60 million.
The result: Strong success across both campaigns, with ongoing major donor pipelines established for each.
The opportunity: Develop a new fundraising opportunity for a major healthcare organisation.
The work: Developed the concept and built the strategic relationships needed to establish it.
The result: A concept and relationships were established for future development. The event itself has not yet been delivered.
The opportunity: Engage donors and corporate supporters through experiences ranging from intimate briefings to major events.
The work: Developed and delivered donor cultivation, fundraising and corporate engagement experiences.
The result: A capital campaign gala at a major Melbourne gallery raised $1.8 million. Other experience includes a gala dinner held across three different levels of an underground car park, an annual lunch for a national sport and social inclusion charity, and a Melbourne charity Santa fun run.
These examples reflect experience gained in previous executive and consulting roles, brought to GSD Strategic. Named initiatives and venues illustrate that experience and do not imply current endorsement of GSD Strategic.