Brad Weldon

Strategic Operations & Business Development Specialist

Brad Weldon brings exceptional strategic insight, analytical capability and professionalism to his work. He has a rare ability to connect disparate ideas, identify valuable stakeholder relationships and translate complex information into clear, actionable strategy. Combined with his personable and collaborative approach, he is a highly effective adviser and a pleasure to work with.

Katie McRobert,
Executive Director, Australian Farm Institute

With a career spanning three decades, Brad Weldon is a seasoned executive and board director known for turning complexity into impact.

Brad specialises in stakeholder engagement and relationship management, bringing a broad perspective shaped by senior leadership roles across diverse sectors. His approach is defined by a blend of strategic foresight and emotional intelligence. A pragmatic, people-first leader, he partners with organisations to deliver results-oriented solutions that drive growth and foster success for leaders, employees, and clients.

Brad has had significant experience in dealing with complex relationships where individuals and organisations are operating in other jurisdictions and the challenges that can present. He also understands the need to ensure relationships are built across organisations, so there is breadth and depth in the relationships - from the board to senior management and down to those individuals at the coal face.

Sales and business development has been at the heart of Brad’s career and one of his key strengths is the ability to develop an understanding of a complex organisation, its role and opportunities within its sector and to develop and implement strategies that engage key internal and external stakeholders to achieve strategic outcomes.

Brad began his career in agriculture in Queensland, working with organisations such as Grainco (now part of GrainCorp), before moving to the London Stock Exchange, Ernst & Young Australia, ME Bank, ESSSuper and First Super. In recent years, he’s returned to consulting to leverage his breadth of skills and experience to drive positive outcomes in the corporate and not-for-profit sectors. He also has NFP experience having been a director of the Australian Pain Management Association (APMA), which has since merger to become Chronic Pain Australia, and so understands the increasing challenge of financial sustainability across the NFP sector.

Capabilities

Transformation and change

  • business model and strategy review
  • operating model review
  • organisational restructure strategy and support

Strategy / Risk and Governance

  • strategic planning and review
  • operating model review
  • stakeholder management

Organisational and business planning

  • business coaching

Stakeholder engagement

  • stakeholder management

Philanthropy, grantmaking and impact investing

  • stakeholder engagement

Brand marketing and communications 

  • communications strategy development
  • communications implementation support
  • social media strategy / content /automation
  • annual reports, anniversary, impact reports
  • report writing and editing
  • sales and business development strategy / coaching

Fundraising and partnerships

  • implementation support
  • corporate partnerships strategy / coaching / training
  • partnership negotiation / facilitation
  • prospecting and stewardship strategy / coaching
  • executive coaching / mentoring

Clients

Australian Farm Institute (AFI)

Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR)

Safe Steps

Victoria Walks

ESSSuper (Victorian Govt. superannuation fund)

Qualifications and recognition

Graduate Certificate of Management, Business - University of Southern Queensland

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