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The Keys To Success Club Team

We have assembled expert talent from all corners of the globe to develop, build and continue to grow this global success community

Global Leadership Team

The leadership team is an enthusiastic and passionate team who between them own substantial property portfolios, have set up and run muliple businesses and contribute to numerous charity organisations. 

They bring to the table expertise, extensive networks and global experience to direct and manage the Keys To Success Club community

Expert Panel

We have carefully selected panels of experts across our three divisions of business, property and personal development.

The expert panel provides the community with specialised knowldege in their fields of expertise

Expert Contributors

We have over 400 expert contributors who have provided us with interviews, articles and books that has been added to our in-house database allowing our community to access expert information quickly and easily on relevant subject areas.

 

 

Global Leadership Team

Mark Taylor - Founder & Managing Director

Mark Taylor _ Keys To Success Club

Mark Taylor is the founder of KeysToSuccessClub.com . A driven entrepreneur with multiple business and property interests and is the host of the regular property column for Rex, Australia's largest regional airline.

Mark is committed to creating a global success community to inspire and enable people to achieve the success they deserve.

A background in Innovation, Management Consulting and Sales & Marketing with an eye for market opportunities and an intense drive to deliver exceptional results in all aspects of his life.

From Bluechips such as Unilever, GSK, to exciting emerging businesses such as Freshtel & Onetest, to Innovation hothouses such as TTP Group, Mark has a diverse set of experiences to draw from.

Mark brings a truly global perspective having lived/worked in Australia, France, Kenya, New Zealand, Singapore & UK.

 

Joel Castle - Head of Property Division

Joel has just over 10 years in the construction and property industry; working with various blue chip companies on a national and international basis. This includes working within Leighton Contracting Pty Ltd with a project portfolio in excess of $6 billion.
 
Joel began working life with a builder / developer in the construction profession and has moved into the corporate field of commercial project risk & financial management. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Architectural Technology and is degree qualified with a Bachelor of Construction Management.

He is currently managing and growing his personal investment property portfolio within the residential and commercial property market

 

Benn Miller - Head of Personal Development Division

Benn has been a proven success in the business and corporate world, working in the oil and gas industry in Africa and USA, and as a Global Innovation Consultant for Sagentia – a listed UK company.

He has also been successful property investor and renovator, enabling him (with a paradigm shift in lifestyle requirements) to be financially free.

Despite, on paper, being a success; it had come at a price both physically, mentally and spiritually.  Since this crossover point 3 years ago, Benn has dedicated himself to a life of personal development, growth and transformation to develop his own “peace of mind”.

He is passionate about sharing his journey with others and helping them become happier, more fulfilled individuals.

 

Dale Beaumont - Content & Strategy

 

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Dale Beaumont is a best-selling author, international speaker and creator of the 'Secrets Exposed' series.  As part of a Joint Venture arrangement, KeysToSuccessClub.com has access to the online content produced by the “Secrets Exposed! Series”

 In 2005 he created the series; a selection of books that takes you up-close and personal with hundreds of successful people, in a broad range of fields.

 To date a total of fifteen ‘Secrets Exposed’ book have been successfully released into bookstores – and over 200,000 ‘Secrets Exposed’ books are now in print. The series is now sold across Australia and throughout South-East Asia – receiving exceptional feedback from readers everywhere.

 

Ben Stickland - Technology

Ben Stickland

Ben Stickland is the CEO of Alliance Software.  Ben is a rare breed. He's a geek who's passionate about business and understands online marketing.

Dlook.com.au represents one of Alliance Software's more notable development achievements.  For technically savvy readers, the system indexes over a million businesses, runs geographic searches over 2,871 codes and returns results in under two seconds; a technical tour de force.

Ben brings his leading edge team to the ongoing development of the Keys To Success Club platform.

 

Business Expert Panel

Fergus Herbert

Fergus Herbert

Areas of expertise      Business

Specialities                  Business growth, early stage ventures, capital raising

Fergus is a founder and managing partner of ORB Capital, Chairman of Edge Custom Media (a custom publisher) and a Director of Global Valve Technology Ltd (a disruptive valve technology), Fergus has been involved with the incubation of many companies with compelling growth characteristics.

