Meta Management Directors and Associates are all experienced managers with post graduate qualifications and business owners with first hand experience of creating, managing, and growing successful businesses.

Meta Management Group's Principal Advisors and Advisory Board Members are:

Steve Starling - Managing Director - Strategy and Marketing

Steve Starling the current the Managing Director, founded the Meta Managment Group in 2001. Steve is a mature Director with a proven record in business development, profitability improvement, and project management across Australia, Asia and the Middle East. He has gained over 20 years management experience in senior roles in the resource, engineering and construction sectors.

As a strategy and organisation specialist, Steve has conducted feasibility studies, planned new ventures, modelled cash-flow forecasts, and implemented restructuring, outsourcing and productivity improvement projects. As a Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers he has also marketed and led major strategy development, organisation design, and IT system implementation projects in Australia, China and Korea.

Previously Steve gained 20 years experience managing resource projects including Iron Ore in Pilbara, Alumina in South West, Copper in Northern Territory, Pipelines in NSW, Refineries in Saudi Arabia, and offshore platforms on the NW Self and Arabian Gulf. Steve has led engineering departments, construction workforces, commissioning teams and operational groups for Bechtel International, Worley Engineering, and Mobil Oil.

Steve recent work has included feasibility studies and economic modelling to assess the viability of new investments, expansion programs and turnaround strategies. He is particularly skilled in market analysis, technology assessment, and the planning, organising and launching of new ventures. He also a strong background in team building, management development, and advising senior executives on board formation and governance.

Steve holds a Master of Business Administration from, a Company Director's Diploma and is a qualified Engineer. He is member of the Australian Instifute of Company Directors, the Institute of Management and a Life Member and Fellow if the Institute of Management Consultants. Steve is a past president of the Australian Institute for Management's Special Interest Group and was a State Council Member of the Institute of Management Consultants.

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Geoff Large - Principal Associate - Emerging Technology and Information Services

As a Principal Associate, Geoff provides technology due-diligence services as a member of the Meta Management Group Advisory Board. Geoff's focus is to assist the development of new ventures, advise on the commercialisation of technology ventures, provide technology strategy analysis and development services, systems life-cycle support and business start-up planning.

As an experienced systems consultant and project manager, Geoff has led major assignments from feasibility study, through design and testing to implementation and commercial operation. Many of these assignments were focused on e-Business and emerging technology solutions.

Geoff's previous roles include experience as a Director of Technology Consulting with Mainsheet Corporate and a Principal Consultant with the Management Consulting division of PricewaterhouseCoopers as well as CSC and IBM. He has worked in a diverse range of industries including finance, health care, education, utilities, government services, agriculture, manufacturing and information technology.

Geoff's qualifications include an advanced diploma in Data Processing and Information Technology and he is currently completing an MBA majoring in project management.

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Colin Merritt - Principal Associate - Operational Improvement and Performance Measurement

Colin gained over thirty years experience in business analysis, performance management, operational improvement and strategic business planning in a range of industries. Colin has also grown a successful marketing business and coached business owners on marketing techniques which have raised turnover and lifted profitability.

Colin has also extensive line management experience in tertiary education, government departments and private enterprise in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. He has been involved in devising performance measurement criteria for senior management, developing and implementing organisational models for start-up companies, and assessing venture capital applications for funding from venture capitalists, private investors and government agencies.

Colin holds a Master of Business degree from Curtin University.
He is a past national director and past state president of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, past state board member and is a life member of the Australian Association of Apex Clubs.

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Specialist Associates

MMG draws on other specialist Associates in the following areas when required to advise growing businesses;

Intellectual Property,
Legal Agreements,
Public Relations, and
Government Liaison.

The Meta Management Team of Associates and Advisors have gained a broad range of practical experience in a wide range of industries and hold advanced business degrees. Consequently they are eminently qualified to address the challenges that new and growing businesses face.

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