Jason Taper

Within Steelcase I lead a dynamic team that is part of our Global Client Collaboration organization. We are responsible for developing partnering relationships with the top tier of global originations in order to create insight-driven workspace solutions. We do this by leveraging our organization’s research that has identified these primary business issues related to workspace: ► Real Estate Optimization ► Enhance Collaboration ► Attracting, Developing & Engaging Top Talent ► Build Brand and Culture ► Improve Wellbeing @ Work We know many companies all around the world are experiencing these work place issues that challenge them from achieving their business goals. Our goal is to create work environments that overcome these issues, allowing people to work harder and smarter – enhancing collaboration, stimulating creativity, and ultimately leading to a much more engaged and happy workforce.

Managing Director of Steelcase Greater China, my focus was building a sustainable business with both multination and local leading organization. Recruiting and developing the right people in each geography, managing multiple P&L‘s (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and our dealer business) responsibilities and managing a cross functional teams including: • Consulting • Design management • Accounting and Finance • Legal and Compliance • Manufacturing • Logistics and Supply chain • Facilities Management • Real Estate • Marketing & Communications • Customer Relationship Management I was also responsible for executing the companies global strategy aligned to the cultural diversities of Asia.

Following a decision to move away from distributor model in China I was tasked in replicating what I had achieved in Australia, in China establishing the Steelcase brand within the wider market in the corporate real estate space and also partnering with Project Management consultancies and Designers . My role was to develop a startup sales team to focus on global key accounts in Shanghai initially and then to build it out from there. Within three years the business was 20 people (4 teams of 5 per team) focusing both on domestic (Shanghai/Beijing/China/Hong Kong) which then expanded to across the region with multinational business.

Steelcase (Sydney) My role was to develop our local and national business throughout Australia within the Corporate Real Estate sectors. During this period I secured large projects working in a collaboratively with PMs / Designer and directly with our clients: • St George Bank (National Account) • Suncorp Metway (National Account) • National Australia Bank (National Account) • Westpac • Johnson & Johnson

During this period Nortel were introducing a global outsourcing partnering program. My role was to act a conduit between the new outsources partners and to work with both this business and stakeholders to insure successful execution of projects in North Asia related to Real Estate: • Leasing new and renewal of all properties • Fit out / Churn Works • Engineering • Facilities management • Disposal of properties • Asset management

Established a team of outsourced carpenters focusing on supporting large building organization with contract carpentry labor. In this role my responsible were to maintain enough work for a team of ten carpenters Clients / Project Type: ANZ - 300K Westpac - 500K GIO - 550 K Marco Help Foods – 600K Concrete constructions 750K

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