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ABOUT US

Our Directors

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George Panas has over twenty five years experience across both consulting & industry.  He specialises in the area of supply chain environmental, social and governance, with particular emphasis on e-commerce, retail and international supply chain management.

 

He has experience in global management having worked in Asia (living in Hong Kong & Singapore managing teams across China, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam), as well working in Australia, NZ, the UK and the USA.
Specialities:

  • Supply chain and the UN SDGs

  • e-commerce and sustainability in supply chains

  • Ethical sourcing and modern slavery in global supply chains

  • e-commerce supply chain/logistics (grocery, general merchandise & apparel retail and parcel delivery)

  • Supply chain strategy & network design/optimisation

  • Retail global sourcing & logistics

  • Supply chain operations in China, India and S.E. Asia 

  • International supply chain management (sea & air freight, freight forwarding, origin value added services, etc)

  • Corporate strategy, financial planning and analysis

  • Financial/mathematical optimisation modelling & techniques

  • Supply chain commercial finance

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George holds a PhD in SCM from Monash University (focusing on sustainability in eCommerce supply chain practices).  He holds a Masters of Transportation Degree from Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, along with Bachelor degrees in Commerce and Engineering (Civil - Transportation) from Monash University.  He supports teaching programs at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, RMIT University and Deakin University.

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Claire Panas is a senior supply chain professional with over fifteen years experience in supply chain performance improvement and strategic planning, spanning FMCG, retail, pharmaceutical wholesale and manufacturing. Areas of expertise include:

  •  Supply chain optimisation

  • Systems & process improvements

  • Tender management

  • Strategy development

  • Financial modelling & analytics

  • M&A strategy, evaluation

  • Post merger optimisation / integration 

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Claire holds Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science (Operations Research) degrees from the University of Melbourne.

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Our Philosophy

Q3 Consulting leverages a network of close contacts to support client assignments.  We only partner with highly experienced senior industry executives to undertake engagements.  

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Q3 Consulting employs a flexible and agile workforce as required to best meet customer requirements.  We often aim to tap into highly experienced industry executives who may be on career break, a stay at home parent or semi-retired.  We undertake limited assignments each year, working only on assignments that are strongly aligned to our skills.  

 

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Q3 Consulting aims to minimise the cost of unnecessary overheads.  With no fixed office, the consulting teams often embed themselves on client sites, work virtually or alternatively work from shared office / meeting spaces as required.

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Q3 Consulting aims to minimise the requirement for travel,  making use of virtual technologies such as Zoom as much as possible.  This supports our goals of environmental responsibility, while also enabling us to tap into the valuable skill-base of stay at home parents.

 

 

Q3 Consulting aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry.  

Engagements open the opportunity for collaboration with industry / clients on research projects, guest lecturing and case studies.  Engagements also provide the opportunity for leading practice research be shared with client organisations or industry conferences. 

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To support analysis and in line with our vision to bridge industry and academia,  Q3 Consulting  often works with talented students to support client engagements.   This allows experience or development for students while providing a source of analytical capability, innovation and new perspective for clients. 

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