Issue 4 Executive Cyclist Magazine

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issue 4 | september 2013

RandonnĂŠe

Randonnée The French word ‘Randonnée’ doesn’t directly translate in English. Usually it’s an organised group ride, with some emphasis on speed, however it’s not a race. Riders will typically use road-racing or lighttouring bicycles.

Images are from a Randonnée held at Oak Flat, southwestern Sydney in August. Teams of 4 riders (including a few ACE members) negotiated a 120km course that included limited course directions, 3 dirt sections and 1000m+ of climbing. Great fun (apparently).

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Contents

page 10

introduction page 16

gary anderson

profile - page 36 page 32

drapac professional cycling profile - page 40

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ISIS

profile - page 52 gallery - page 60

interview - page 88

eddie moore

craig gibbons

a metre matters

bike hire - page 66

velo porte

profile - page 74

phil lynch

kate bates & Henk vogels bike hire - page 96

gallery - page 100

livelo

cwtb rushcutters bay

gallery - page 100

bwtb balmoral

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Australian Cycling Executives

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The last metres out of Balmoral with ANZ CEO Phil Cronichan

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Introduction

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The right ingredients, environment, time and care...

While our purpose seems simple: to foster healthy and sustainable business connections, like the creation of a fine wine: simplicity requires time, mastering complexities via the right environment, vision and dedication to enjoy and savour what is being nurtured. In the same way nothing is more personally rewarding than watching the unique ACE model evolve, mature and be savoured by our members, corporate partners and ambassadors.

I’m inspired to see so many ACE community ‘connections’ evolving and maturing: be they new appointments, tangible business outcomes or advocacy of ambassador teams. The ACE Advisory Board and I are united in our belief that connecting our athletes and members benefits personal and corporate health.

On this note, we have recently been overwhelmed by Australian

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and international corporate interest in the sport of cycling, and touched by the sincerity to develop internal programs for retiring

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athletes transitioning into corporate life. Although these programs are in their infancy, we urge you to chat and connect with our athlete ambassadors at ACE events. Don’t underestimate the value of your support and activity in the community - it could shape the next champion: athlete and/or CEO! Ryan O’Neill, ACE CEO & Founder

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ISIS Group Executive Gary Anderson at Dudley Page Reserve, Dover Heights

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Gary Anderson ISIS Group Australia Executive Profile

Gary Anderson

ISIS Group Australia

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The bulk of my professional working career has Electric, and specifically in senior roles in sales, marketing or operations. The GFC gave me an opportunity to get out of my comfort zone and ISIS found me. From a multi-national corporate to a

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been in Financial Services, primarily with General

some adjustment, notably because builders are

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fast-growing private construction company required mainly, and somewhat annoyingly reactive.

Four years in I still love the people, the challenge and dynamics of this industry. Pleasingly I have been able to positively influence my ISIS colleagues to enjoy the benefits of a proactive approach to Sales & Marketing. I continue to learn every day and that’s what gets me out of bed each morning...well, that and the alarm for an early ride!

What business challenges do you face in 2013?

Customers being prepared to pay for value in a market where price is the major differentiator.

What sports have you been involved with?

Football (The World Game) – played for 40+ years

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Group Executive Sales & Marketing ISIS Group Australia

Cricket – Played for Queensland Schools.

When and why did you get into cycling?

Mid-1990’s when I tore my anterior cruciate ligament in right knee...started doing triathlons as rehabilitation.

Describe a good week on the bike?

No crashes.

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ISIS is a fit-out & refurbishment specialist who has completed 4,500+ Commercial Projects over the past 23 years with a history of profitability for the entire period. We are rated

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ISIS Group Australia

throughout Australia and over 300 staff, ISIS is a national

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the 9th biggest commercial builder in Australia. With offices

commercial, educational, health, retail and hospitality sectors.

In a market characterised by unique customers with differing needs, it is surprising that many still view commercial property building contractors as the same. There are critical differences that set ISIS apart, so it is unclear why price tends to be the major differentiator.

ISIS is determined to change this view; we transform ordinary spaces into inspiring spaces that connect people and communities. With an array of property, design, construction, sustainability and sector specialists, we channel our knowledge, experience and intelligence through best-inclass methodologies that deliver value to customers and are responsive to their unique needs.

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company that is a major contracting partner to the government,

We bring a true partnering approach to business and believe the journey should be enjoyable for all stakeholders. Behind this is a philosophy of fairness, service delivery and above all, integrity. This was recognised recently with an Australia Business Award for Service Excellence.

ISIS’ commitment as an ACE Gold Partner is a natural fit: our values and intent are aligned, founded on a true partnering approach for sustainable business relationships.

