As a result of natural progression eXtraman’s activities morphed into many and varied business models always retaining personnel as a core value.


In 1985, due to a great deal of exposure to supply chain activities, eXtraman successfully tendered to provide a comprehensive range of 3PL services to David Jones, when the company chose to outsource the requirements of their National Distribution Centre at Homebush. During the next 4 years a national network of warehouses was established to service the needs of a significant number of major Australian businesses, including companies such as Apple, Sanyo, Sony, BBC Hardware, DuPont, Hitachi, Fujitsu and many others.
In 1989 a joint venture was established when 50% of the company was sold to the giant Japanese shipping company NYK Logistics, and a national express freight service was added to the company’s portfolio of services. This business was totally acquired by NYK in 1995 and eXenet was formed by the departing directors to capitalise on an immense amount of commercial knowledge acquired, particularly in the supply chain arena.
The Directors of eXenet Human Resource today bring a wealth of genuine commercial and industrial experience and expertise to the company. From Board positions with some of Australia’s largest national and multi-national corporate entities, to a significant range of senior executive roles within numerous commercial and industrial sectors.
Our Recruiters
All eXenet candidates and contract personnel are chosen with great attention to both skills and cultural fit, and every detail is overseen by successful industry professionals. Please view the credentials of our Recruiters below and do not hesitate to contact us for additional information.
Kevin Daly
Kevin has enjoyed a 30 year career in the establishment and operation of successful Logistics and Human Resource businesses and eXenet is his most recent endeavour. eXenet is a company created to provide and benefit from the skills of experienced senior executives from a wide range of industry, commerce and corporate exposure.
These executives now form the basis for eXenet’s ability to genuinely understand both the needs of its clients, and the skills of required personnel. Something that translates to an identifiable competitive advantage for our valued clientele.
SUPPLY CHAIN / LEADERSHIP & CULTURE
Andrew Pondekas
Andrew has enjoyed an exceptional career both as a senior financial executive and a commercial advisor to corporations with complex value propositions. He has held senior roles in the corporate sector with organisations such as Brambles, Qantas and QBE Insurance, and of late has used his experience to benefit a range of businesses in the SME arena.
His advice and counsel is in constant demand when assessing job specifications and required skills, and he is an integral part of eXenet’s operational, strategic, and financial planning.
FINANCE & COMMERCE
Anirban Gupta
Anirban is an experienced and highly qualified Information Technology analyst. Equipped with a Masters Degree in IT, and an Executive MBA from Harvard Business School, he has a strong track record of leading and managing high performing technical resources across multiple geographic locations. His core strength lies in enabling senior management to strategise and undertake technology based exploration projects involving innovation and business transformation, empowering eXenet clients to achieve successful, disruptive, and profitable outcomes.
All of these experiences combine to create an exceptionally valuable set of tools with which eXenet can add significant value to the needs of our clients.
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Norm Fricker
Norm completed an exceptional executive career in 1999 when he retired from a successful term on the Management Board of Qantas Airways where he played a major role in the restructuring of the company’s supply chain processes following “privatisation” in 1995. Prior to his Qantas engagement Norm spent 24 years in Brambles Industries where he served as an Executive Director with responsibilities for businesses in Australia and Europe. He is a skilled corporate leader and strategist.
As a Director of eXenet his primary objective is to establish a business that will allow senior executives to “put back” into business what they have learned during their careers. His guidance and mentoring is an invaluable tool in eXenet’s interpretation of both client and candidate requirements.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT / CORPORATE CONSTRUCT
John Gibney
John is our “go to” man for assessment and profiling of executive roles. He is an organisational consultant, researcher, and psychotherapist who has worked on leadership, research, joint venture and strategic development programs in the USA, China, PNG, Indonesia, Singapore, UK and Europe. During this time he achieved outstanding success in taking his clinical, cross-cultural and organisational experience into the workplace of major Banking, Mining, Insurance, IT, Telecom, Supply Chain and Manufacturing organisations. He is possibly our most important link in ensuring an applicants suitability and our clients’ satisfaction.
HUMAN RESOURCE / LEADERSHIP & CULTURE
Jeff Smith
Jeff has enjoyed a successful major corporate career in producing commercial and practical HR Reward solutions to a significant range of companies in various industries, including financial services, energy, industrials and property groups.
Examples include the QBE Australia annual remuneration review with a budget of approx $65m, detailed gender pay equity analysis, reporting and corrective action plans at Caltex, Leighton Contractors and QBE, to specific benchmarking and management of 65 key executives at Westpac. He provides valuable oversight to eXenet’s recruitment, contracting, and consulting services.
REMUNERATION / REWARD / GOVERNANCE
Greg Bezuidenhout
Greg has enjoyed a significantly successful career, both as a senior corporate executive with Siemens, where he rose to the position of Divisional Managing Director, and more recently as an expert advisor to the Health sector, where he has been involved at the forefront of major initiatives. These include the new Macquarie teaching hospital, the Australian School of Advanced Medicine, and the current planning and construction of the state’s most recent hospital addition at Frenchs Forest in Sydney’s north.
Together with his Senior Executive experience, Greg brings a genuine understanding of the requirements of the Health Sector to eXenet’s Human Resource capability.
HEALTH
Neil Gregory
As a senior executive Neil has a highly successful track record of identifying areas of improvement, establishing required construct, process and discipline, and driving successfully for greatly improved profit and performance. His ability to identify meaningful supply chain and commercial initiatives and oversee their implementation has paved the way for many clients to achieve significant competitive advantage.
And for eXenet this translates into an excellent ability to interpret and understand what is required and recruit appropriate contract and permanent personnel.
SUPPLY CHAIN / COMPANY PERFORMANCE
Gayle McGovem
Gayle has enjoyed success in a wide range of service orientated businesses and is a highly valued member of our executive team. She is a skilled recruiter, and her superior ability to manage and manipulate eXenet’s Expr3ss! personal profiling system means that she is constantly in demand when staff are assessing individual skills, qualities, and abilities to contribute. She is also the author of eXenet’s HR on Demand service, and maintains constant watch to ensure its quality and effectiveness.
RECRUITMENT / PROFILING / CONTRACT PERSONNEL SERVICES