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Philip Mitchell-Taverner		Philip Mitchell-Taverner Managing Director B. Comm. Born in England, Philip Mitchell-Taverner came to Australia as a young boy. He was educated in Melbourne and has a B.Comm from Melbourne University. He has 39 years of business experience in management and research consulting. Philip has consulted with business and government at all levels. He has designed and managed large and small scale projects for such organisations as Sydney Water, RTA, EPA, Dept of Transport, ING and Fairfax publications. More information...

Gerry Guinan		Gerry Guinan Senior Research Director B.Comm - Marketing & Economics Gerry graduated from the National University of Ireland with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and later attended The Academy of Competitive Intelligence (Boston, USA) completing the course of Advanced Training for Competitive Intelligence Professionals. He is QPMR accredited. Since his arrival in Australia in 2000 Gerry has conducted strategic market research and intelligence for blue-chip clients in Agriculture, Animal Health, Construction, Energy, Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Information Technology, Insurance, Office Supplies, Professional Associations, Retail, Services, Telecommunications, Transport & Logistics, Utilities and Wagering. More information...

Connie Jansen		Connie Jansen Senior Research Director B. Sci. - Education After gaining her degree in education at Iowa State University, Connie began her professional career as a teacher in the USA. Her career changed with a move to corporate training followed by research market analysis. Following further studies into statistics she moved into a research role in Australia with Taverner. Connie has a well earned reputation for managing and reporting major research assignments for government organisations. She is closely involved with the EPA and in 2003 completed her third study for the organisation and their Who Cares About the Environment report. More Information...

Patrick Meza		Patrick Meza Research Operations Manager BA. - Political Science (Hons) & Economics, Master of Commerce - Organisation & Management Studies. Patrick Meza arrived from Chile in 1988. His determination to succeed has seen him complete two degrees; Bachelor of Arts (Political Science (Hons) & Economics) and Master of Commerce (Organisation & Management Studies). He has been an integral part of our fieldwork and data production and quality assurance team for the past 9 years. More information...

Dr Don Porritt		Dr Don Porritt Senior Research Director BSci, MSc (Psychology), PhD (Community Medicine), Adjunct Associate Professor (Charles Sturt University), QPMR Don has spent over 40 years specialising in market and social research including 15 years as a Director with AMR Interactive. He is a Foundation Member of the Australian Psychological Society, is a long term member of the market and social research society (AMSRS) and the Australasian Evaluation Society. Don’s practical experience and strong academic background adds value through his understanding and application of analysis and reporting techniques, with the latest developments in marketing theory. More information...

Tom Mitchell-Taverner		Tom Mitchell-Taverner Development Manager B.Arts (Architecture), B.Arch, Grad Dip Applied Business, ARBV Tom was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. He graduated from Deakin University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Architecture and subsequently passed the board exams to become a qualified architect in 2001. In deference to the traditional path, once fully qualified, Tom elected to take on a role as the Development Manager for a Facilities Management company while at the same time assuming responsibility for the management and implementation of ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) across an entire group of companies which included Architecture, Interior Design, Multimedia and Facilities Management. During this time Tom completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Business (Marketing) at Swinburne University. More information...

Sophie Athas		Sophie Athas Project Director Sophie has been actively involved in both qualitative and quantitative research for over 15 years. She began her research career at Reark Research in 1989 as a fieldwork supervisor and then Ramis Corporation as Telephone Services Manager. After Taverner took over the operations of Ramis in 1995, Sophie continued as manager of market research telephone services whilst also liaising directly with clients and preparing reports on research findings. Sophie was promoted in 1999 to the position of Project Director at Taverner so that she could build her career in research management and client service. In so doing, Sophie applies her grass roots training in fieldwork. Her work now involves her in conducting depth interviews, supporting focus group facilitation, designing and analysing qualitative and quantitative studies and delivering presentations and reports to client management. Examples of clients with whom Sophie has direct consulting relationships are Sydney Water, The Executive Connection (TEC), Eyecorp and KFC. More information...

Michael Trigwell		Michael Trigwell Michael joined Taverner Research in 2005 from the client side after holding marketing management positions at companies as diverse as start-up technology, global manufacturing, and marketers of heavy industrial equipment. His background in strategic marketing and product management brings valuable input to Taverner and our clients. He has vast experience in business-to-business markets and international business, and has been responsible for projects identifying new markets and business opportunities in a number of industries. Since joining Taverner, Michael has been involved in numerous research studies and has built up a loyal client portfolio by providing his clients with a hands-on and collaborative project management approach. His focus is always on providing knowledge and insights to add both strategic and real-time value to his clients’ businesses. The expertise that Michael brings to Taverner complements the skills of our other researchers and provides alternative levels of insight into the strategic decision making process of our clients. In his spare time Michael can normally be found indulging in his two passions outside of research - golf and soccer, both as a keen participant and an avid supporter.