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Do you have a favourite ride/s?

What is a cycling ambition?

How do you balance your

From Paddington out to La

Ride Alpe Du Huez & Paris-

personal, professional and

Perouse via Little Bay and

Roubaix

riding lives?

then back through the Eastern

• Being a gold partner of ACE

Suburbs beaches starting with

What bike/s do you ride?

Maroubra through to Watsons

• Time RXR ‘Red Dragon’

around cycling events (EG.

Bay and ending with Cranbrook

• Bianchi Piste Fixie

TDU & ACE Dinner events)

Hill (55km)

• Integrating Client events

• Commute to work regularly • Early morning rides on weekends don’t disrupt wife time!

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Something to share with the

I had a great winter experience

I rode the island loop starting at

group….a passion, something

in January this year riding around

Staten Island Ferry Terminal and

interesting

the five boroughs of New York

riding the Hudson River bike path

I am passionate about sport.

City on a rented road bike as part

down the West Side to Harlem

Love a chat, debate or argument

of a 2 week holiday in the Big

Heights and then back to my

on any sporting matter. Don’t

Apple. Between the hilly roads of

Lower East Side Hotel down 1st

get me started on the state of

Brooklyn & Harlem, the cobbled

Avenue. Four hours of sound,

Australian Cricket!

roads of the Lower West Side,

colour & movement…haven’t

10km Central Park loop and

done a better ride to date.

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A cycling related story...

riding through Time Square in peak hour, NYC is both exhilarating and challenging on the bike.

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Drapac Professional Cycling

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Drapac to return to UCI Professional Continental Registration in 2014

The momentum behind Drapac

Drapac will be the only new

Professional Cycling’s push for

Professional Continental team

UCI Professional Continental

in 2014, and the only one of its

status for 2014 is growing.

kind from Australia. Drapac’s upgrade from UCI Continental

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The team is now at the business

to Professional Continental not

end with the application now

only creates a new pathway for

in the hands of the sport’s

athletes in Australia, but also

governing body in Switzerland,

holds a reinvigorated Oceania

an invite to Australia’s only

Confederation in good stead.

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WorldTour event – the Santos Tour Down Under – has been

Drapac has so far met all of

offered, and the all-important

the critical deadlines in our

roster is in the process of being

application, from August 1

announced.

where the very first paper work was lodged, right through to

Images from a recent sponsor and press breakfast held in Centennial Park.

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Drapac Professional Cycling,

the most-recent deadline on

which already stands out from

October 1 where Team Manager,

the bunch with an ethos where

Jonathan Breekveldt was in

there is equal emphasis on

Aigle, Switzerland to hand-deliver

athletic, career, personal and

the bank guarantee and rider

social development, is a rare

contracts.

Guests included ACE members

good news story in an unstable

Colin Ahern (right) and

climate within world cycling with

“This is a critical step in a long

Chris Daley (next page).

several top-level teams folding.

term growth plan for the team as

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we look forward to being on the

Australian team,” said Breekveldt.

start line of the Tour Down Under

“Not only will this outcome

in January and seek invitation

benefit the team competing but

to both the Tour of California

also the wider domestic cycling

and Tour of Beijing,” said Team

community as a pathway has

Manager Jonathan Breekveldt.

now been created linking the

“Being in our 10th year as a team

National Road Series to the Tour

we have proven that we have a

Down Under.”

sustainable model and one that

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we hope will take us to a Grand

Drapac’s roster is also taking

Tour in 2016.”

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The invite to the Tour Down

the team with more to come.

Under of course, hinges on

Breekveldt said that the inclusion

the team being accepted at

of Jack Anderson, Jonathan

Professional Continental level,

Cantwell, Jai Crawford, Ben

but Drapac is confident of

Johnson, Jordan Kerby, Lachlan

meeting the eligibility criteria set

Norris and Wouter Wippert to

by race organisers.

the squad cemented the team’s credentials as a world-class

“The opportunity to compete

line-up.

in the 2014 Tour Down Under

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is very exciting and will offer

“For our first year back in the

great reward and activation

Professional Continental ranks

opportunities to all involved with

it is important to find the correct

Drapac Professional Cycling

balance between experience and

like we have never seen for an

youth. With Jonathan we have

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a proven winner and somebody who can bring valuable

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knowledge from the World Tour. While Jordan and Wouter are both younger, but equally talented, I am confident we can help develop into both great

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athletes and successful young

“It is also great to be working with Ben Johnson who suits the team’s philosophy having taken

group of us and we all want to be

The countdown is on. It’s time to

some time away from the sport

a part of next year and it shows

get on board.

to complete his studies and

that this team works.”

ensure he is adequately prepared for his future.”

