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 “ Leesa is an expert in reputation management and a first class relationship manager, networker and entrepreneur. She is also one of the most thoroughly pleasant people I've ever had the fortune to work with. I have no hesitation in giving Leesa my highest recommendation. ” May 16, 2011 Top qualities: Personable, Expert, High Integrity John Hartley, Group Communications Planning Manager HSBC hired Leesa as a Business Consultant in 2009, 2010 and 2011. “ As Vice President Operations, Northern Europe & Asia Pacific, Leesa demonstrated full commitment to the company. Responsible for both the operations and P&L management of the Northern European subsidiary and leading a team of professionals, Leesa drove global sales through her ability to engage with C level business leaders. This assisted in retaining our Northern European client base and generating significant new business with clients. Leesa actively looked for opportunities for Augure to improve its profile across the target market and worked closely with the business leaders to build a global reseller channel to support them in Northern Europe, the Asia Pacific and the Africas. Her transformational leadership style motivated both her sales team and our partners. She demonstrated initiative and focused on delivering results to Augure and to her clients - with a demonstrated ability to follow through. It's a great strength to have Leesa on one's team. ” May 11th, 2011 Michael Jais, Founder & CEO, Augure SA. “Leesa was employed by Telstra International EMEA in the role of Business Manager, Systems Integrator Division, from April 2008 to January 2009. During this time Leesa established and developed significant business relationships with key partners, and demonstrated an outstanding ability to market our organisation. Leesa was a highly professional, well-respected, conscientious employee who showed enormous drive and determination, and I would have no reason to doubt her honesty or reliability. I would be happy to commend her to your organisation.” May 17th, 2011 Terry Hart, Chief Executive Officer, Telstra International. “Leesa is a very talented person in every aspect. Charismatic, autonomous, highly professional, effective, committed to customers, and a natural born manager. I would recommend Leesa to any company willing to drive excellence. In a few months Leesa succeeded in building up successful and sustainable operations in Northern Europe. In addition to her 100% commitment to our company's business delivery, she demonstrated her ability to participate to the company's strategic marketing decisions.” February 8, 2010 Gilles André, Founder & CEO, Augure SA. “Leesa is a motivated business manager who is continually striving for top line results. She is detail oriented and has the ability to execute plans that deliver on the objectives she has been set. A real asset to any business.”February 21, 2010 Andrew Morawski, President & CEO, Telstra Incorporated “Behind Leesa's charming and sophisticated disposition is a highly motivated, respected and exceptionally energetic professional. To me, her competitive advantage is that her decision-making and advice is generated from strong and balanced principles that consider all facets of future value, and not just short-term success at any cost.”November 22, 2004 Oliver Kysela CFO at Country Road “There is nothing that Leesa cannot do, or on second thought that is she has not done, or is doing or will do in the future. She defines the words ambitious, proactive, and not to mention hard-working. I would trust her with my business, and about everything else. To any community, Leesa is an invaluable asset. You just can't find another Leesa these days.” January 20, 2010 Lucy Cherkasets Montin, Director of Human Resources, PRCo Ltd., Columbus PRCo “Leesa is a true professional in her field - reliable, insightful, knowledgeable and a complete pleasure to work with. I recommend Leesa without hesitation.” January 18, 2010 Andrew Hawkins, Chief Executive, ComRes “Leesa is a driven, dedicated and delightful - not to mention charming - manager totally focussed on delivering client needs. Her own background as a successful entrepreneur gives her a special edge.” January 17, 2010 Paul Hohnen, Founder and Principal Consultant, Sustainability Strategies “Leesa's rare combination of energy, communication skills, marketing nous, industry and international experience make her a strong candidate for any relevant opportunity. A uniquely valuable professional, and a warm, compassionate human being.” January 17, 2010 Michael Bayler, Owner, Michael Bayler and Associates “Leesa and I have worked together on a number of different opportunities over the past couple of years, and I have found her assistance and professionalism in both networking and presenting joint ventures to be most valuable. Her work ethic and integrity is of the highest standards, she is energetic and driven and I look forward to working with her again in the future.” August 29, 2004 Michael Lohmann, Asia Pacific Vice President Worldwide Channels and Alliances at Yellowfin “Leesa seems to have limitless energy, capacity and enthusiasm. She seems to have more than 24 hours in her day! When coupled with her intellect, creative flair and broad experience makes her a fantastic asset for any organisation. Leesa is great fun to work with as well as thoughtful and considerate. A truly rare talent.” January 17, 2010 Tony Martin, Marketing Director, Telstra International “Leesa is quite simply a weapon of mass-production. In a few short quarters she has managed to simultaneously take over our UK and Northern European operations, build a solid team around her, launch new partner alliances, bring business value to customers, greatly assist our operations in Asia with her international network of contacts, etc, etc. She is a very impressive individual in her discipline, rigour, patience, tenacity and capacity for strategic thought. I unreservedly recommend her.” September 24, 2009 Terence Lyons, International Vice President, Augure “I originally contacted Leesa for a Google project I was working on in Sydney. She is smart professional and resourceful. I would highly recommend Leesa to anyone who is serious about advancing their career. I wish her nothing but the best in her professional endeavors.” June 9, 2006 Carl Welch, Technology Staffing, Google “Leesa is a highly focused sales and marketing executive who is very adept at understanding and prioritising key customer needs, developing sound and simple value propositions to address them that deliver both quick and long term wins to all project stakeholders.” August 26, 2004 “Leesa is a dynamic and compelling marketing advisor that we engaged to assist in a number of initiatives here at Insight. She was most professional throughout our projects, and the results and the value-add she offered enriched our business.” September 29, 2005 Peter Joint Chief Operations Officer, Insight Asia Pacific “Leesa is an impressive executive who has shown that she can deliver solid results. She has a rare mix of solid sales experience and achievement coupled with a complete understanding of the constituent elements of marketing strategy and execution. Leesa is a committed executive who has real leadership potential. She excels in challenging situations” November 15, 2004 Trevor Dunn Managing Director at RJI Group Ltd “Leesa has a finely tuned sense for business opportunities and gathering the required team to address any challenge. Her numerous business relationships and significant commercial experience enable her to swiftly absorb the key points of any business issue or situation, whilst tapping into a wealth of diverse knowledge and wisdom.” November 16, 2004 “Leesa’s considerable commercial and marketing experience was an invaluable asset to the success of the organisation. Leesa is regarded as innovative, responsible, mature and dynamic person who was able to provide support and guidance to complex problems in an environment with tight deadlines.” January 27, 2005 Zac Karlaftis Chief Executive Officer manageNET |
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