The_CEO_Magazine_ANZ_-_December_2016

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW

founded  his own logistics company in

2000 at the age of thirty-two. He built

the Lakewood Logistics Group from the

ground up into one of Western

Australia’s largest third party logistics

operations. It wasn’t long before bigger

fish started sniffing around for

acquisition opportunities. “Five years in,

Australia Post took a majority

shareholding and we collectively grew

that business for another three years

before the size of the organisation meant

Australia Post needed to integrate it into

a wider business without a minority

shareholder, so that’s what we did.”

As well as concurrently taking on

leadership roles with other companies,

including as Group General Manager of

SWADS (State Warehousing and

Distribution Services) and Interim CEO

for AirRoad Logistics Pty Limited, Mike

moved into the public sector with an

Australian listed global supplier

business, serving as Executive Director

and COO for ADG Global Supply.

“That’s really where I cut my teeth in

the international space, and I have been

able to get experience uprating the

company into new global markets. I

took that business from its $32 million

revenue base and in two years built it

up to $83 million. It was a high growth

business and I have learned a lot on the

job,” explains Mike.

From there Mike went on to become

founding CEO of Stealth Global

Industries in 2014, establishing the

business as a competitive global

force, and growing it into the successful

business it is today. The company

connects market-leading brands and

complementary products with B2B

customers of varying sizes around the

globe, providing a single point of

contact for all product requirements.

“We moved from zero to fifty staff very

quickly — across all nationalities and

different cultures — which allowed us

to put a global footprint in  place and

set the foundations.

“I learned pretty early on that you have to get on well with people,

and that’s at any level — whether it’s your employees, customers,

managers, and people that offer you counsel and support along

the way.” - Mike Arnold

“At the Mincon Group, our focus is on manufacturing

and supplying world-class drilling consumables to

the international drilling industry. Our relationship with

Stealth Global Industries is a key partnership that

provides for closely aligned customer service and the

supply of Mincon’s product range to the exploration,

grade control and production mining industries.” -

Rod Marsh, General Manger, Mincon Australia Group

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