Are you looking for more than 10% growth?
Green Ant is a niche firm of strategists and business community builders. We exist to build business communities and to connect our clients with the people they need to meet. If you’re looking for 5-10% annual growth we’re probably not for you. But if you’re looking for 20%+ growth and you want to make a real difference, we’d like to explore the options with you.
WHO WE ARE
Our purpose is to help our clients to grow their profits and their lifestyles, and facilitate profit as a force-for-good on Planet Earth.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
OUR PURPOSE
OUR CLIENT
We believe that the world is an exceptional place and that every woman, man and child deserves the right to lead a joyful existence and that Profit can and should be used as a force for good on Planet Earth.
We stand for inclusion and we’ll never tolerate sexism, ageism or racism – ask Mandela!
It’s great to do things differently! Ask Steve Jobs!
We’re focused on real outcomes (like Singapore the country) for our clients, being an exceptional place to work and enjoying the journey every step along the way (ask the Dalai Lama!).
Who we're for:
We’re for clients who want to grow by a lot.
We’re for clients who want to make a difference
and who are willing to do things differently.
We’re for clients who want to build communities and long term relationships.
Some of the clients we’ve worked with:
In the early years, we had the privilege of helping Telstra build their Reseller Channel and of helping Westpac build their business community in Melbourne.
We supported Careers Multilist (then the largest recruitment franchise group in Australia) to grow, we supported Melbourne Business Network and TEDx Melbourne to grow their communities.
Technology
We’ve since spent a lot more time in the technology arena helping multiple technology providers including Datacom, a $1.2Bn technology enterprise, to expand their community and their client base.
Sport
One of our exciting opportunities has been to help Melbourne United to build out its entire business community of CEOs and executives, which now exceeds 3,000 businesses and more than 300 decision makers attending each one of their 5 major events per annum, leading to higher profitability of the club.
"In 2017 I had an amazing experience in Cambodia with Project Gen Z and Sunrise Children’s Village. The children from Sunrise opened my eyes to human potential, and the importance of free speech removed from subjectivity. This is what I want to champion in this world through Green Ant."
Eric Chan
General Manager
Green Ant
"My godmother Christina broke the laws of apartheid by moving in with me at my mother’s house following my mother's death when I was only 15. Here we are 20 years later in 2006, as equals, on a beach which was previously reserved for "Whites Only". Thank you Christina!"
Anthony Gaddie
CEO and Founder
Green Ant
Bob Johnson
Advisory Board Member
Statesman. Chairman at the CEO Institute. Learning Management System Strategist.
Jenny Junkeer
Advisory Board Member
Accountant. Strategist. Scale expert. Ruthlessly efficient. Jenny!
Evan Rubenstein
Strategic Business Coach
Creative agency specialist, Master of growth and scale.
Jules Gaddie
Financial Controller
Accountant. Budget setter. Numbers guru! Deal negotiator. “Show me the numbers and I’ll show you the way forward.” Jules!
Simone Kuzl
Office Manager
The only pharmacist on the team! Structure. Order. Manager of the money! Simone!
Eric Chan
Deal-maker. High attention to detail. Process creator. Master of presentations. Taekwondo ninja – literally! Eric!
General Manager
Antony Gaddie
Founder and CEO
Deal-maker. Prepared to challenge the status quo. Super-connector. Humanitarian. Sense of humour!
MEET THE TEAM
Sherly Jumawid
Mission Control
High attention to detail. Unbelievably responsive! Master of LinkedIn, event logistics and making things easier for our clients. Sheryl!
Advisory Board Chairman
Neville Christie
MBA Graduate. 200 businesses grown. 4 businesses failed. Founder of Kaez – valued at $40M after only 4 years. Clarity. Insights. Growth. “The cup is never half-full… It’s always completely overflowing and easily replenished!” Neville.
MEET THE COMMUNITY
Building a community for profit and for purpose is a true privilege. We’ve enjoyed that privilege dozens and dozens of times over the past 14 years. From senior execs to business owners, BDMs and all the way through to non-executive directors.
The following people have attended one or more of our Invitation-Only events:
Heather Maloney
CEO, Contact Point
Fiona Geminder
CEO, Guide Dogs Victoria
Managing Director, Centorrino Technologies
Director, Visy
CEO, M2K Technologies
Stephanie Ryan
CEO, Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Victoria
Marcus Mandie
Head of Strategy, GMG Digital
Nick Grinberg
Chair, International Women's Forum
Chris Gillies
Founder, B1G1. 4 x TEDx Speaker
Paul Dunn
Former CEO, Pacific Access
Bob Johnson
CEO, Plan International
Susanne Legena
Founder, ReThink Sustainability
Justin McFarlane
Founder, MPower Services
Mary Jensen
Chairman, Plan International
Gerry Hueston
CEO, The CEO Institute VIC
Warren Steinicke
CEO, Aportio
Scott Green
Founder, Spicy Web
Tony Sambell
Founder, B1G1
Masami Sato
Founder, Australian Anthill
James Tuckerman
CEO, CREST Australia
Greg Rudd
Executive Chairman, Powerhouse Ventures
Russell Yardley
CEO, Junkeer New Era Consulting
Jenny Junkeer
Head of TEDx Melbourne
Jon Yeo
CEO, Australian Information Industry Association
Ron Gauci
Category Marketing Manager, Simplot Australia
Dean Crawford
CEO, PM Partners
Ken Sheargold
CEO, Hockey Victoria
Karen Hayes
CEO, The Fred Hollows Foundation
Ian Wishart
Adam Centorrino
Chairman of the Board, Recoveries Corporation, Emergency Services and State Super
Joan Fitzpatrick
Julie Vince Crivelli
CEO, Melbourne United Basketball Franchise
Andrew Skillern
CONVERSATIONS
THAT MATTER.
A five year reflection on being a Non-Executive Director
by Julie Green, Non-Executive Director - RACV, Director - Bendigo Health