Prior industry experience
Building strategic development and integration capability
As an executive in a major telecommunications and technology group, Jim built a strategic development capability spanning strategy, acquisitions, alliances, integration and divestment. He led teams across Australia and international markets and helped connect individual acquisition opportunities with a broader growth agenda. The work included a series of technology acquisitions across enterprise services, mobility, networks and security. This experience combines strategic selection with the organisation and management capability needed to integrate businesses and sustain momentum after a transaction. It informs his work on acquisition strategy, operating models and practical integration planning.
KA engagement
Independent telecommunications review alongside economists
Jim contributed telecommunications expertise alongside HoustonKemp to advice for the ACCC on NBN Co’s expenditure and service-standard costings. The work connected network and operating realities with the questions being assessed in the replacement module process. Jim is a named co-author of the public expenditure reports and the August 2026 service standards memorandum. His experience demonstrates the ability to work across technical, commercial and regulatory considerations within a specialist advisory team.
KA engagement
Operating model strategy and board support in a not-for-profit group
Jim worked with the CEO, CFO and COO of a diversified not-for-profit group to develop an objective strategic rationale and board paper alongside a wider operating model programme. The work examined how closely the businesses were related and connected their differences with the case for autonomy, common stewardship and shared services. It provided a logical basis for the board to examine the proposed direction, its trade-offs and its fit with the group’s mission.
