Whether you need an experienced CEO to lead a business, additional executive capability to help turn strategy into performance, or someone to take ownership of a critical challenge, Sean Wilson can help!
Sean Wilson has served in board-appointed CEO & Managing Director roles for more than a decade, as well as Group Executive roles including Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Director and Chief Technology & Product Officer. He worked his way into executive leadership from frontline roles across IT, sales & marketing, HR and operations, giving him a broad understanding of how organisations actually work.
He has led whole organisations, multi-site and multi-function teams, and business units across start-ups, scale ups, multi-billion-dollar organisations, not for profits and government. With direct responsibility for P&Ls up to $89M+, teams of 300+ people across 50+ sites, 50,000+ members, 60,000+ SaaS users, 5,000+ B2B & B2G accounts, and high-value client/partner accounts (e.g. $1m+, Telstra, Microsoft, Xero, ADP, Legal, Government).
He has served on boards and held office-bearer roles including Company Director, Company Secretary and Public Officer. He has also served as an advisor to an MP and business leaders.
He is an expert generalist, who brings an unusually broad mix of commercial, people, technology and data experience to executive leadership. He connects strategy, operations, technology and information to improve performance, strengthen teams, build better products and services, manage risk and create lasting value.
His proven track record includes 250%+ enterprise value uplift, doubling revenue and profit, turning loss-making operations profitable, integrating acquisitions and creating exit-ready businesses.
Talk to Sean about what is happening, where the opportunity lies and what needs to happen next.
He is motivated by outcomes, not titles. With a practical, commercially focused approach to complex challenges, combining strategic thinking with hands-on operational leadership to turn strategy into results.
Sean works at the intersection of strategy, commercial performance, people and execution. He gets to the heart of what is really happening inside an organisation, identify what is holding it back and turn decisions into focused action. His edge is combining pace with judgement. He moves quickly when action is required, while taking the time to understand the problem before acting. The objective is not activity. It is measurable progress.
Organisations Sean has led, advised or worked with