Management Resources Guide

ABOUT RIC WILLMOT
Ric Willmot assists clients to increase performance and profit by making distinctive, lasting, and
substantial improvements to their organisations. He partners with his clients to tackle their
most difficult issues and serious challenges. His clients include Air Niugini, PwC,
Commonwealth Bank, GE, Grant Thornton, Philips Lighting, Rider Levett Bucknall, and over
100 other leading organisations and government departments in Australia, Asia, USA, and the
United Arab Emirates. 509 CEOs, executives, and managers from 17 countries have been
coached and mentored by Ric over the past 14 years.
Ric’s background includes:
Professional rugby union coaching in Australia, Ireland, Korea, and Japan.
Accounting.
Financial planning.
Organisational psychology.
In 2 years as the CEO of an Australian multi-national company he led the business in:
Reducing current liabilities by 47%
Reducing administration expenses by 11%
Reducing comparative operational expenditure by 23%
Increasing gross revenues by 208%
Increasing profitability by 56%
Ric then took on an even more challenging role as the turnaround CEO of an Australian
organisation and in 12 months he oversaw:
Increase in gross revenues by $14 million (37.4%)
Increase in net revenues by 18.55%
Acquisition of two smaller organisations to increase market share and penetrate
greenfield markets
Listing in the Top 400 Australian Businesses
He writes regular business columns for five magazines and is interviewed frequently on
television, radio, and Qantas Airlines Business Radio. Peter Gooch from ABC-Radio best
summed up Ric when he described him as: “The Contrarian Strategic Thinker for Successful
Executives”.
A commercially published author of 8 business books; four have made the best-seller list. The
books are available from the Executive Wisdom website, Amazon, and all good bookstores.
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