Drapac’s staff is also being bolstered. Henk Vogels, with over

Meantime, current team

two decades of experience from

members Floris Goesinnen,

Europe and the United States,

Robbie Hucker, Darren

joins the team as Directeur

Lapthorne, Tom Palmer, Malcolm

Sportif alongside Agostino

Rudolph and Bernard Sulzberger

Giramondo.

For partner opportunities, please contact:

Jonathan Breekveldt Team Manager Drapac Professional Cycling jbreekveldt@drapac.com.au

will continue to ride in red and white. Lapthorne believes that

“We’re working incredibly hard

the amount of riders continuing

to take this Australian team to

on from the established squad in

the world,” said Vogels. “I’ve

2014 is testimony to the dynamic

watched the way that Drapac

team environment.

has grown over the past

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professionals.

decade to be not only one of “It’s a sign that we’re all really

the best teams that Australia’s

happy here at Drapac,” he

ever produced, but also make

explained. “No one wants to

their mark in Asia. They won’t

leave this team. There’s a core

disappoint.”

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Eddie Moore Football NSW Executive Profile

Eddie Moore

Football NSW

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Management and Administration

challenges do you face

privileged to be involved in three

Creating a unity of purpose for

Olympic Games, Rugby World

all those whose passion for

Cup as well as National and

football brings them to games to

State Sporting organisations.

grow and develop Football as an game.

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inclusive, diverse and welcoming

and as Manager of the Sydney

What sports have you been

2000 Olympic Triathlon and road

involved with?

events.

From an employment perspective

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CEO Football NSW

Enjoying a career in Sports

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A definite highlight was my role in the Sydney Olympic Bid team

and as a Director: Football, I was fortunate to be in Monte

Triathlon, Rugby, Cycling, Tennis,

Carlo when Juan Antonio

Marathons, MTB.

Samaranch declared “and the winner is … Sideny”

When and why did you get into cycling ?

Particularly rewarding was being

After a knee injury in my twenties

involved from the Bid in 1993

from Rugby in early 1990s,

through to the actual delivery of

surgeon suggested cycling and

the first Olympic triathlon at the

swimming to rebuild strength and

Sydney Opera House on the first

that was when triathlons were

day of the Games.

just hitting Australia. I jumped on board and never went back to

Additionally working on the

Rugby!

Sydney 2000 Road Cycle course through the Eastern suburbs and Bronte – my regular training rides back then.

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Describe a good week on the

How do you balance your

bike?

personal, professional and

At least one long ride on

riding lives?

Football NSW oversees the

weekend and possibly two rides

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during the week or maybe a spin

I’m an early riser and getting

operations of football from

class.

out on the road to mix exercise

grassroots (boys and girls u6s

with a good chat and banter

to men’s over 45s) through to

Still competing in triathlons so

and be home before the day is

Men’s and Women’s Premier

balancing the riding with swim

over gives balance to the rest of

League (the tier below A League).

and run sessions.

the day. Being able to physically

This covers competitions,

push yourself for a couple of

coach education, referees,

Strong preference for more

hours and not feel smashed for

game development, marketing,

cycling – less injuries!

days (compared to a long run!) is

sponsorship and Elite programs –

not only good for your physical

in outdoor and Futsal (indoor).

Do you have a favourite ride/s?

wellbeing but importantly mental

Any from lower north shore up to

freshness.

Football is easily the biggest participation sport in the state

Bobbin Head, Berowra or Akuna Cycling also offers time with

with over 200,000 registered

friends and connections outside

players, 5,000 referees and

What is a cycling ambition?

normal work space to engage

6,000 coaches.

To follow one of the Grand Tours

with and share a laugh that you

and to be riding regularly into my

may not in the work environment.

retirement.

Equally to be inspired by either

Bay and Northern Beaches.

the best in the world or mates

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Football NSW

What bike/s do you ride?

taking on a challenge and

Trek Madone 6.1

achieving their goals.

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Tell us about something – cycling related story the Tour and travelled around with Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen. As an event organizer (also working on the final stage of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games road events) I was amazed at the simplicity and structure the AMO

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I was studying in France in 1999 and was able to follow

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crew had to the day to day set up, management and

something interesting I made the Guinness Book of Records with the “Social Climbers” who hosted the World’s highest dinner party – we carried, tables, chairs, food and dinner suits to the top Mount Huascarán, in Peru, 6,758 m (22,204 ft.) high on the 28th June 1989.

As a sports administrator, any plans to have a crack at Cycling Australia?

Very happy at Football NSW but never say never....

