Covey Consulting

Mr. David Allan - Curriculum Vitae

QUALIFICATIONS:

B.Chemical Engineering (Hons)
M. Engineering Science (Monash University)
Grad. Dip. Management (Deakin University)
Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors
AFFILIATIONS: West Australian Sustainable Industry Group
Australian Institute for Energy
Waste Management Association of Australia
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE:
  • Sustainable Development
  • Sustainability Awareness / Information programs for all organisational levels
  • Corporate Assessments using the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines
  • Sustainability Strategy Development using tools such as "Backcasting"
  • Implementation and Facilitation of Cleaner Production Management
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement
  • Water Conservation
  • Waste Reduction
  • Eco-efficiency
  • Operational Efficiency Optimisation
  • Feasibility & Growth Studies
  • Change & Innovation Management
  • General Management Consulting
EMAIL: david.allan@hagarproject.org

POSITIONS HELD:

Amcor

North Limited

Mount Isa Mines

Copper Refineries Limited

Nabalco

EXPERIENCE:

Recent roles have covered:

  • Strategy, business, product and market development
  • International sales
  • Supply chain improvement
  • Industrial relations
  • Human resources management
  • Operations leadership
  • Operations optimisation
  • Production efficiency improvement

Amcor's Spearwood Mill

David had responsibility for turning around the profit performance of a long-term loss making operation, as part of a global manufacturing company. This was achieved by:

  • revising the business strategy;
  • optimising manufacturing, energy, raw material and labour efficiencies;
  • penetrating new markets;
  • developing new products;
  • leading the change process, and enhancing safety and environmental performance.

He has played a pioneering role in the regional implementation of cleaner production techniques in Amcor, an international corporation with sales exceeding $4.5B.

PERSONAL SKILLS:

  • Creating value by translating strategy into action through people.
  • Highly skilled in building strong and cohesive teams, and developing strategy
  • Change facilitation across the full breadth of any business.
  • He has gained for his employers, significant positive publicity for the energy, water, waste reduction and recycling programs under his leadership.
  • David has a broad education, continuous up-skilling and training, various extensive 360-feedback processes, and an attitude of life-long learning.
  • David's style is energetic, co-operative and flexible, with a demonstrated ability to quickly acquire new knowledge and expertise.

AWARDS:

In 2000 he was publicly recognised with the following awards for work in Cleaner Production at Amcor's Spearwood Mill. This has lead to a variety of speaking engagements.

  • 2000 State 3R Environment Awards Winner - Cleaner Production Category
  • 2000 WA Energy Efficiency Awards Winner - Industry Category Overall Winner - Most Outstanding Entry
  • 2000 State Water Industry Awards Winner - Water Conservation Category
  • 2000 Keep Australia Beautiful Awards Perth's Best Large Business and Industry

 

 

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