Fergus has started, owned, managed, and sold a number of successful enterprises and has assisted a large number of disruptive technology companies to raise what had previously seemed ‘impossible’ development capital.  He has been the Managing Director of four successful businesses, including Tourism Australia Ink, which he sold to the publicly listed Text Media Group in 1998.

Fergus is adept at helping emerging companies understand what they need to do to reach a state of commercial success.


David Gold

David Gold

Areas of expertise      Business

Specialities                  Business growth, early stage ventures

David Gold is one of Australia’s most successful young entrepreneurs. He’s been behind LookSmart, Dstore and Azure and is a regular on the BRW Rich List.

A  serial entrepreneur he’s on to more exciting new ventures,as Founder and CEO of Igloo Zoo, a new age retailer in the food space, and Chairman of Simply Sold, a chain of eBay consignment stores.

Through the highs and lows of the dot com boom, gaining the backing of the Australia’s second wealthiest man, Lloyd Williams, David has a wealth of experiences of how to start, operate and successfully exit a new venture.

 

Clennell Collingwood

Clennell Collingwood

Areas of expertise      Business

Specialities                  Venture Capital, Business Start Ups

Clennell Collingwood is an experienced player in venture capital working as an Investment Director with TTP Ventures in the UK. 

TTP Ventures provides seed and venture capital financing for IT and clean technology companies based in the UK. They are currently managing a £34m fund and in the process of raising a second £30m Fund. TTP Ventures is part of the TTP Group, Europe’s leading technology development and licensing company.


Since joining TTP Ventures, Clennell has invested in electronics and telecommunications related businesses. He is currently an observer on the board of ZBD. Clennell was also board observer with Alphamosaic, which we sold to Broadcom in September 2004 for $123m.
More recently, Clennell has helped to establish the Carbon Trust – TTP Incubator, which supports start-up and early-stage businesses in the low carbon sector.


He has first class BA and MEng degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and has completed the year long Postgraduate Course in Design, Manufacture and Management (also at Cambridge).

 

Anthony Bell

Anthony Bell - Bell Partners

Areas of expertise      Business

Specialities                  Business and Property Taxation

Anthony Bell is CEO and Founder of Bell Partners, Accountants Advisors Auditors.  Widely regarded as one of the country’s leading accounting firms, Bell Partners was featured in Business Review Weekly’s “Top 100 Accounting Firms for 2008”, noting Bell Partners as the #1 Most Productive Firm for the sixth consecutive year running, together with top 10 Fastest Growing Firm, which has never been achieved before by any other firm.

With over 18 years experience, Anthony has designed a firm and developed a reputation in advisory that delivers beyond the requirements and expectations of it’s high performing clients.  Anthony is regularly seen on Channel 7, Bloomberg Television, speaks regularly on Radio 2GB and writes for the daily telegraph as an expert commentator on business advisory and taxation law.

Anthony is in constant demand as a keynote speaker on business growth strategies and current technical issues for accounting to small and large organisations within Australia and internationally.


Aaron Byerlee

Aaron Byerlee

Areas of expertise      Business

Specialities                 Home Business, Internet Marketing

Aaron Byerlee is a truly inspirational individual with an unrelenting passion to live a life of choice , freedom and happiness.

An entrepreneur at heart, Aaron has run his own businesses since the age of 18; he is an avid property investor - featured as a "Young Gun" in Property Investor Magazine and has created multiple forms of income.

Aaron brings a real entrepreneurial flair, alongside his expertise in internet marketing and home businesses from his deep personal experience.


Matthew Hall

Matthew Hall - Swaab

Areas of expertise      Business

Specialities                  Intellectual property

Matthew is a partner with SWAAB Attorneys, recognised by BRW magazine as the "Best Law Firm" in its category for the last two years running.