Cycling in Australia has plenty of opportunities in the years ahead – whoever leads CA will be in one of the most challenging roles in sport.

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Craig Gibbons ACE Advisory Board Executive Profile

Craig Gibbons ACE Advisory Board

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Chief Information Officer Fuji Xerox Australia

Starting my career as an Army

a remarkable experience with

Officer and helicopter pilot meant

both challenge and reward in

that when I was 18 I never

huge measures at the limits of

imagined I would be flying a desk

my ability to handle.

in a senior IT leadership role in the future. Looking back now it

I am now in my second role as a

all makes sense and I can explain

CIO, my first being with NRMA

(to myself at least) how the skills

Motoring and Services and I can

are transferable.

link what I do today with what I

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was doing as a helicopter pilot I spent the first 10 years after

more than 20 years ago;

school in the Army, followed

• what have we agreed to

by a string of project and later program management roles. I have been very lucky to have had two Olympic Games opportunities and after Sydney

achieve?

• what do we have to do to achieve it?

• what are all the players going to do to ensure we succeed?

2000 working on the Athens 2004 Olympics for 2½ years was

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We provide business solutions essential for our customers to focus on their core business. This is achieved through a broad portfolio of document technology, services, software and supplies.

We understand documents. They are the key to knowledge building, upon which business decisions are made. This understanding assists our clients to leverage the potential of both paper and electronic media.

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Our expertise in documents and workflows help our customers to

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work smarter and streamline their business processes. We have been able to help organisations across many industries achieve higher productivity, operate cost effectively and achieve more sustainable outcomes, With awards from the United Nations and the Banksia Environmental Foundation, Fuji Xerox Australia is well recognised for its commitment to sustainability.

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What current business

Since joining the ACE Advisory

What sports have you been

challenges do you face?

Board, has cycling become a

involved with?

The Xerox and Fuji Xerox Group

bigger part of your personal and

I played a fair bit of rugby till my

has come a long way since the

professional life?

mid 20s and for a decade after,

mid 1900s when the photocopier

I was already pretty hooked on

concentrated on sailing. I got into

was invented by patent attorney

cycling when I joined ACE and

mountain biking for a couple of

Chester Carlson. The invention

the Advisory Board, but the

years and was a ‘very’ late comer

of xerography was the start of

link to my professional life is a

to road cycling.

our great heritage and the launch

great bonus. I played a bit of

of the Xerox 914, the first office

golf in the past and while that

When and why did you get into

copier – revolutionised the way

is a pretty traditional business/

cycling?

we work forever. Our great

sport networking opportunity, I

I was about to turn 40, and

brand has evolved on a global

find cycling, of greater physical

needed to find the ‘fountain

scale and today we help people

benefit and a much better

of youth’. Like plenty of other

work smarter so they can focus

networking option.

MAMIL, I jumped into it whole

on their core business.

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heartedly and found that I enjoyed the social riding, club training (with my club Sydney Uni Velo) and racing. Cycling is an antidote for ‘fatness’.

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Describe a good week on the

Do you have a favourite ride/s?

How do you balance your

bike?

I just completed my second

personal, professional and

Monday – Old Man’s La Perouse

Amy’s Gran Fondo from Lorne

riding lives?

ride (which isn’t as sexist as

VIC on the Great Ocean Road

I reckon ‘work-life balance’ is

it sounds because ladies are

and for pure scenery and the fact

one of the most over-used,

welcome!)

that we ride on closed roads it is

but under-utilised terms in our

Tuesday – SUVelo Hills from

a beauty. At 108km with 2000m

vernacular now – we love to talk

Centennial Park via Bondi,

of climbing it is pretty brutal (for

about it professionally but I am

Watsons Bay, Vaucluse and

me) and I sometime wonder why

not convinced many people really

Bellevue Hill.

I am there mid race! Our annual

follow up.

Wednesday – ‘Team Malaya’

club trip to Adelaide for the Tour

Social ride with a group based

Down Under is fantastic and I

Cycling for me is a great

around The Malaya restaurant at

am very jealous of our Adelaide

‘balancer’ because I get some

King St Wharf.

based brethren for their great

‘me-time’ to do something I

Friday – SUVelo Coffee ride

rides.

enjoy and which is good for me

Saturday – SUVelo long haul to

every day without taking time

Waterfall/Royal National Park or

What is a cycling ambition?

away from my family (even a four

Church Point/West Head.

Stay upright – stay fit.

hour ride on a Saturday sees me

Sunday – Club race or Junior

home by 10am to take the kids

Program with SUVelo (my wife

What bike/s do you ride?

Rebecca and Son Harry are

Focus Izalco Team and a Giant

also members of the club) or a

Anthem 29er.

sleep in!

swimming).

