Consultants

Dr Mark Toner is a former Chief Executive of the Australian subsidiary of a major international Engineering & Construction group, Kvaerner E&C (now Aker Solutions), headquartered in Europe.  During his time with the Australian company, turnover was typically $80-180 million with 250 to 900 employees.  Kvaerner (formerly Davy McKee and John Brown) services the resource industries: mining & metals, oil & gas, chemicals and pulp & paper.  After 20 years with the group, Mark left in 2001 to start his own management consultancy, Toner & Associates.

Mark is currently Chair of Australian Science Innovations (a non-profit promoting science education to secondary school students), CalSmelt Pty Ltd (an aluminium technology start-up) and Spire Innovations Pty Ltd (the commercialisation arm of the CSSIP Co-operative Research Centre).  He is a member of the National Board of the Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management of Engineers Australia, and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University.

He was formerly Chair of the Sensor Signal & Information Processing (CSSIP) Cooperative Research Centre (2003-08), a Director and Deputy Chairman of Melbourne IT Ltd (and Chair of the HR and Remuneration Committee) (2001-08), a Board Member of The Hiser Group (2005-2006), President of the Business/Higher Education Round Table 2000-2003 (Director 2000-04), and Chairman of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia, 2001-2002 (Board Member 2000-03).

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Toner & Associates offers a choice of consultants with skills and experience in leadership, management, business strategy, sales and marketing, change management, strategic HR, organisation development, teamwork and career planning.