Matthew Hall is is an experienced intellectual property, information technology and e-commerce lawyer, and a registered trade mark attorney. He has expertise in identifying, protecting and commercialising intellectual property rights. He has a particular interest in digital content and rights management.

A regular presenter at industry conferences and workshops, Matthew lectures on the commercialisation of intellectual property at post-graduate level at the University of Queensland. Matthew is the chair of the advisory board of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property Research in Agriculture and is also a member of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music Advisory Council, appointed on the recommendation of the Chancellor of Griffith University.


Peter Warner

Peter Warner

Areas of expertise      Business, Personal Success

Specialities                  Capital raising, deal execution, leadership

Peter Warner has for many years been at the forefront of commercial troubleshooting and analysis. He has worked with a number of Australia’s premier business leaders to formulate and execute business strategies both in public and private companies. These include Freshtel, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Unilever, Yum, Zurich Insurance, Fuji Xerox and Adobe.

From 2004 onward, Peter has been working with the publicly listed Freshtel Holdings (ASX: FRE). Peter’s role at Freshtel included Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Director and Director - Corporate Affairs. Success includes leading all capital raisings for the business totaling in excess of $30M AU, the listing of the company on the Australian Stock Exchange and final negotiations and sign off of the companies major Tesco contract in the United Kingdom.

Peter has managed a parallel career as one of Australia's top yachtsmen, accumulating two world titles, 10+ Australian titles and was a member of the Australian Olympic Sailing Team in the run-up to the 2000 Games.


Property Expert Panel

Chris Gray

Chris Gray

Areas of expertise      Property

Specialities                  Strategy, portfolio management

Aside from turning $35,000 into a $3.5 million personal property portfolio by the time he was 31 (it is now more like $10m), Chris - independent property expert, speaker, author, TV presenter and lifestyle guru - has turned all the so-called rules on their head.

With personal experience in capital growth, property development and renovation across UK and Australia, Chris is happy to share his knowledge to help achieve the freedom he now enjoys.

Chris now strategises and builds property portfolios for "time-poor professionals" as well as himself through his property investment consulting group, Empire

 

Stephen McClatchie

Stephen McClatchie

Areas of expertise      Property

Specialities                  Financing, cash flow management

Stephen McClatchie is the Founder and Director of Loans Australia, the Multiple Property Experts.   Having overseen the writing of more than $650 million dollars in mortgage finance over the last 14 years, Stephen is well placed to understand the needs (and frustrations) of multiple property owners and investors.

Stephen has completed a Bachelor of Commerce, Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment, Diploma of Mortgage Lending and is a member of numerous finance institutes and associations including the FBAA, AIMB, PIPA and FINSIA. 

Combining a unique blend of academic excellence and strategic financing enables Stephen to create dynamic solutions for individuals and company’s.  Such solutions strengthen client’s knowledge and resources in relation to property and finance, so that they can catapult their path to personal wealth and financial freedom.

Managing Director of Loans Australia and involved in mortgage lending since 1995, Stephen is a specialist in mortgage structuring, strategic financing, management and mortgage selection.


Rich Harvey

Rich Harvey

 

Areas of expertise      Property

Specialities                  Property Sourcing, negotiation

Rich Harvey, Managing Director, is a licensed real estate agent, property investor and professional economist with over 14 years experience in the property industry.  Founder and Managing Director of Propertybuyer, a leading Australian Buyer's Agent.

Rich holds a Master of Economics from Macquarie University. He is a research expert and highly skilled in investment analysis and negotiation techniques that can deliver real savings for investor, home buyer or developer clients. He understands the future trends in the property market and knows which suburbs are likely to have the greatest capital growth potential.

As Australia’s leading Buyers Agent, Rich has won 11 major awards including the prestigious National Telstra Business award in 2007 and also the Award for Excellence in Buyers Agency four years in a row 2004-2008.

Rich Harvey freely shares his knowledge, contacts and experience with his clients so they can build wealth through property investment.

