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Sean Wilson is an accomplished Australian businessman with a global perspective shaped by extensive travel and international client work.
He's an expert generalist with strong knowledge and skills in a wide range of disciplines, industries, skills, themes, and talents (Executive Management, Business Development, Commercial Management, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Business Transformation, Strategic Planning & Governance, and more). He has proven ability to detect patterns, connect dots, and improvise, overcome, and adapt in a wide range of conditions to solve complex problems, hit challenging targets, and maximise success.
His qualifications include business, management, marketing, legal services, human resources, IT, and a company director certification. And many short courses (coaching, sales, HR/IR, IT, etc).
He’s scaled several multi-million-dollar organisations, managed P&Ls/budgets of up to $85m, led large teams of over 300 across multiple locations and borders, had responsibility for Asia-Pacific operations with global stakeholders, and repeatedly achieved challenging targets and record results. He has proven ability to detect patterns, connect dots, and improvise, overcome, and adapt in a wide range of conditions to solve complex problems, and maximise success.
His leadership and management expertise spans business, government, and not-for-profit. Notably, he served as CEO & Managing Director of BetterHR for over seven years, where he led a multi-million-dollar company that provided award-winning HR software, tools, and advisory services to support over 60,000 users, as well as over 300 partners. BetterHR specialised in helping clients achieve best-practice HR management and compliance with Australian employment laws (eg. Fair Work Act). Partners included Telstra, Xero, ADP Payroll. industry associations, franchise groups, accountants, bookkeepers, etc. He also served as HR Director and Chief Technology & Product Officer, supporting hundreds of clients and partners directly. Before he was appointed CEO, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer for 4 years.
He's also served as:
CEO at Zonda Global and Zonda Care, where he led a group of multi-million-dollar companies ($10m+) and national teams to provide staffing and recruitment for healthcare facilities across Australia (temps & perms for aged care, hospitals, etc), as well as disability support care solutions for individuals living with disabilities, respectively.
CEO at Marine Seven, where he led commercial operations for a group of multi-million-dollar ($20m+ revenue) across six locations and a national operations support team based in Sydney, to provide luxury and recreational boat sales and services. Dealerships covered NSW, VIC, SA, QLD, etc and an online marketplace: BoatSearch.
CEO & Managing Director at Kolling Foundation, where he led a multi-million-dollar not-for-profit organisation to support hundreds of doctors and medical researchers at the Royal North Shore Hospital campus in partnership with NSW Health and the University of Sydney.
Acting CEO at Image Training Systems, where he helped the Managing Director modernise systems and operations, and plan succession/sales for a national sales training company.
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.
National Sales Director at Sensis, Director of Sales & Marketing at ColorTile and National General Manager Sales & Marketing at the Housing Industry Association (HIA), where he oversaw substantial revenues and large sales & marketing teams. At Sensis, 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). At HIA, he was responsible for $85m revenue, >300 staff across 23 offices, servicing >50,000 members, Home Ideas Centres, national events, etc).
He also served in government for almost a decade, including senior management roles for over 7 years, where he was responsible for multi-million-dollar IT projects and budgets, a diverse set of skilled IT professionals, and complex multi-site IT operations.
He's been mentored by top business leaders and admitted to professional bodies (Australian Institute of Company Directors, Governance Institute of Australia, CEO Institute, Australian HR Institute, Information Technology Professionals Association, etc).
His career spans diverse industries, including sales, marketing, human resources, technology, recruitment, retail, advertising, digital services, healthcare, government, and more, where his contributions have been recognized through numerous awards and honours, such as Board Commendations, Awards for #1 Sales & Sales Leadership, Top 50 Small Business Leaders Award, Best HR & Employment Law CEO - Australia Award and Best HR Software & Advisory Firm Award.
He's also served on over 20 boards & committees, including office-bearer roles (Chair, Secretary, Public Officer). And as a volunteer (sports, health, human rights, etc) > Learn more.
Testimonials from colleagues highlight his exceptional leadership, analytical skills, and ability to foster high-performance cultures.
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