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Franchise Central: About Us: Our Team
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Mary James Managing Director Mary James began her career working in the fashion industry whilst studying for a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology, Business Communications and Literature. After numerous years in senior management within the retail fashion industry, and extensively travelling the world, Mary found her feet in the franchising industry with particular focus on franchise system design & development. |
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Nickolas James Nickolas James works as a leading Franchise Advisor / Consultant and has over 20 years experience in the franchising industry. Nick brings with him a background in finance and business. He has local and international franchise experience for businesses at start up level right through to multi-national businesses. |
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Kylie Pekolj Combining a Visual Arts Diploma with a Bachelor of Multimedia (Media Studies) degree at Swinburne University, Kylie brings to Franchise Central her skills in multimedia design, visual communications and journalism. Kylie is found working within the advertising and marketing areas of Franchise central as well as being the editor of Franchise Magazine and producing the online magazine each month. |
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Graham Van Arkadie Graham is the founding Director of Van Ark Media and brings to the table over 25 years mainstream media experience with a proven history of delivering tangible results for clients. His specialty is in assisting clients with their very first television campaigns, from concept to completion, and beyond. |
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Nancy Guo Nancy is our partner in China and heads Franup International Franchise Center (Franup), headquartered in Beijing. A leading franchise consultant in her own right, Nancy specialises in assisting franchisors wishing to expand into the Chinese market. The consummate professional, Nancy deeply understands the needs of international franchisors and Chinese investors and is committed to assisting franchisors in expanding to China, and guiding investors to find suitable franchise concepts in Australia. |
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James Fulton James Fulton, specialises in website design, seo and administration. Whilst handling management of the Franchise Central website, James regularly contributes to the Franchise Magazine. James holds a Bachelor of Multimedia and Business Marketing Degree and enjoys working in the multimedia field with a particular focus on website design and production. |
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Rana Chuon Specialising in graphic design, Rana Chuon, has an Honours degree in communications design from Swinburne University. She has worked for several firms on a freelance basis and regularly contributes volunteer design work as well. Driven and focussed, Rana is instrumental in creative design for Franchise Central and has her sights firmly set on forging a lucrative career in the graphic design arena. |
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Maurie Fowler Maurie specialises in providing an all inclusive service for overseas enquirers seeking a business visa, a business, housing & financial assistance, designed to reduce the confusion, frustration & fear, while providing qualified Business Visa Applicants with a faster, cheaper, easier relocation experience. |
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Kerryn Marlow Former radio broadcaster, journalist, and writer (turned online marketer) Kerryn Marlow has a very successful email marketing and electronic publishing company which expanded into web magazines and list broking, after requests from clients to help build their own marketing lists. |
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Kylie Gulliver Kylie has helped out with promotions, expos and events for us and can be spotted in various tv commercials. |
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Wayne Boothman Specialising in Retail and Exhibition design and complete brand strategy, Wayne has spent over 20 years developing his expertise and can demonstrate award winning designs in Retail, Exhibition and Corporate Identity Design. He prides himself on the fact that each client has a direct and free line of communication with the creative team working on their account. |
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Natalie Alexander-Stivala Specialising in Retail & Commercial design and fitouts, Natalie utilises her knowledge and experience within the local, interstate and Asian markets to help her clients become ‘market ready’. Whether her clients require the perfect concept, execution of their roll-out programme or sourcing of new/re-engineered products; Natalie can provide the support system needed to hit the ground running. |
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Denise Zumpe Denise has been a Director of Simple OHS Solutions for 3 years, as part of a career in OHS that has spanned over 15 years. Denise has extensive experience as an OHS Manager, Consultant and Company Director and is tertiary qualified in health and safety. These roles have enabled her to gain broad industry experience in transport, manufacturing, health, retail and trades and services. Denise specialises in the development and implementation of practical systems for managing OHS and meeting your compliance obligations. |
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Sue Bottrell Sue is the founding Director of Simple OHS Solutions and has worked in occupational health and safety and rehabilitation and for over 10 years. She is also a fully qualified and admitted lawyer specialising in occupational health and safety law. She has significant experience in OHS systems development, stakeholder and project management. Particular areas of expertise include senior management/board OHS training on due diligence and the challenging area of occupational stress and bullying. |
