Karl Arndt
Advisory Board Member @Pinpoint Earth
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WORK HISTORY
Advisory Board Member @Pinpoint Earth
Supporting the CEO with strategy and execution.
EDUCATION
Victoria University of Wellington
Graduate diploma, Economics
University of Auckland
BE (Hons), Electrical and Electronic
University of Auckland
Postgraduate Diploma, Business Administration and Management, General
SKILLS
ABOUT KARL ARNDT
My focus is on unlocking value and addressing key organisational risks by helping companies scale, delivering change and transformation programmes and/or executing portfolios of work well, and in a way that takes people on the journey and delivers real benefits. My work spans investment decisions, early stage companies, portfolio structure, governance, and leading projects and programmes.Investment decisions- identifying problem/opportunity statements- developing business cases- conducting market and investment analysis; and - making investment and capital allocation decisions.Early stage companies- working with founding teams to shape development plans aligned with capital raises- ruthless prioritisation of effort to focus on the core elements of value creation- operate across the spectrum from strategic to sleeves-rolled-up solving day-to-day problems.Portfolio structure and governance- selecting the right initiatives- executing well, including ensuring a laser focus on benefits, not just outputs- overseeing and managing risk; and- knowing when to stop/pivot.Leading individual projects and programmes, especially operating model and transformation ones across- People- Process- Technology- Governance- Data, and- Service Delivery ModelAnd taking people on the journey with communications, transparency (when appropriate), and an approachable leadership style.Examples of my work are- Planning for and delivering a transformation of the ICT function in a large operational government department- Supporting early-stage companies to identify key risks and mitigations, and develop commercial plans that align with funders\' requirements to unlock hyperscale growth- Improving initiative investment and oversight decisions at a multinational SaaS company- Designing and standing up an Enterprise Portfolio Management Office in an insurance company, including executive-level coaching around investment decisions- Assisting a major infrastructure organisation with multi-hundred-million project establishment and investment decisions- Developing process automations for a major retailer.If any of this sounds like it could be of interest to you then please feel free to get in touch.
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