Sean Wilson is an Australian businessman with a global outlook gained from extensive travel and international client work.
Education
His qualifications include:
Business
Management
Marketing
Legal Services
Human Resources
Information Technology
Company director certification
Many short courses (sales, coaching, etc) > more.
Professional Experience
He has a strong background in building high-performance teams and organisations. He's an expert in driving commercial growth, business transformation and governance reform. He's scaled multi-million-dollar organisations, transformed underperforming companies, and consistently achieved record sales and profit results (Sensis, HIA, Kolling, ColorTile, BetterHR, Zonda, Sharing Minds, etc). His contributions have been recognized with numerous awards and honours.
He has the proven ability to lead people and strategy, detect patterns, connect dots, and improvise, overcome and adapt in high preasure conditions to solve complex problems and achieve mission critical outcomes > Career Timeline.
Testimonials from colleagues highlight his exceptional leadership, analytical skills, and ability to foster high-performance cultures.
Notably, he served as:
CEO & Managing Director of BetterHR for over seven years.
CEO & Managing Director of Kolling Foundation at Royal North Shore Hospital.
CEO of Zonda Global, Zonda Care, Marine Seven, and ITBIZ.
Investor/Shareholder in several companies (ITBIZ, Media Networks, BetterHR, Streetwise, etc).
CTPO & HR Director at BetterHR.
Group Chief Operating Officer at Venturely.
National General Manager Sales & Marketing at The Housing Industry Association.
National Sales Director at Sensis.
Senior Advisor to a Member of Parliament
IT Management roles in government for almost a decade. Including over 7 years leading multi-million-dollar projects and budgets, a diverse set of skilled IT professionals, and complex multi-site operations.
Board Experience
He's also served on more than 20 boards & committees, including:
ministerial appointments.
office-bearer roles (Chairperson, Secretary, Public Officer).
Industry Experience
His career spans diverse industries, including:
recruitment
retail
advertising
digital services
healthcare
government
and more.
Awards & Honours
His contributions have been recognized through numerous awards and honours, such as:
Top 50 Small Business Leaders Award
Best HR & Employment Law CEO - Australia Award
Best HR Software & Advisory Firm Award
Board Commendations
Awards for #1 Sales & Sales Leadership
Professional Bodies
He's been mentored by top business leaders and admitted to professional bodies, including:
Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
Governance Institute of Australia (GIA)
CEO Institute (CEOI)
Australian HR Institute (AHRI)
Information Technology Professionals Association (ITPA)
Professionals Australia.
Areas of Expertise
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COO/CTPO Expertise
Group Chief Operating Officer at Venturely, where he led the Asia-Pacific managed services team (HR, IT, marketing, sales, etc) to support a private equity firm with mergers & acquisitions, operations within direct investment companies, etc.
He also served as HR Director and Chief Technology & Product Officer at BetterHR, as well as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer for 4 years. Supporting over 50,000 users and more than 300 partners (Telstra, ADP, etc). Before he was appointed CEO.
Business Development, Sales & Marketing Expertise
National Sales Director at Sensis, where he was responsible for >5000 business & government accounts up to $1.5m each (Visa, Hyundai, Mirvac, Sonic Healthcare, Defence, Parliamentarians, Human Services, Centrelink, US Embassy, etc).
Director of Sales & Marketing at ColorTile, where he was oversaw substantial revenues and large sales & marketing teams.
National General Manager Sales & Marketing at the Housing Industry Association (HIA), where he was responsible for $85m revenue, >300 staff across 23 offices, servicing >50,000 members, Home Ideas Centres, national events, etc.