 

Cherie Barber & Stephen Tolle

Cherie Barber Stephen Tolle

Areas of expertise      Property

Specialities                  Property Renovation

With a solid 10 year history behind them as full-time professional renovators, Cherie and Steve have conducted major renovations to 36 houses and transacted $48.6 Million in property in this time.


They’ve appeared as regular TV renovators for Channel Seven’s Today Tonight program and are widely acclaimed as the Australian Renovation King and Queen™.


Unrivalled in what they do, Cherie & Steve are Australia’s top renovators, continuously averaging a staggering $300,000 to $600,000 profit on each property they touch. With each property taking just 3 to 5 months to complete, they firmly prove that lucrative profits can be made if you know how to renovate the right way.  


The tremendous success achieved by Cherie & Steve is attributed to very specific strategies and a systemised process for all renovation projects they undertake. They’ve developed their own unique due diligence system, know suburbs intimately and are masters in knowing property values in their chosen suburbs.  They educated others in their methodologies through their business Renovating For Profit.

 

Carly Crutchfield

 

Carly Crutchfield

Areas of expertise      Property

Specialities                  Property Development

Carly Crutchfield is the founder and CEO of CCORP. Having left school at the age of 12, she had no other choice but to start working. By the age of 16 she had developed an entrepreneurial streak and started to learn about investing and more specifically, property.

By the age of 20 Carly had travelled the world, owned businesses, sold businesses, volunteered for numerous charitable projects throughout the world and gotten involved in the property and share market.

In addition to running her National company CCORP and its 5 subsidiary companies Carly is also one of Australia¹s top public speakers and Australia's number one property development coach having educated more than 22,000 people on the topic. Carly herself has been involved in property projects through-out Australia, New Zealand and America with a value of more than $200 million dollars and she continues to develop today through her company CDevelop.

 

Nicholas Moustacas

Nicholas Moustacas

Areas of expertise      Property

Specialities                  Property structures, property tax

Nicholas Moustacas has been working in the Accounting profession since 1989. Nicholas began his career in a 4 Partner Chartered Accounting Practice where he remained up until 1994. He then established RM Chartered Accountants based in Wollongong in 1995 and built the practice up to 7 staff. In 1998 the firm achieved the NSW Best Small Practice Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

In 2002 he moved back to Sydney and established Strategic Wealth Management in Sydney’s CBD. He identified a large deficiency between a mainstream accounting practice and a tax/financial adviser.

Apart from being an active investor in property, shares and managed funds, Nicholas is also a registered Tax Agent, registered Company Auditor and a Justice of the Peace. Since 2005 Nicholas has been a regular speaker on tax structures and planning for property investors.


Catherine Hallgath

Catherine Hallgath

Areas of expertise      Property

Specialities                  Property Law

Catherine Hallgath is a Law Society accredited specialist in property law.  She is the partner for the property practice with Swaab Attorneys (a highly regarded, multi-award winning, commercial law firm based in the Sydney CBD).

Catherine has acted for landlords throughout Australia in relation to ownership and management of property assets. Catherine is a dedicated property lawyer who believes in providing accurate, concise and commercial advice.

 

Personal Development Expert Panel

Cherie Curtis

Cherie Curtis - Onetest

Areas of expertise      Personal Success, Business

Specialities                  Leadership, communication, HR, team Building

Cherie Curtis is a qualified registered Organisational Psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS). Currently Head of Psychology for leading HR solutions provider Onetest, she is passionate about people, communication and developing individual potential.  Cherie has worked both as an independent consultant, established her own consulting firm and managed large teams of Psychologists in the corporate sector. 

She has worked in Canada, Australia and the UK in both the private and public domain. She currently leads a team of Psychologists for Onetest, coordinating all large scale research and development efforts as well as client consulting activities. She has also been consulted as an expert Psychologist by the breakfast TV program ‘Sunrise’ and evening news show ‘A Current Affair’.
 
