I'm Mark Fahey, and I help business owners optimise their businesses
I'm an independent specialist focused on helping businesses reduce their costs and optimise their operations and services.
Check out my LinkedIn profile for more about my wide range of past experiences leading critical service and operational functions in corporate New Zealand.If you need to make changes but don't have the time to investigate alternatives or to drive costs out of your business yourself, please get in touch and let's chat about how I can help.
Seeking improvement projects which leverage my expertise in:
* Financial analysis
* Researching alternatives which help drive costs out of businesses
* Simplifying service and operational activities
* Investigating alternative business opportunities
* Preparing business cases in support of desired business changes
* Improving supplier relationships
* Identifying and leading process improvement projects
* Preparing detailed (but easy-to-manage) commercial contracts
* Evaluating business risks and preparing management plans to address
My preferred ways of working
* Running my own projects e.g. my (2025) independent power and gas reviews
* Consulting roles - small, medium and large
* Contract roles
* Fixed-term relief roles
* Providing advice and support to service and operational owners
* Expert network opportunities
How and where
* Prefer 3-12 month roles but I'm open to longer, if challenging and interesting!
* Also available for short term projects such as 'deep dives' and discovery work too.
* Prefer NZ-based work, but also open to offshore projects where I can remote-in.
Testimonials
1) Martin, a former colleague and later a key supplier's senior manager, who I worked with for more than 10 years, described me (as):
an extremely organised, professional and commercially astute individual.
has an eye for detail, governance and process.
a strategic thinker, leading teams through many difficult situations and commercial negotiations.
experienced project lead .. has a methodical approach to planning and problem solving.
has excellent communication skills .. able to communicate effectively at all levels.
is approachable and considerate of others. Has a great personality which makes him easy to deal with and an effective team member and leader.
2) Malcolm, a long-term colleague and later, a major client's rep, added:
Mark's strength was he built trust into the supply relationship and a problem experienced by either party was always jointly owned and then resolved to the benefit of the process.
Independent power and gas reviews
A few months ago, I helped my friend Penny, a small business owner, to interpret a price offer which her power retailer had provided. It was very hard to understand.Drawing on my commercial experience, after building a financial model, I soon determined their offer was not a good one. I subsequently helped her find a much better deal, saving her $thousands over the next 2-3 years.Working with other businesses, I've found Penny's story is not unique, and small-medium business pricing is not as competitive as residential. I now strongly suspect, many small-medium businesses may be paying $hundreds - or even - $thousands more each year, than they could be.If you are a small-medium business owner in Wellington (NZ) and need help to check how your bottom-line costs compare, use this form to email me, and let's chat about how I can help.
