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Manny Vassal 
Associate

Manny Vassal is the Founder and Managing Director of Business Strategy Bureau (BSB) and acts as an Associate for Success Enterprises Consulting Pty Ltd.

Manny runs BSB, which is a consulting practice that helps small, mid sized as well as larger organisations to manage their business better. BSB was created in 2005.

BSB consultants are seasoned professionals with extensive experience in most aspects of organisation strategy, finance and management, having themselves held senior positions in large corporations and created, owned and grown businesses.

Manny has worked at senior levels in blue-chip organisations such as Accenture, Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, BNP Paribas and National Australia Bank in both Scotland and Australia

Manny founded BSB in 2005, and has become a small business owner, SME advisor and consultant to Tier-1 corporates and government. Manny's main activities include:

  • Founder and Managing Director of Business Strategy Bureau (based in Melbourne)
  • Director at Ponto Combo (Corporate Media) and Noon Productions (Documentaries and films)
  • Founding Partner at PitchClub (an Investor's and Entrepreneur's network)
  • Manny is also free lance consultant in a large consulting firm advising large corporates and government.

Manny Vassal has over 17 years of experience in various corporate executive roles. He joined Accenture in 1988 and worked on a range of consulting assignments in Paris and Sao Paulo.

In 1992 he moved to London with BNP Paribas Capital Markets before joining the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, and subsequently the National Australia Bank (NAB) in Glasgow. He relocated to Melbourne in 1999 to manage IT strategy for the NAB and in 2002, he assumed responsibility for IT Financial Planning and Performance Management for the bank.

Manny is Founder and Managing Director of BSB, is a Director at Ponto Combo (Corporate Media) and a Founding Partner of Pitch Club, a business angels' network. He is also an associate partner of Success Enterprises Pty Ltd.

Qualifications include a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA from Edinburgh University focusing on finance and corporate restructuring.

 

BSB (ad)Ventures: Start-Ups, SMEs & Not-for-Profit

Aimed at smaller organisations and brings the experience gained at blue chip firms to the community, startups and mid-sized organisations.

Manny has helped business owners and CEOs develop financial plans and implement cost and income strategies.

Clients have included: Groupware, Australian Volunteer International, hearservice, Ponto Combo, Franco- Australian Chamber of Commerce, VCOSS and Thycon.

 

BSB Corporate: Corporate consulting

Aimed at business and IT executives in larger corporate organisations to focus on priorities, think strategically, plan ahead, set up the right governance framework and develop key indicators to monitor performance.

Manny develops special relationships with clients to ensure the highest level of service, commitment and delivery.

Manny's recent consulting assignments include DHS, TabCorp, Medibank, VicRoads, Mercy Heath and Aged Care. Freelancing through a large consulting firm.


Capabilities

Planning

  • Strategy Planning
    • Industry, Market & Competitor Analysis
    • Strategy Analysis & Development
  • Business Planning and Business Plans
    • Existing Business Review
    • Business Plans
  • Strategic IT planning

Governance

  • Board or Executive team advisory
  • C-level coaching
  • Workshop facilitation, MC-ing
  • Audits, Reviews, Organisation review
  • Support to decision making
  • System selection (tenders)
  • KPIs & performance monitoring

Finance

  • Support to financial decision making
  • Income and cost strategies
  • Financial planning (1 to 10 years)
  • Asset strategies
  • Financial Analysis & Modelling

Sales and Marketing

  • Sales & marketing strategies
  • Corporate media
  • Fundraising strategies

SME clients:

Clients include: Groupware, Australian Volunteer International, hearservice, Ponto Combo, Franco Australian Chamber of Commerce, VCOSS.

Larger organisations:

Clients include: DHS, TabCorp, Medibank, VicRoads, Mercy Heath and Aged Care (as freelance consultant through a Tier-1 consulting firm).




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