The Leading Practices Program combines the skills and expertise of a multi-disciplinary team of highly qualified and experienced business professionals. Our people come from a diverse range of backgrounds, including psychology, research, consulting, academia, graphic design, information technology, web-design and systems administration.
As Director, Adam is active in Market Research, Marketing Strategy and Communication Practice. He enjoys being able to work within the highly energetic and innovative team at Beddoes Institute and his favourite tasks are market research design, data analysis, strategy design and implementation.
Adam has a strong passion for coaching the team responsible for producing the results and is highly sought after for market research, regulatory work, facilitation of advisory boards, strategy workshops and sales staff training. He currently works in Australia and the USA, on accounts that include those for Merck, Novartis, Janssen-Cilag, Lilly, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Baxter Healthcare, Pfizer, Hospira, Gilead, Novo Nordisk and Nutricia.
Rebecca has over 15 years’ research and evidence-based consulting experience across a range of industries, including financial services, professional services, telecommunications, supply chain management, pharmaceuticals, private health insurance and automotive. Throughout her career, she has specialised in customer loyalty research and consulting in the services sector.
For the past several years, Rebecca has worked exclusively in the financial services sector, successfully setting up and operating a financial services practice for Beaton Research and Consulting that specialises in benchmarking research for major life insurance providers in Australia and New Zealand.
Rebecca has forged strong relationships with financial advisers, industry leaders, professional associations, media professionals and life insurance companies.
In 2010, Rebecca held a privileged judging position on the ‘AFA Financial Adviser of the Year Award’. This experience built on her existing deep understanding of financial advice practices in Australia.
With a Bachelor of Information Technology, Dave has previously worked as a consultant in I.T. and web development for Illuminus and a programmer and analyst for the APA Group, DMR Consulting and NAB (Global Data Warehouse).
Dave is responsible for developing and overseeing the Beddoes Institute’s website and web portal, as well as managing the internal technology infrastructure. He is also responsible for strategic administration, research and education software, and is constantly developing new tools to make it easier for Beddoes Institute to organise and present information that will help clients achieve their goals.
Phil is currently studying a Bachelor degree in Network Administration at Monash University. His role at Beddoes Institute is to maintain the servers and provide technical support to the team.
In the coming year Phil looks forward to further improving the IT support at Beddoes Institute and contributing to the integration of new technologies.
Peter is a graduate of the Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computing and Software Development.
Peter previously worked for Travelonomy, in the eCommerce sector, in both their Portuguese and Irish offices. He was responsible for front-end product design, including user interfaces, as well the development of new revenue channels via online social networks and widgets.
Peter’s role at Beddoes Institute is to develop and support the growing IT infrastructure. He is also working to develop a number of new customer-facing websites.
Peter loves sport and the outdoors, including cycling, camping, sailing and diving. He spent four years on the Irish National Judo Team, during which time he travelled around Europe representing Ireland.
Nicole is a unique individual who thoroughly enjoys a mix of creative and technical work. Although her formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Engineering (Product Design) degree and a Certificate IV in Business Management, Nicole chose to shift her career into the field of web and graphic design and – in 2008 – she established her own agency.
Nicole’s passion for design and working creatively is well utilised at Beddoes Institute, where she undertakes many varied visual design tasks for both print and digital media. Her love of a technical challenge – demonstrated by her past experience as an Engineer – is clearly apparent in the way she now contributes to user interface development of advanced websites and applications.
Diane manages the Beddoes Institute accounts and keeps the company up-to-date with industry best practice.