My professional life benefits in two ways from my cycling habits; Being fitter gives me more energy through the day, with very few peaks and troughs of attention, which makes me better in my job and means I can get more done

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in less time at the office, and the cycling time is a complete

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separation from work and its associated stresses. I rarely think of work matters on the bike, so when I do go back to a problem that is waiting for me I have a

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That’s all a pretty big sell for cycling; but for whatever reason, deep down I love being on my bike and that can’t be a bad thing – right?

Tell us about something – cycling related story One of my best cycling experiences happened before I took up road cycling! I was employed by NBC during the 2000 Olympic Games to fly a helicopter providing Olympic TV coverage and my focus was road events.

and the dynamics of a winding

that day – especially the drop

race course where the riders

into Bronte Beach and back up

I was in the air on the day of

were pretty hard to follow along

the hill.

the men’s road race around

the course made it one of the

Centennial Park and the Eastern

more challenging days of flying

Beaches and the weather that

on that job.

day was poor for cycling and terrible for flying, with low cloud

I ride parts of that course every

and rain. That coupled with being

week now and remember very

inside Sydney Airport airspace

fondly the Olympic Cyclists from

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On 25 August a number of ACE members took part in A Metre Matters Charity Ride,

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holiday jobs, stacking shelves at

Marketing Manager role opened

a Delicatessen, Melbourne City

in Seoul Korea.

Courier, Potato Bagger and the more glamorous Windsurfing

Korea was a massive cultural

Instructor and School that

and business experience,

was certainly the summer job

rich in experiences that were

highlight. Education started

often bizarre but rewarding in

with Economics Politics but

the diversity and differences I

moved into a Bachelors degree

lived. Dubai followed in Sales

in Marketing which I barely

& Marketing working across 8

completed as I spent most days

Distributor markets from Lebanon

in the water living out my passion

to Saudi to Oman. Back to

for Windsurfing on Melbourne’s

Korea to lead the Marketing

Peninsula beaches. Sailboards

function with Lorna who I met

Australia sponsored me as a

and Married and who survived

Wave sailor so it was a natural

Seoul admirably as it came with

first job move to Sydney to work

its challenges for families. Also

with them in Marketing and Sales.

survived and grew business through the Asian financial crisis

But whilst fun it wasn’t a career,

when the Won fell by half while I

so with new suit and tie and “I

was on home leave.

want to learn Marketing” I was fortunate to gain an entry level

To Singapore in General

role at Johnson & Johnson in

Management and three years

Sydney and the opportunity

later to Bangkok as Managing

to learn Marketing from the

Director where I led the Thai and

ground up. So from Windsurfers

Vietnamese business. Our family

to Nappies but with it a Global

loved living in Thailand, eclectic

company full of process and

Bangkok was always exciting

disciplines that brings with it a

and the businesses experience

world of opportunity. So when

a positive given fast growing

I added my name to the list of

markets and opportunities to

who wants to work overseas I

build our brands.

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My career started with school

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Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products We operate in the Consumer healthcare business, with Brands that improve health and well being a few notables being Johnson’s, Neutrogena, Carefree, Zyrtec, Codral, Nicorette and one of Australia’s most trusted brands, Band Aid Our portfolio of 40 brands is successful when we build brand equity

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communication with consumers. How we do that is evolving rapidly and we invest over 20% of our budgets on digital for some key brands.

Customers are critical to access and to how we market to consumers and the “Path to Purchase” is always in consideration to ensure we optimise our collective results.

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Back to Singapore, this time in a regional role leading the

Australia & New Zealand business. In the last year I have added the regional Sales Leadership role and with that comes continued engagement with our Sales leaders in the Asian markets.

What current business challenges do you face?

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Johnson’s brands across Asia. And finally, the opportunity to

is on: • Convincing fellow riders and readers that brushing only cleans 25% of the mouth so to clean the other 75% use Listerine twice a day.

• That expensive facial moisturisers are just that, use a quality Moisturiser with Sunscreen that is UVA stable and you will save your skin and your family budget – Neutrogena Daily Moisturisers and Sunscreens with Helioplex will ensure that.

• Innovation and Brands Development is key and when we connect with consumer we win.

What sports have you been involved with?

Windsurfing – I was a living the 10,000 hour principle described in Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, as Windsurfing was my obsession and the more I sailed the better I got.

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Our Marketing challenges are opportunities to grow so our focus

Work and the move to living in Asia put a hole in that ultimately.

Replacements were always to run and in some years to golf until the kids told me what they thought of that on a weekend.

When and why did you get into cycling / triathlon?

