Our Retail Experts - Australian Team Of Retail Leaders

Our Australian Team

PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR SUCCESS

Brian Walker

CEO and Founder

Brian Walker is “The Retail Doctor”. As Founder and CEO of Retail Doctor Group, which he established in 2005, Brian has steered his business to become the leading retail consulting firm specializing in taking insights driven strategy into award-winning implementation, working across omni channel retail, franchise and service sectors in every retail category. Brian is a sought after keynote speaker and media commentator.

Anastasia Lloyd-Wallis

Head of Insights

With a strong technical background as a scientific analyst, Anastasia has broadened the consumer insights division of RDG, developing a unique and proprietary approach to help retailers understand their customers better than ever. As a qualified project manager, Anastasia has significant experience managing projects of all sizes up to multi-million dollar programmes throughout the entire project lifecycle.

David Kindl

Chair and Head of Strategy

David is an experienced Managing Director in Australian retail and property leasing. He has 30 years experience with companies such as Lend Lease and Noni B. Building a retail business to take to Initial Public Offering is a significant achievement and our clients are pleased to share in David's hands-on experience and expertise through the Strategy division of our consultancy. David is also Chairman of the RDG Advisory Board.

Peter Sheppard

Head of Implementation

Peter's 40 year career in retail began with Woolworths, Edgars and Milady's stores in South Africa. In 1992 he took on the challenge to turn Katies around for Coles Myer. Subsequently Peter started his own chain of 35 stores, which he sold in 1999. Since then, he's been consulting and mentoring retailers across Australia, many of which are in A grade shopping centres. He now brings his substantial expertise to Retail Doctor Group.

Abhishek Vohra

Strategy and Distribution Consultant

Abhi delivers transformative and strategic options to retailers, which places them steps ahead of their changing consumer. He has over 11 years of experience and is a Chartered Accountant by profession. Abhi has worked with large technology clients and retail technology start-ups. As Retail Doctor Group's Strategy and Distribution expert, he leverages AI and machine learning to reduce costs and increase the sale conversions of retailers and marketplaces.

Joshua Strutt

Strategy Analyst

Josh is an experienced Store Manager with over a decade of retail experience. During that time, he managed multiple stores and hundreds of team members. He knows how to run a successful business and also how to guide others. Josh is Retail Doctor Group’s Strategy Analyst and the go-to person for understanding how to efficiently run daily retail operations for big picture growth.

Our award-winning retail experts guarantee successful results.

Our Global Team

BRINGING INTERNATIONAL RETAIL TO AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIAN RETAIL TO THE WORLD

We’re regularly crossing borders and time zones to harness the knowledge of the world’s leading retailers, consultancies and agencies. Our global relationships put us in a position to recognize international retail trends early and to capitalize on them quickly. As a group, we are able to advise globally operating retail companies and manufacturers of consumer goods worldwide with the highest quality of consulting services such as global research studies and international expansion planning.

In 2009, Retail Doctor Group was honoured to accept the appointment as the Australasian member of the Ebeltoft Group of International Retail Experts.

Ebeltoft Group is the alliance of 20 leading retail consulting companies worldwide. Ebeltoft Group conducts various global research and benchmark studies on topical retail issues.

With 20 local offices, the Ebeltoft Group operate in more than 22 countries and serve clients from around the world. Get in touch to find out more information on our country specific partners.