Her qualifications include:


John Potter

John Potter

Areas of expertise      Personal Success, Business

Specialities                  Leadership, personal effectiveness, business strategy

John Potter is an internationally known speaker, facilitator and consultant at all three levels of front line, operational and strategic leadership development. John is one of the few individuals in the world with a PhD in Leadership.   He was appointed Visiting Professor to the Centre for Leadership at the University of Exeter, England in 1998 and now works with a range of business schools in the UK including the Warwick Business School, Cranfield University and Cass Business School in the City of London.  

He has co-authored three books on leadership “The Business of Leadership”, “Intelligent Leadership”  and a " Strategic Leadership Toolkit".

John also developed a unique course on Military Psychology which includes subjects such as hostage survival, interrogation and resistance to interrogation techniques, hostage negotiation and understanding combat stress.   As a result he has worked with a number of Special Forces organizations including the SAS and the SBS.  He combines real front line experience with academic excellence and is at the forefront of leadership philosphy.

John has a focus on leadership and motivation, stress management, personal effectiveness and Time Management, problem solving and decision making, teambuilding   as well as communication and presentation skills through his business John Potter Global.

 

Janardhan McIntosh

Janardhan McIntosh - Prema Shanti

Areas of expertise      Personal Success,

Specialities                  Yoga, meditation, spirituality, personal growth

Janardhan McIntosh is a meditation and yoga teacher, the founder and the vision behind the creation of the Prema Shanti Yoga and Meditation Retreat, situated in North Queensland Australia.

His journey of self empowerment through the practice of yoga and meditation began in Auckland, New Zealand in 1983 and continues to the present moment.

His experiences obtained through meditation and the practice of yoga has given him greater clarity and understanding of both the eastern and western traditions of self enquiry. This has allowed him to develop and share with his students, simple but powerful tools of self empowerment, that enable his students to confront the challenges of everyday life with greater confidence and ease.

Janardhan welcomes the opportunity to share with you these simple powerful keys that allow you to unlock your own innate wisdoms, provide peace of mind, and empower all aspects of your life.

 

 


Scott Anderson

 

Scott Anderson

Areas of expertise      Personal Success, Business

Specialities                  Financial Planning, Corporate Advisory

Scott has 25 years experience in the financial services industry; working in various major chartered accounting and financial planning practice.  He is a client advisor at ipac a specialist financial advice and investment management firm that manages more than $15 billion for over 20,000 individuals and institutions. The founding directors include Paul Clitheroe, author and Chairman of the Federal Government’s Financial Literacy Foundation, and Arun Abey one of Australia’s most respected investment strategists and commentators.

Alongside his financial planning background, Scott also has expertise in investment banking and corporate advisory, provide financial advice to private and publically listed companies on equity transactions and strategic issues

We have the pleasure of having Scott Anderson on our personal success expert panel to provide our members with expert advice on their personal finances.


Expert Contibutors


Business Expert Contributors

Our Business Expert Contributors have provided expert information on the following related business categories:

We have over 170 expert contributors who have provided us with expert business content for the club.  The contributors range from global business leaders like Jack Welch and Richard Branson, to business thought leaders such as Tom Peters and Seth Godin, to emerging entreprenuers who share their journey with you.

 

Business Expert Contributors - Internet Marketing

Our Internet Marketing Expert Contributors have provided expert information on the following related business categories:

We have 60 expert contributors who have provided us with content for the club.  The contributors include global thought leaders such as Yanik Silver and Perry Marshall as well as emerging experts in the fast moving sector.

 

Property Expert Contributors

Our Property Expert Contributors have provided expert information on the following related property categories:

We have 27 expert contributors who have provided us with expert property content for the club. The focus is primarily on the Australian property market and the contributors include the "movers and shakers" in the Australian property sector, including well known players such as Chris Gray, John Fitzgerald & Rick Otten. 


Personal Development Expert Contributors

Our Personal Development Expert Contributors have provided expert information on the following related business categories:

We have 120 expert contributors who have provided us with expert business content for the club.  The contributors include global thought leaders such as Malcolm Gladwell and Jack Cranfield, as well as inspirational stories from high profile community figureheads such as Rudolph Giulian.

 

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