About Rob O'Byrne
Rob O'Byrne - Group Managing Director and Owner
Rob was born in Jersey in the UK, was educated at Cranfield University in the UK and moved to Australia in 1993. He became a proud Australian citizen in 1997. (And Yes, he cheers for Australia at the Cricket)
He is married with four grown up children.
Rob lives in Sydney and oversees the operations of Logistics Bureau, Logistics Bureau Asia, and Benchmarking Success.
Since Logistics Bureau was established in 1997, Rob has enjoyed overseeing over 1,200 projects across a broad range of industries.
His greatest satisfaction is in assisting customers improve their business and operational performance and over the years Rob has personally led projects that have delivered $ Billions in bottom line savings and improved customer service levels.
Rob is the co-founder, owner and Group Managing Director of Logistics Bureau and has been working, teaching and consulting in the field of Logistics and Supply Chain since he was 17! He will be horrified to hear it, but that’s 35 years!
Along the way, Rob has picked up a few interesting ‘ticks in the box’, such as a Masters Degree in Logistics from Cranfield, a stint as a Nuclear Rocket Engineer and membership of Mensa (the high IQ society). So he probably qualifies as an entrant for Beauty and the Geek!
To add to his ‘bucket list’, he is publishing a series of books on Supply Chain.
Cranfield University (UK)
Rob has a Master of Science in Logistics from Cranfield University and keeps in regular contact with things at Cranfield. As a Cranfield graduate, Rob is keen to assist in promoting the University. If you would like to read about scholarship opportunities at Cranfield currently being offered in Australia, please go to Australian Alumni Scholarship
Consulting Focus
Rob started his consulting career with Dawson Consulting in Sydney, being charged with establishing the Sydney practice. He left Dawson Consulting in 1997 as Managing Partner, to establish Logistics Bureau. (Logistics Bureau acquired Dawson Consulting in 2007)
Rob's particular areas of business interest include Supply Chain Strategy, Retail Supply Chains, Cost to Serve and Outsourcing.
Like all of Logistics Bureau's senior staff, Rob is very much 'hands on' and spends much of his time overseeing Logistics Bureau's major projects in Australia and SE Asia.
Hobbies and Pastimes
Boating ...
During those rare and treasured moments away from work, Rob enjoys the open air and has a particular passion for boating.
Music ...
Rob has always been passionate about Music and is a 'budding' singer and song writer.
He has been 'threatening' to 'perform' at one of Logistics Bureau's very popular Supply Chain seminars, but has been pursuaded that it could be a career and business damaging move!
An Active Public Speaker around the Region
Rob is a very enthusiastic and active speaker at many industry events through the year across the Region. Previous and upcoming speaking engagements can be viewed at Conference Engagements. Where he can manage, Rob is happy to add other engagements to his schedule. For conference organisers, examples of feedback on Rob's presentations are:
"Highly informative"
"Polished speaker"
"Clear delivery of concepts and well explained"
"Very topical. Good information, Well presented"
"Very good presentation, Great information"
"Interesting insights"
"Good coverage of the topic, an Interesting session"
"Very practical, insightful"
"Thorough and well presented"
"Clear messages, good presentation"
"Interesting and thought provoking"
Books
Rob has finally got around to starting his series of books on Supply Chain, with the first book of the 'Supply Chain Secrets' series being published in June 2011.
More titles will follow shortly.
Contact Details
Rob can be contacted directly at +61 417 417 307 or Email