Matthew Dunstan Gaicd, Mba(Exec)

One of the largest and most active business angel networks in Australia connecting high-potential companies with our investor members, to collaborate with exceptional founders, and collectively forge revolutionary companies. We are a member-run organisation of active investors. Our members are entrepreneurs, CEOs, and business leaders who have founded, financed, and developed exceptional companies. Our members possess diverse industry knowledge, forming a broad network of entrepreneurial assistance. We guide and support the startups we invest in, taking on advisory roles, offering connections, and aiding in areas such as team formation, strategic development, and financial planning.

One of the largest and most active business angel networks in Australia connecting high-potential companies with our investor members, to collaborate with exceptional founders, and collectively forge revolutionary companies. We are a member-run organisation of active investors. Our members are entrepreneurs, CEOs, and business leaders who have founded, financed, and developed exceptional companies. Our members possess diverse industry knowledge, forming a broad network of entrepreneurial assistance. We guide and support the startups we invest in, taking on advisory roles, offering connections, and aiding in areas such as team formation, strategic development, and financial planning.

At Board Associates, we support owners in driving long term growth and value creation. We do this by creating, staffing and running Advisory Boards for our clients. In our experience, owners struggle with 3 things that impede their business: 1. They don’t have the right experience to guide the next stage of growth 2. They lack the breadth of expertise to run all parts of their business well 3. They don’t have access to experts who provide objective advice, challenge thinking and drive accountability Board Associates solves these problems by creating a professional Advisory Board made up of relevant experts and who partner with owners to drive long term growth.

OUR VALUE PROPOSITION What we do: Provide professional advisory board and consulting services, specialising in strategic planning with an emphasis on experience design, technology and marketing. Who we help: We serve a diverse client base but our passion is for privately held organisations who are looking to make the transition from a founder or family managed business to a mature, stable and independent organisation. The value we create: We deliver growth for shareholders but for us, it has to be about more than the money. We partner with our clients to create broader value in the community and economy at large, using entrepreneurship as a lever for social development. How we do this: We help organisations grow, develop, become more competitive and customer centric. We help our clients: - develop a vision and strategy for the future - define & plan the organisational change required to retool the business - implement the management and governance practices required to scale - develop the executive team along side the business through coaching and education - provide specialist consulting & contracting services to help you resource and fast track the key strategies What makes us different: There are a lot of consultants and strategists out there. What makes us different is how we do it. We develop the team in parallel to the organisation, working with owners and managers on leadership and other skills required to take their organisation forward. Partnering with our clients, we bring a unique blend of governance expertise, strategy consulting, tech innovation, strategic marketing and experience design. This blend of skills & experience allow us to craft strategy from the outside in, anchored firmly in the experience of the customer. We use this frame of reference to define and optimise how the organisation creates and delivers value, both now and into the future.