David Holzgrefe

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About David Holzgrefe

Turnaround Champion Executive Leadership in Diverse Industries (Medical, Mining, Professional Services, and others) Board AdvisorOver the last 25 years, I’ve leveraged my entrepreneurial mindset (built on strategy, innovation and data), strong industry insights and an early career and education in finance—to build a high-growth start-up enterprise from scratch (and onto profitable sale), enable multimillion-dollar companies to achieve double-digit growth and transform declining companies into revenue-generating organisations. I power organisational success by: Creating metrics-driven sales and business operations… Strengthening financial and operational processes and systems… Forging long-term alliances with domestic and international clients and suppliers… Propelling organic and inorganic growth through M&A leadership and business development…A few impacts:DRIVING DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH Bolstering sales by 80%+ after increasing brand awareness, developing new marketing channels, and leveraging direct industry contacts that resulted in new customer acquisitions on a long-term engagement.TRANSFORMING BUSINESS OPERATIONS Acquiring, building, and growing Integrated Medical Solutions Group from zero to $15M revenue by overhauling entire business operations and driving strategic culture-shaping of staff for optimum job performance.LEADING SUCCESSFUL M&A TRANSACTIONS Structuring complex deals and completing multimillion-dollar M&A transactions for Diversified Mining Services to drive inorganic growth during the global financial crisis (GFC) period.My executive leadership/advisory capability is extensive and spans multiple industries. My success as a founding business owner (start-ups) and corporate executive, intrapreneur (local and global firms/private and public sectors), have provided rare insights into not only understanding the real issues that businesses face but also devising solutions to fix them—regardless of the industry. Through an entrepreneurial lens, I see opportunities where others see problems. By analysing the numbers, stabilising fractured organisational infrastructure, gaining multi-stakeholder buy-in, and inventing winning strategies, I’ve achieved the seemingly impossible, tamed operational chaos and led companies to new heights of success. If you’re curious to know how my executive leadership or Board advisory expertise can help scale your company, let’s connect! David Holzgrefe0408 696 175 | dholzgrefe@gmail.com