About Us

Peter is direct, open & honest. He has a sound understanding of business principles and a real passion to help others manage their businesses as best they possibly can.  He makes learning easier for people new to business, and he gets results.

Michelle Rorato, Senior Accounts Officer, Enterprises

Our promise to you is to do ourselves out of a job, as soon as possible.

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Peter van Herk

Originally a Ranger with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Peter realised that he was bureaucratically allergic and was better suited to private enterprise.

After developing his own businesses with up to 15 employees he sold up and started doing for others what he was doing for himself.

Over 20 years he has worked with over 60 different businesses and organisations in feasibility, planning, implementation, 'rescue' and mentoring

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Peter van Herk

Academic Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Natural Resources (U.N.E) Science based natural resource management degree.
  • Associate Diploma of Park Management (R.M.A.E)
  • Craft Certificate : Cabinetmaking (No. 38841)
Prior to 1988
  • Environmental Scientist Sinclair Knight and Partners
  • Ranger NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Narrabri District and Ranger for Barrington Tops National Park.
1988-2002
  • Self taught furniture maker specialising in the Australian hardwoods. Research in to the development of jointing techniques and design methodology specific to Australian hardwoods in furniture, sponsored by the NSW timber industry
  • 2 industry innovative design awards, NSW small business award for enterprise, Export marketing and sales of furniture in to Japan
  • Timber drying operation in Gloucester NSW processing 200m3 per month incorporating 6 solar assisted kilns, 4MW sawdust furnace for auxiliary heating.
2002 to current
  • Business development consultancy, working with over 60 businesses in feasibility, planning, implementation, rescue and sometimes closure.
Some Consultancies :
  • Project Manager: 2004-2006 for the Australian Arid Zone Timbers project as per F.A.T.E. below.
  • Murrin Bridge Aboriginal Land Council: Property Management Plan and Business planning
  • Indigenous Business Australia: Preferred Service Provider
  • Broombush Industry Strategic Plan: Retained by: Forests NSW, Broombush Industry Group (BIG) and NSW State and Regional Development
  • The Australian Museum, Future of Australian Threatened Ecosystems (F.A.T.E) September 2002. Developing Long term supply and markets for Arid Zone Timbers. A pilot project built on strategic business alliances to commence stable and predictable supply of Arid zone timbers for the development of export markets. A business model for implementation.
  • Broken Hill Timbers and NSW State and Regional Development, Business and financial Planning for the utilisation of arid zone timbers (2001)
  • Business mentoring/coaching: Cafes and restaurants, trades, retail, services, manufacturing, timber milling, brick making, locksmiths, caravan repairs, Aboriginal corporations, tourism
  • Olympic Athletes Village (Newington), Head consultant for the provision of ecologically sustainable native timbers.
Ancillary skill sets
  • Extensive skills in on-line educational development delivery (e-learning)
  • Website development, Database development
  • Property and residential development
  • Pilot (Commercial Pilots Licence, Command Instrument Rating, Float Plane rating, aircraft owner, RePL- Remote Pilots License)
  • Musician

Our extended network

Over the years we have accumulated a wonderful network of ethical and socially minded people, from graphic designers, web developers, accountants, suppliers & government.

We do consider it best to shop locally for your professionals and services but we do call on our network when your professional supply chain goes wobbly.  

We get around

Yes, Peter is the first to tell you he is a pilot and has a plane. His excitement aside, it is a resource that makes our business excel in customer responsiveness and empowerment. 

Our services make distance disappear, things happen quickly and we - and you - are at places and meeting people in time frames hard to imagine!

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