Biographical Information Alan Patching
Alan Patching is regarded as one of Australia's most internationally recognised leaders, consultants and business presenters in his field. He has been described as the Australian project and business leadership guru.
Alan Patching's speaking and consultancy client list reads like a 'who's who' of the corporate and government world. The reason is his business credibility.
Patching is the Executive Chairman of the Asia Pacific operations of US based Management Concepts, which partners with the American University and Regis University to deliver leadership and management education programs to corporations worldwide. He is also President of consultancy, Alan Patching and Associates Pty Ltd.
His previous corporate leadership positions include founding directorship of 23year old Australian consultancy, Resource Coordination Partnership Pty Ltd, founding director of Forte Consultancy of Sydney, director of a funds management organisation, and several other leadership positions covering industries as broad as hotel operations, aged health care, aviation and retail. He is perhaps best known as Chief Executive Officer of the publicly listed entity which owned Sydney's Olympic Stadium and as the stadium's project director, charged with responsibility for managing the financing, design, construction and operations for the owners of the largest Olympic venue ever. He was also a member of the Venues Coordination Committee for the Olympic Games.
Alan Patching has managed or directed over $8 billion of major projects throughout Australia, and in the early nineties negotiated the country's largest ever property deal valued at $1.4 billion, and its largest commercial lease. His business negotiations range from the sale and purchase of jet aircraft to the bulk buying of designer lingerie from leading international suppliers.
He is an adjunct professor at the University of Technology in Sydney, and has been guest lecturer at several other universities.
He is the author and/or publisher of several business books and audio albums, video and training CDs, with an emphasis on Leadership and Management. He is very much in demand internationally as a keynote presenter on a range of Leadership and Management issues. His books, presentations and audio programs cover topics from negotiation and leadership skills to marketing and motivation. Two of his publications (the book The Futureproof Corporation and the audio album 21st Century Leadership) were written in co-authorship with Dr. Denis Waitley of the USA, himself a best selling author of many books, who has been Chair of Psychology for the US Olympic Team, and an advisor to the Apollo astronauts.
Alan Patching was one of four people chosen, in 1995, to represent Australia at an international professional business speakers convention held in the USA.
He has shared the speaking platform with many of the world's greats, including Dr Denis Waitley, Dr Wayne Dyer, Dr Tom Peters, Zig Ziglar, Joe Girard, and Robert Kiyosaki.
Patching is one of Australia's busiest international presenters and in a typical year, he would be invited to speak in every state of Australia, many countries in South East Asia, and in Europe, the USA, and the Persian Gulf Region. He is known for his humour, thorough topic research, and his understanding of, and presentation to meet, the various sensitivities of people from across a wide range of cultures.
Patching enjoys kayaking, cycling and gym work to keep fit and in 1997 earned the kayaking Ultra Marathoner's Certificate by completing the 111 kilometre Hawkesbury River Marathon and the 5 day 404 kilometre Mars Murray River Marathon within a two month period.
Alan Patching is a private pilot with command instrument ratings and endorsements to fly a number of aircraft, including several twin engined models and Lear Jets.
Patching is a Fellow of the Institutes of:
- Quantity Surveyors,
- Management, and
- Sales,
and is a member of the Institutes of :
- Arbitrators and Mediators, and
- Building
In 2001 he was awarded the coveted President's Medal by the Institute of Quantity Surveyors in recognition of business leadership and service to the profession.
He is actively involved in community support work. Some examples include periods as President of school Parents and Friends Associations, Financial Council Membership for a Sydney community organisation, building committee chairmanship for a local school and various similar roles. In 1999 he authored Stadium-The Project Director's Diary, an anthology of stories and photographs describing the design and construction of the Sydney Olympic Stadium, to raise funds for the Sydney Paralympic Team. He does many speaking presentations for charity and often acts as Master of Ceremonies at charitable and community functions. He also regularly acts as mentor for young people.
Alan Patching is married to Annie, is proud father of four children and now lives on the Gold Coast in Australia.