Traded Golf for Biking when I moved from Thailand to Singapore, a good family call and an opportunity to take my average capability in three different sports to a better overall result in one.

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get me out of bed each morning

Describe a good week on the

What is a cycling ambition?

and the opportunity to measure

bike?

It’s got to be a European bike

performance against myself – a

In early season its 2 mid week 45

trip with the TDC team; Pyrenees

personal trait I just can’t shake.

k rides and one 90 k weekend

is on offer in 2014 so it’s just a

ride, always early and always

question of available time.

My bike time has been enriched

with the TDC team who ride

through training and participation

safe and sound. Summer will

What bike/s do you ride?

with the Tour de Cure group.

see a build up to 400 k weeks

All Specialized, my Shiv for

Great people, doing good things

especially close in to tour, this

Triathlon and a new S Works

through the bike and the annual

year from Sydney to Hobart.

Tarmac for Road.

Signature Tour is an important annual goal, very personal for me

Do you have a favourite ride/s?

also having lost my Father at 50

West Head – love the surface,

to Cancer.

the terrain and the view from the headland. Palm Beach is always a favourite.

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Balance is everyone’s challenge and for me it starts with being very deliberate with time.

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Next school holidays see us off to the UK and France, part of a plan to do a meaningful family holiday every year as one day they will be grown up and leaving so these are years not to miss.

The Bike – always early and preferably home by 7 am mid week or 9 am on a weekend.

Mix it up with some running and

fortunately it’s not always and the

for the 6am departure and minus

swimming but using the early

J&J business believes very much

6 degree weather – I wish I had

hours and routine to get my day

in work life balance. And when

my DI2 gears as changing gears

away. Getting fit seems to let me

travelling always run wherever

were near impossible!

sleep less hours and still have

you are – it’s a great way to see

energy for the work day and

the world.

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10 and 13 and are a whole lot of

night.

Tell us about something – Work - is often priority one and

cycling related story

that goes with the territory. Good

My most painful cycling memory

time management is the goal but

was on Tour early this year riding

you have to be flexible in these

from Jindabyne to Canberra.

kinds of roles as the ebbs and

My Katmandu full finger but

flows of demand can takeover –

lightweight gloves were no match

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Phil Lynch shares his

Training pre tour – getting fit is critical and the

experience of the 2012

week, getting legs and lungs conditioned. We do

months prior had us riding up to 400 kms a

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in a peloton and always safe. Family support for

typically ride long on a Sunday morning – always so many hours on the road is key and in my case Lorna and the girls know it’s a good cause and have been there for me all the way – thank you family.

Day 1 and our start in Adelaide – a day of anticipation that started with a 6.30 am call at the War Memorial. Team and family photos, a big breakfast and a few background photos with the Sunrise Channel 7 TV program. With much anticipation we rolled out, in beautiful sunshine with more than a hint of nervousness for the 100km

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mood – great day here we come.

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together to host many of us in their homes, to feed us at the local school and to fundraise with a community auction. This and many of the communities we reached on tour were special experiences, Miningie was a highlight and we were pleased to share a $5000 donation to the local Australian World Champion and London 2012 track gold medal winner, Anna Meares; former Olympian, Matt Welsh; and V8 super car driver, Jonathan Webb. A Police escort out of Adelaide added to the excitement.

We arrived into Victor Harbor mid afternoon after riding past the beautiful McLaren Vale without a tasting stop - pity. And straight into a Camp Quality session with some local families while the Victor Harbor CBA branch also received a visit from some of our CBA team members. Our community dinner at Victor Hotel was a great way to finish day one of the Tour. We heard an amazing story from guest speaker, Sebastian Terry, who shared his “100 Things” bucket list and his progress along

Miningie hospital.

Day 3 and our first rainy morning with a

175km ride to Bordertown - riding when wet is uncomfortable and this morning had its challenges.

But the rains soon lifted, we dried out and had a fabulous days riding. The Sunrise team was on the community Dinner preparation so we readied the room with TDC materials and the night’s jersey

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Miningie is a small community but they rallied

presentations which are part of every evening’s event – awarded to riders who have achieved or made a particular impact on tour. The teams all work after hours on jobs, like washing cars, riders day wear (kit) and the room preparation I referred to earlier – our days are always filed from 5.30 am through to 9.30 pm.

that journey – his message to us was around goals and stretching to do what’s important to you – impressive individual.

