Logistics Bureau's Senior People
Logistics Bureau's success is built around the experience, motivation and expertise of its team. Whether in South East Asia or Australasia, Logistics Bureau's consultants, and management team members are dedicated to delivering results quickly, efficiently, on time and on budget. The following key staff head our Operations and lead a team of over 30 Supply Chain professionals.
Rob O'Byrne - Group Managing Director
Co-Founder. Commenced business with Logistics Bureau in 1997.
Born and educated in Jersey (Channel Islands, UK), Rob moved from London to Sydney in 1993 following 20 years in senior Supply Chain and Logistics roles at strategic and operational levels. He began building a reputation as a no-nonsense consultant who delivers results.
Rob is excited about the direction that Supply Chain and Logistics management are heading and uses his expertise in Supply Chain improvement and Cost To Serve analysis to help clients remain competitive and cope with the demands of the new economy.
Like all of Logistics Bureau's senior staff, Rob is very much 'hands on' and spends much of his time managing Logistics Bureau's major projects in Australia and SE Asia.
During those rare and treasured moments away from his work, Rob enjoys the open air and has a particular passion for boating. He has a Master of Science in Logistics from Cranfield University.
Rob is a very enthusiastic and active speaker at many industry events through the year across the Region. Previous and upcoming speaking engagements can be viewed at Conference Engagements.
Rob can be contacted directly at +61 417 417 307 or Email
As a Cranfield graduate, Rob is keen to assist in promoting the University. If you would like to read about scholarship opportunities at Cranfield currently being offered in Australia, please go to Australian Alumni Scholarship
John Loty - Non-Executive Chairman
John, a former General Manager and Corporate Counsel, is particularly interested in people, their values and the development of people skills as well as promoting the need for 'systems thinking' with emphasis on discovering what works (the strengths of individuals).
He has over 35 years extensive industry experience (including 15 years as a barrister and mediator). John believes that positive approaches are all part of the 'new way of thinking' and learning that will be the formative influence in the optimal business and leadership improvement and development strategies of the 21st century.
John's business interests beyond Logistics Bureau extend to SCILnet on line Supply Chain & Logistics Training as well as The Australian Appreciate Inquiry Network
John can be reached on +61 411 809 404 or Email
Mark Powell - Non Executive Director
Mark brings to Logistics Bureau over 25 years operational logistics management & consulting experience. His previous roles have included Stores Board Director Logistics – Tesco plc and President SCM Tibbet & Britten Canada – Wal Mart.
Mark has a MSc Logistics from Cranfield University UK, and an MBA from Cardiff Business School.
His contribution to Logistics Bureau is to provide specialist advice in the area of retail Supply Chains.
Mark can be reached on +64 216 332 00 or Email
Colin Airdrie - Managing Director Logistics Bureau Asia - Bangkok Thailand
Colin Airdrie has more than 35 years of operational logistics management and consulting experience, and has specialist industry knowledge of Asian markets.
Before joining Logistics Bureau, Colin spent nine years in Asia, over this time his positions included in-house and third party logistics operations with a nationwide network in Thailand, Logistics Director for several operating companies in Shanghai and Regional Development Director of Li & Fung Distribution in Hong Kong, managing projects in Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia.
His appointment as Senior Director Logistics for China Resources Vanguard saw Colin responsible for the development of a supply chain supporting retail operations in the Pearl River Delta. This was followed by an appointment to the role of Vice President Supply Chain with the Homeworld Group, based in Tianjin and operating across the whole of Northern China. During this period, he developed a supply chain strategy for this major retail group and designed and built major distribution facilities”.
Colin's training and development skills are also highly sought after and he has designed and delivered public courses in inventory management and warehouse operational management.
See our new Training Courses running in Bangkok:
Cross Cultural Negotiation Skills - Bangkok
Successful Inventory Management - Bangkok
Outsourcing Your Logistics - Bangkok
Warehouse Design & Operations - Bangkok
Colin can be contacted directly at +66 81946 4490 or Email
Chris Garschagen - Partner
Chris was one of the founding Partners of Dawson Consulting. Prior to establishing Dawson Consulting, Chris spent five years with another logistics management consultancy.
His experience also includes ten years in the transport and distribution industry in both Australia and the United Kingdom working for the National Freight Consortium plc (now known as Exel Logistics). He was responsible for managing national operations.
Chris has worked within a number of industry sectors on a varied number of logistics projects. He has been involved in some breakthrough logistics ventures that have delivered significant benefits to clients. Chris specialises in strategic logistics network design and optimisation, specification, implementation and project management.
Chris can be contacted directly on +61 412 566 544 or Email
John Dunphy - Partner
Prior to joining Logistics Bureau, John was Managing Director with Dawson Consulting.
John brings to Logistics Bureau a broad industry experience in Canada and Australia, with companies such as
Sperry Corp,
PepsiCo,
Monsanto and
Linfox as well of course as substantial consulting experience at a senior level.
