Scott Williams

Scott Williams is a serial small business founder and turnround manager with a personal interest in higher education goverance

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Scott Williams has  competent staff managing hiscurrent businesses so I am looking around for something to keep my interests active. I am still passionate about business mentoring and consulting and volunteer work in local government and the university sector. I am both a Fellow and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and I am interested in Board or Advisory Board opportunities with medium sized businesses. I guess I have e-commerce, education, international and start-up experience to offer. Scott Williams' own businesses have won a number of awards and I would like to offer that experience to other firms.

Deputy Chancellor at University of New England AU

October 2008 - October 2012

Councillor from 1997. Retired from UNE Council October 2012 due to relocation to Queensland.

Independent Chair, Audit Committee at Armidale Dumaresq Council

2010 - 2012

Member since 2009. Chair from early 2010 to March 2012. Retiring due to relocation to Brisbane. Retired from Committee in October 2012 due to relocation.

CEO & Founder at Petals Network P/L

1992 - April 2011

I co-founded Petals in 1992. Petals is a floral relay service that networks florists for the transmission of orders to other towns and countries. We were an early inovator on the web from 1994. We were listed 4 times in the BRW Fastest Growing Businesses list. We won the Telstra National Small Business of the Year Award and the Australian Business Business of the Year Award. Petals grew to operate florist networks in Australia, the UK and two in NZ. We also traded in some 90 countries and 7 currencies. All this ran from our Armidale NSW offices using the Web and several shifts. I sold Petals to Teleflora USA (the largest in our industry) in April 2011. I am pleased to say they have remained in Armidale and retained all my staff.

CEO, Education Services at UNE Partnerships

1990 - 1992

I started and was the foundation Manager of the University of New England full-fee training arm. We offered a number of courses to professionals wishing to upgrade their earlier training and degrees.

Senior Consultant at Aymever

1988 - 1990

Aymever offered policy consulting to major Australian companies in the areas of IT and aerospace especailly.

Mayor at Uralla Shire Council

1987 - 1990

Councillor from 1983-1991. During my term as Shire President (Mayor), Uralla entered, for the first time, and won the Bluett Award given annually to recognise two councils that have achieved the greatest relative progress in the State and is recognised as the greatest accolade a NSW council can achieve.

Regional Employment Creation Specialist at University of New England, Australia

1982 - 1988

I worked for the independently funded Rural Development Centre at UNE as their specialist in job creation and rural resettlement in rural areas suffering from economic decline and population loss. The Centre was originally funded by the Kellogg Foundation and then the Australian Government.

Expert at FAO of United Nations

1979 - 1981

I was a specialist in setting up microcomputer based data systems for agriculture in developing countries. Later I did similar work for the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources based in Rome and for AusAid. I worked on projects in China, Argentina, Ghana, India and Greece.

Operations Research Consultant at James Cook University

January 1978 - December 1978

I was employed by James Cook University to advise Mount Isa Mines Pty Limited on operations research matters.

Councillor at University of the Sunshine Coast

December 2012

I was appointed by the Council to sit as a member of the University Council and as a member of the Planning and Resources Committee.

CEO at Independent Publishing Australia

November 2012

Independent Publishing Australia publishes 7 free weekly community newspapers in Northern NSW and Southern Qld.

Executive Director at Apartments Downtown Network P/L

September 2011

ADTN has the management rights to three apartment complexes in Brisbane. Two are short term accommodation and one permanent rental accommodation. They total about 300 rooms.

CEO at Retrospect Holdings P/L

April 2011

Retrospect Holdings is a personal investment vehicle and the base for my venture capital and consulting work with small business.

University of New England (AU)

1969 – 1977

B Economics, Grad Dips Financial Mgt, Rural Accounting, Computer Science

Queensland Agricultural College

1966 – 1968

QDAH

Concentration: Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production

Brisbane Boys College

1962 – 1965

Higher Education Governance Small and Medium Business Startup and Turnround