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Day 4 - Bordertown SA to Horsham VIC 165km

for the 16km journey. We had some gun cyclists

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– it’s Monday and the schools are back so we

in Steve and Mark on board and the older crew

started our day at school and visited a few more on

amongst us (read me, Mal Heath & Mark Beretta)

route. School visits are a favorite for the TDC team,

held on as we rode solidly in single file formation -

an opportunity to connect with the kids and to

we found out days later that we had won the time

share our message “ Be Fit, Be Healthy, Be Happy”

trial which was a nice treat for the team.

with the very enthusiastic kids. We do this through a presentation which sees us all trying to engage the

Day 7 – Benalla to Albury at 140km - the day’s

kids in our message – the reception we get is one

start was a cold one and the only escape was in

my girls would never believe – thus the photo.

the local museum, opened for our benefit from 6.30 am so we could review the Ned Kelly and period

Day 5 and Horsham for Bendigo on the Tours

costume exhibition – seems the cold turned the

longest ride at 228km - the big one started early

riders into enthusiastic history buffs – any excuse to

and with measured pace. Such a distance requires

escape the cold. The day’s riding was non eventful

lots of food and liquids, regular breaks and sharing

though the school visits were a highlight as was

of the work load in the front of the peloton which is

crossing the Murray back into NSW at days end.

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and was taxing for us all but we finally arrived safely

Day 8 Albury to Khancoban at 165km – the day

in Bendigo and had another great community

started early at North Albury Public School with

engagement dinner. It’s worth mentioning the

Channel 7 Sunrise cross and our Sunrise team

beauty of our South Australian, Victorian and NSW

being in school presentation duty – we performed

country towns, we often miss them with today’s

at our best and got the message through. Our

bypass road systems but our bike route saw us

Sunrise crosses happen each morning though

travel and stay in many beautiful towns.

today’s ride included additional camera work some of it by helicopter as we passed the Hume Dam and

Day 6 was another lengthy ride of 180km from

rode its surrounds – beautiful site and the terrain

Bendigo to Benalla. The tour passed a $10 million

was looking greener and more lush than any we

fundraising milestone so the riders were decked out

had seen to date. But it was also the start of rising

accordingly to celebrate – pink jerseys. It was also

heights so the legs were getting challenged by the

the one day we allowed our competitive spirits the

more than occasional hills.

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Day 9 – Khancoban to Jindabyne riding 120km

France). So instead of riding at an average of 30

but climbing 3,200 metres - I wasn’t quite sure

kmph our Sunrise team went out and held 41 kmph

what to expect as we had ridden plenty of hills in

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climb. Getting to the top was at times a painful experience but completing the climb was worth it for the achievement and amazing views. I now have so much more appreciation for those Tour de France riders and what they do in the mountains.

Day 10 - The Final Day into Canberra Cold – we started dressed in multi layers but nothing was good enough for the minus 6 degree 6.30 am start. My hands were in pain after just 15 minutes, especially on the downhill descents and we all were challenged by the Cold for a further hour and a half. Can you believe the water in our drinking bottles was icing up. Fortunately the sun

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of us were at peak heart rates for the almost 2 hour

shone again on us and the downhill journey into Canberra warmed our spirits. 10 days away from friends and family is a long one and the excitement often riding into Canberra was one of those special moments for all. The obligatory photo in the front of Parliament House with the Sunrise team, then to a park to meet family and friends. An evening celebration dinner and as quickly as it started the tour was all over.

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We therefore have debated long and hard to take a position this subject, before identifying an approach that benefits as many members, events and charities as possible.

Understanding that each of us has a cause that we are close to, we are now enabling a member/s to share their story, reasons and charity with the group at our Breakfast with the

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Henk Vogels about his thoughts on the 2013 Tour de France and a few other things. Part 2 of the

K. Mark Cavendish is not really known to be

H. You know what, he might have averaged 55km/h

really humble, but he’s said to us a few times that

which is generally a car engine.

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to say those words is incredible. One thing they

As far as the everyday workings of a team goes, for

all did, Cavendish included, is thank their teams

a sprinter, the first hour 60kh/h – bang bang bang

endlessly. When they won a stage, when they lost

bang pick a winner. There is 150 guys that want to

a stage, it didn’t matter. All they said is without

get in the break. But the hardest 7 will make it, so

our incredible teams and lead out, we couldn’t

maybe you’ll get lucky as a sprinter’s team and your

have done this today. They’re not talking about

little 5ft 3 guy makes it and the team thinks great,

the last 10km, they are talking about getting water

we don’t have to ride (the next 195km at 55kph to

bottles, the pad on the back at the end of the day.

catch the 11 minute break).

