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Our People
 Ron Latham,
Managing
Director:
Ron
has held senior roles with high profile multi-national
corporations in sales, marketing, market research as well as
general management for divisions and companies in New
Zealand, Australia and Asia.
He formed his own
consultancy
in 1993
and has provided strategic marketing, marketing research and information,
performance management and consulting services to a range of
clients, across a number of industry sectors including:
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Electrical
appliances: Browngoods, whitegoods, small appliances;
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FMCG: Liquor, wine,
tobacco, confectionery, soft drinks;
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Franchises:
Electrical, food;
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Government &
Producer boards: NSW Dept. of Commerce, kiwifruit, grain;
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Hardware and
building supplies;
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IT and
telecommunication;
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Motor
vehicles/dealers;
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Professional
services: Accounting, advertising, legal;
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Retail: Cosmetics,
department stores, electrical, hotels, IT&C, sporting goods,
supermarkets.
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Performance Management
Ron’s superb technology skills have been honed through
the development and implementation of sophisticated
web-based assessment tools. His products and expertise
extend to:
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Supplier Reviews – for evaluating the buyer & supplier
relationship
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People Reviews – for evaluating the performance and
360° appraisals for managers and employees
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Sales Reviews – for evaluating the individual and
organisational performance in the sales area
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Key Account Reviews – for evaluating corporate,
department and individual performance with high value
key accounts.
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Consultancy Assignments
Ron’s
recent significant consulting achievements include:
Retail Consultancy Projects:
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Local area marketing systems and store
improvement strategies; |
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Retailer strategic reviews and business
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Market Research & Surveys:
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Fifteen years in two multi-national market research
agencies, in all facets of market research, including
customer and staff satisfaction surveys. Worked with
large and small clients to design and undertake surveys
and interpret results to improve and build their
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Responsible for a division, using computer bar code
technology, to provide a range of scanning data services
to grocery retailers, using a panel of households that
recorded all grocery purchases. |
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Established and managed retail panel services for the
consumer durables industry in Australia, South-East Asia
and New Zealand for continuous measurement of market,
brand and model share information, through sales
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Ron is
a member of the Australian Market and Social Research
Society and has presented papers at many conferences in
Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the United Kingdom and Europe.
E-Mail:
ron@lathamconsulting.com.au
Ann Kenna,
Associate:
Ann Kenna is
a senior strategic consultant with over 20 years of
advisory experience gained
in her former roles as Vice President Human Resources with
GE Commercial Finance, HR Director for Allen Allen & Hemsley
and HR Director for ACNielsen.
During her esteemed career as a senior HR practitioner she
has led many large scale change management projects
including acquisitions, mergers and organisational
re-designs. Her strategic projects have also included:
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Introduction of "balanced scorecards"
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Executive coaching & mentoring programs
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Development & implementation of "Employer of
Choice" strategies
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Design & facilitation of leadership workshops
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Re-engineering
process improvements (Six Sigma)
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Ann is a Six Sigma certified Green Belt. She has an
undergraduate in Personnel Administration, a Graduate
Diploma of Marketing (UTS) and a Master of Business
Administration (Monash).
Read Ann’s latest article on
"Improving Salesforce Effectiveness" written after 12
months of full-time research and a 33,000 word thesis
submitted for her MBA accreditation
E-Mail:
annkenna@lathamconsulting.com.au
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