Wayne brings 25+ years in senior leadership roles, culminating with two assignments as President for the APAC region in publicMNCs with healthcare focus (CooperVision, GN Hearing).
His substantial service in the prescription pharmaceutical industry culminated with senior leadership roles at Sanofi and Janssen-Cilag (J&J). He has led teams of up to 600 direct employees, and revenues of up to US$600m. Businesses under Wayne’s leadership have delivered exceptionally strong returns with fast revenue growth and market share gains.
Wayne has deep experience throughout the APAC region, having been in APAC leadership roles since 2006. He has lived and worked in both China and Singapore, and now operates from Singapore and Sydney. He has had significant exposure to the Boards of public MNCs as well as serving as a member of Global Leadership Teams.
Wayne is degree qualified in both Law and Commerce / Marketing from UNSW. He has previously founded and ran his own business, during which he delivered comprehensive leadership programs to a multitude of large and diverse businesses in both Australia and Asia including National Australia Bank, Sanofi and Schering-Plough. He is DiSC certified, has a Cert IV in Workplaceand Business Coaching and is a member of the ICF. He is an avid world adventure traveller, marathon runner (10 completed marathons) and has studied and performed in improvised theatre.
After exiting the corporate world mid 2022, Wayne founded engage4performance Pty Ltd where he combined long held passions (executive coaching and development, speaking) with new endeavours including podcasting (Hard Yards in Leadership) and writing (4 short leaderships books thus far and more on the way). He also is an avid volunteer with Asia Mentors Circle where he devotes significant time to mentoring Asian leaders toward global senior roles.
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