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chat continues the discussion on sprinters

Kittel is just phenomenal, he’s better. To get Cav

To me, having been in the sport and witnessing what happened this year, the culture, it’s almost

But for a sprinters team, 4 of the guys settle and go

heart warming. Do you think that the team is as

‘OK, 55kph – threshold’. Threshold – go up the road

important as they make it out to be or is it just a

and ride as hard as you can for the next 4.5 hours.

strategic play by the sprinters to remain on the

So after the threshold period you have 3 guys who

top of the tree?

save up for the last 10km. They need to get back up to 55kph from 10 to 5km to go. Then from 5 to 3km

H. It’s a good question Kate and it’s kind of funny

to go they need to move up to 65kph and then you

that people think of Omega Pharma Quickstep as

need one or two specialists – they need to go 65

Cav and one or two others.

to 72kph and it needs to be perfect to 200m. And if you don’t have that you loose. But that is how you

K. Tony Martin…

win a Tour de France stage.

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K. And you were the specialist, the 2km to go

K. Team culture and mateship. Over the last few

man?

years at the Tour there seems to have been a big

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change in the team culture. No longer does it H. Yeah I did it for a while on and off. I realised I

seem that the teams do battle on their bikes, but

didn’t have the acceleration of a McEwen or Cooke.

they are now brothers off the bike. And it’s not

They got me to make sure from 1.5km to 200m to

just the sprint or GC teams.

go I had the speed up to 70-72kph and the sprinter would just step off. It’s an art being a sprinter, you

H. Well don’t you just love the emotion involved in

can’t fluff it. You can’t just ‘go fast now’, you’ll

cycling? That’s the only reason I’m involved with

be 96th wheel. When the guys in front of you are

sport because I love the emotion – especially when

moving at 65kph, you need to be there to guide

the guys are just bordering on tears. The guys

them, guide them, guide them - which is what

aren’t machines and to see all the things that are

Robbie did and he won 12 stages. It’s selfless but

covered on TV everyday is fantastic. I see the guys

when he wins you feel like you won too.

giving everything, almost vomiting after the finish line, it’s what get’s me through and makes me want

K. Aussie sprinters. Matt Goss, the Aussie who

to be part of a cycling team. We’re very luck to see

we thought could get there, had a really bad Tour

it for 21 days – the passion. It keeps me going.

de France. Have we seen the best of him?

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K. Chris Froome had Richie Porte. Richie broke the rules to get Chris food and risked a lot

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he’s gone, watch out. - the Tasmanian Devil. And

personally and for the team. You see a lot of these

I honestly think that about all Australians. You tell

tight relationships forming. Did you have a Richie

someone to lift their game and that’s how it is.

Porte?

When we went over there in the 90s we were really up against it - we had that attitude of mixing it with

H. Well I was the Richie Porte – always the

the best and if we weren’t good enough we fixed it.

bridesmaid, never the bride. When I went into the professional scene I looked after French sprinters,

I think with Gossy this is not the last saga, he’ll be

then Robbie, Stuey… For me the most important

back next year. You know, everyone has a bad year.

thing was the team spirit and I don’t want to get too sobby, but that is actually what makes teams win. It has nothing to do with Chris Froome’s power meter, his cadence, his weight. It’s all about teamwork and the experience and how the team works together.

It’s the teams that do this properly, they always win.

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People need to understand that he won the Tour de

been this way?

France in a very, very nasty era and has come out clean. And if it wasn’t for this year’s Giro, I believe

H. Absolutely not. My first professional contract

he’d have been on the podium again in Paris.

was in 1995, with a rogue Dutch director. They – German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish. And

K. What was your standout moment of this year’s

then Americans arrived and through to the 2000’s

tour?

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H. I can tell you how fantastic the mountain stages

Australians, New Zealanders – it was a global sport

were, but my background in cycling started with the

- South Americans, English. So it’s now a global,

team time trial. So when GreenEdge won the team

not European sport and it’s certainly more scientific.

time trial as an ‘Australian team’ it just eclipsed

It’s the teams that can go from scientific to get that

anything that any Australian has done in cycling, not

great team feeling will be the ones that go forward.

as an individual but as us. I did a show with SBS

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that night, I had to grab a tissue. They call me the hard man, but I am as soft as butter.

K. Cadel and pressure. How do you cope the media pressure when you’re about to win the Tour.

Since this interview, Henk has been appointed as a Director Sportif for Drapac Professional Cycling

H. You know my best ever result was 99th so I can’t really comment, but as a 2nd or 3rd sprinter, the press just don’t want to know. All they are after is “Cadel, what happened? What happened?

What happened? Cadel is special, one of the best athletes ever to come out of Australia and was tested as the most amazing athlete 15 years ago at the Mapei Centre in Italy. If a journalist asks me why I was dropped, I’d tell them I sucked. But Cadel could give them a 3 to 4 minute answer about his power, that’s how he is.

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