Robert Bentley, a former member of the elite SAS, has been involved in personal and professional development for the past 17 years, providing his skills primarily to leaders, managers and business owners in the private sector.

Rob was Learning & Development Executive (WA) with Caltex Australia, and was responsible for the management development of franchisees for five years.

Since 2001, Rob was involved with Shirlaws Business Coaching, firstly as a client, and then as a coach, before forming Acuity Coaching and Consulting with Steve Goddard late in 2006.

Rob is a keen bike rider, recently cycling the French Alps with a bloke called Duncan, and can play a handy game of golf.

A Chartered Accountant and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Peter has over 18 years experience as a finance and business professional within both Ernst & Young and the Wesfarmers Group. This includes 13 years in senior management and executive positions. Peter has an excellent understanding of capital markets and has worked with clients in a wide range of industries providing commercially focussed business advice at a senior management and board level.

Peter's technical knowledge, commercial acumen and lifestyle awareness, provides the balanced input needed for people and businesses to be able to operate and achieve overall better business outcomes in a modern business environment. Peter's approach ensures alignment of business purpose, intent, attitudes and values with business objectives and strategies.

Peter adopts a balanced work and lifestyle model, raising a family of three small children with wife Cecilia, also a Chartered Accountant who operates her own company secretarial practice. Time off is spent following passions of surfing, windsurfing and water polo.

Tim's business life has largely centred around hands-on management of industrial rural enterprises, firstly farming and then in forestry where he successfully transformed businesses both generationally and industrially with a combination of attention to detailed business planning and his dedication to development of staff.

Tim brings a strong sense of conviviality with him tempered with directness, both inherited from his country roots.

He is a strong supporter of collaborative research, embedding certification and best practice into business structures, and active participation in industry associations and forums. He has been a director or held office in a wide range of companies, industry bodies and sporting organisations over the years and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He has balanced his interest in making businesses run soundly with raising his three children into adulthood whilst remaining friends with them, and mucking around on boats – his over-riding passion, be they motor powered, wind powered or paddle powered.

He's been known to catch the odd fish and blend very fine red and white wines for drinking onboard (with or without the fish).