Australian Strategic Forum and Operations Management Forum

		Simon Burrow Group Marketing Aged 52. PTD (UCT), MIMM. Joined the group in 1993 to establish an in-house advertising agency, following which he was asked to head marketing for the Clicks brand, and then took on responsibility for the marketing of all brands within the group, and was instrumental in the success of Clicks ClubCard. In March 2002, he relocated to Australia to assist in building the business, including launching the ClubCard programme. He has a background in sales and advertising, and was marketing manager at Southern Life for seven years, after which he and his wife ran their own consultancy.
		Simon Dryden Brand Leader – House Aged 43. Simon owned the first House franchise in Chadstone for many years before joining New Clicks Australia in 2002 as Brand Leader of House. He possesses exceptional skills in franchising.
		Carmelo Francese Brand Leader – Price Attack Aged 35. Carmelo has been with Priceline/New Clicks Australia for 17 years. He started as a haircare buyer, then became buying team leader and in 2003 was appointed Brand Leader of Price Attack. He is acknowledged as one of Australia's leading haircare professionals.
		Andrew Grant IT & Logistics Leader Aged 48. B Economics (Accounting and Business) (Monash). Joined Priceline in 1992 as IT manager, and was appointed logistics leader for New Clicks Australia in 2000. He has extensive experience in IT and logistics in the retail industry, including designing and developing a large retail merchandising, logistics and accounting software package, and was regional manager, based in Asia, for a large computer company, responsible for design, development, implementation and support of Retail Systems in five countries.
		Trevor Harris Finance Leader Aged 53. BComm, HDip (Tax), CA(SA). Joined the group in 2001 as chief financial officer of New Clicks Australia, after relocating from South Africa to Australia. Prior to this he was a partner at Ernst & Young in Johannesburg for 10 years, and group financial director of Sedgwick Noble Lowndes in Cape Town for 9 years.
		George Meiliunas Organisational Development and Human Resources Leader Aged 51. BA (Psychology) (Melbourne), MBA (RMIT). Joined Priceline in 1998, and then took over organisational development at a transnational level from Errol Gray in January 2001. His previous experience includes 13 years with Myers Grace Brothers, part of the Coles Myer group, four years of which were as GM for strategy, OD and HR; training and development manager at Toyota; as well as practising as a clinical psychologist.
		Jeff Sher Executive Director, Country Leader Aged 45. BA (Sydney), MBA (Macquarie). Joined Priceline in 1993, and after the acquisition by New Clicks, was appointed director, assuming responsibility for the operations and organisational development of the business. He was appointed managing director of Priceline in August 2000, and in December of the same year, when the House business was acquired, he was appointed country leader of New Clicks Australia.
		Phillip Smith Brand Leader – Priceline and Priceline Pharmacy Aged 52. Joined the group in April 2003. He was previously managing director of Myer Grace Brothers from 2000 to 2001, and has been involved in Australian retailing since joining Myer in 1972, holding senior positions with a number of major retailers, including David Jones.
		John Stapleton Merchandise Leader Aged 47. John joined New Clicks Australia in 2003, leading the merchandise function for all brands. He is vastly experienced and spent many years with multi-category leading Australian retailers.