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Edward H. O’Brien Enterprises Pty. Limited ABN 41 004 245 569
Edward H O’Brien
was the founder of the directory advertising sales industry in
In early 2011
the Directors of Edward H O’Brien Industries Pty Ltd, the then parent company
of Edward H O’Brien Enterprises Pty Ltd, determined that it was appropriate for
The O’Brien Group of Companies to divest its various assets and operations and
distribute surplus funds so shareholders could take their own investment
direction.
Edward H
O’Brien Enterprises Pty Ltd owned minority equity in the directory operations
of
The
Consortium consists of three key personnel who have been involved in directory
operations for many years; being Mr Phillip Watts, Chairman; Mr Kim Askew,
Managing Director and Mr
The Consortium and Shareholders of Edward H O’Brien
Enterprises Pty Ltd
Phil was
directly involved in the negotiation and establishment of PNG Directories
Limited in 1990 and has continually been a Director of this company.
Kim Askew – Joined O'Briens in 1968, where he
experienced and managed all facets of the print directory business within
O'Briens and later in Pacific Access (Sensis).
In 1994 this
included his active involvement in producing the 1st Online Yellow
Pages product in the world. He was later
appointed National Sales Director and achieved the best metropolitan sales
results over those in the preceding four years.
Kim was then appointed Group Manager – Manufacturing and Logistics,
where he directed the successful introduction of Process Colour directories
with full product roll-out for the 1999 issues.
He led the change of directory paper purchasing strategy to achieve the
best price and necessary product improvements and re-negotiated commercial
conditions with the company’s Printers to achieve productivity and financial
improvements for the business.
In 2000 he
re-joined the O'Brien group where he took direct responsibility for our
management services for the directories businesses in PNG, Fiji and Solomon
Islands.