John's specialist areas of expertise include, Supply Chain strategy development,
Distribution Network design,
Business process re-engineering,
Logistics outsourcing and selection of IT systems
John has a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) and a Diploma in Business Administration & Marketing from Sir Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.
John can be contacted directly on +61 411 706 714 or Email
David Riddle - Manager - Tactics Team Leader
David joined Logistics Bureau in 2001 and had 9 years operational experience in the Finance sector in the UK prior to moving to Australia. Following his relocating to Sydney, David spent 15 years in senior management positions in the apparel and cosmetics industries in both retail and wholesale channels with Myer GraceBros and two major American multi national companies before a transition to supply chain consulting. Since joining Logistics Bureau David has been involved and managed numerous projects related to customer service and call centre optimisation, transport & distribution outsourcing and supply chain alignment in the retail sector. David leads our tactics team in services such as these Consulting Services - Tactics
David can be contacted directly at +61 417 486 166 or Email
Simon Wrangham - Manager - Execution Team Leader
Simon joined Logistics Bureau in 1999 and has a BSc Hons Comp Science, as well as a Grad Dips Maths & Ops Mgt. Simon comes from a solid background in senior IT and project management roles and since joining Logistics Bureau has led our execution, (or implementation team) in a broad range of complex IT and change management projects. Examples of these services can be seen here Consulting Services - Execution
Simon can be contacted directly at +61 418 438 192 or Email
Ian Robins - Manager - Operations Team Leader
Ian joined Logistics Bureau in 2001 following many years of success in materials handling, operational warehouse design and equipment specification. Ian leads our operations team and manages many of our key operational projects in warehousing and distribution and brings a unique blend of experience and technical knowledge to our business. Examples of the projects that Ian leads can be seen here Consulting Services - Operations
Ian can be contacted directly at +61 411 595 955 or Email
Timothy Dowsett - Manager
Timothy joined Logistics Bureau in 2007 and has 19 years consulting and industry experience in the areas of business operations and supply chain. Prior to commencing his consulting career, he had more than 10 years commercial experience with a variety of supply chain related line management positions, within both the private and public sector.
He has worked in line management roles for the Australian Army, Pioneer Concrete and TNT. In his consulting career he has worked for Deloitte Consulting, IBM Global Services and more recently as a Director with Ernst & Young.
As a management consultant, Timothy has led engagements including Logistics and Supply Chain strategy, Procurement, Transport & Distribution outsourcing, and Supply Chain network optimisation. He recent interest is in applying the Lean philosophy to Supply Chain; a new area holding significant opportunities for business improvement.
He has worked for clients across many different industry sectors, including Food & Beverage, Pharmaceuticals, FMCG, Building Products and Materials, Manufacturing, Defence and Commonwealth and State Government authorities.
Timothy has a BA from the University of New South Wales and an MBA from Macquarie University. He is a member of a number of industry associations including the LAA and the CSCMP Australian Roundtable.
Timothy can be contacted directly on +61 421 054 550 or Email
John Cole - Manager
A large portion of John’s career has been in the domestic Express Freight market, with the majority of this spent with Mayne Nickless (11 years) and Star Track Express (9 years). John has held a range of middle management roles with the main focus in Customer Service and Account Management. During his time with Star Track Express, John was involved in the first major roll-out of integrated sortation and Trace & Track technology in the Australian freight market.
John joined Dawson Consulting in 1999 to lead the Freight Optimisation business unit leading projects across all industries, but chemicals and bulk commodities were strongly represented. John moved across to Logistics Bureau in 2007, with the acquisition of Dawson Consulting.
In the past 5-7 years, John has built a strong track record in the resources and energy sectors for companies such as Rio Tinto, Pilbara Iron, Iluka, Blue Circle Southern Cement, Newcrest Mining, Dyno Nobel and Stuart Petroleum.
Projects have focused on designing and validating logistics channels for the supply of remote and semi-remote mining and energy operations in Australia and Central Asia. This work has entailed;
Assessment of equipment infrastructure requirements;
Supplier sourcing and benchmarking;
Operational and cost modeling.
John can be contacted directly at +61 411 706 726 or Email
Mal Walker - Manager
Mal commenced his career as an engineer at Colby Handling Systems before entering management and supply chain consulting with TTC, P Breed and Partners, Symonds Henderson and Deloitte Consulting. In more recent years, Mal has worked in 3rd Party Logistics with Exel/DHL in a number of capacities including Solutions Design and Global Account Management.
With qualifications in engineering, Business Administration and Logistics, Mal has over 30 years experience in the industry with a solid track record of domestic and international supply chain assignments across a range of supply chain and logistic disciplines. His specialities include supply chain design and strategy, feasibility studies, materials handling, distribution centre design, vendor managed and postponement inventory strategies, international supply chain development, project management and implementation.
Mal can be contacted directly on +61 (0) 412 271 503 or Email
Mal is one of our more multi talented team members and can often be seen behind the drum set of the Transmission Band
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